Neu! Reekie! #39 : Billy Letford

Billy Letford performs some of his poetry at Neu! Reekie! #39, and talks about he was able to pursue poetry as a career.

William Letford has an M.Litt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. He was the recipient of a New Writer’s Award from the Scottish Book Trust and an Edwin Morgan Travel Bursary which allowed him to spend three months in the mountains of northern Italy in 2008, helping to restore a medieval village. His first collection, Bevel, was published by Carcanet Press in 2012.

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