Poetry, Speech and Song for William Soutar

Paul S Philippou, editor-in-chief, Kirsteen McCue and Philippa Osmond-Williams, editors, of William Soutar: Collected Works (Published Poetry) will give a talk about Soutar and the significance of these first two volumes in what will be a landmark enterprise in Scottish letters. Soutar’s poems will be read by Joy Hendry and members of the Friends of William Soutar Society.

William Soutar: Collected Works (Published Poetry) reintroduces one of Scotland’s most significant twentieth-century poets, a champion of Scots, pacifist visionary and forerunner of ecopoetics whose achievement has long been overlooked. This two-volume edition of his published poetry showcases his striking lyric gift in poems of love and community, war and mortality. Soutar was bedbound by illness for the last fourteen years of his life. His work is a testament to his creativity and resilience in adversity.

Tickets are free, but please book in advance through the Perthshire Box Office.