Short stories from James Kelman and Regi Claire, an interview with T.S. Eliot Prize winner Jen Hadfield, Tom Leonard on the poetic breath, and photographic essay by Robin Gillanders.
Read Chosen Route, Jen Hadfield interviewed by Jennie Renton
FICTION
Vacuum – James Kelman, Blin – Uilleam Blacker, Ship of Fools – Fred Johnston, Russian Blue – Regi Claire, Civil Rights – Catherine Czerkawska
POETRY
Ross Wilson, Dorothy Lawrenson, Ian McDonough, Bernard Pearson
ARTICLES
Scots Pine – Andrew Greig, Home Thoughts From Abroad – Robyn Marsack, Chosen Route – Jen Hadfield Interviewed by Jennie Renton, Banking Meltdown – Kenny Kemp, The Common Breath – Tom Leonard, A Dislocated Life: Flora MacDonald – Hannah Adcock, Homecoming 2009 – Will Brady
PHOTOGRAPHS
Highland Journey – Robin Gillanders
REVIEWS
Hannah Adcock, Ross Alloway, David Borthwick, Tam Dalyell, Alasdair Gillon, Andy Gloege, Stephen Lackaye, Michael Lister, Murdo Macdonald, Ian Macwhirter, Colin Nicholson, Dilys Rose, Julius Ruiz