Iain Morrison

Iain Morrison is a poet, performer, and cultural programmer based in Edinburgh. His first collection I’m a Pretty Circler was shortlisted for the Saltire Poetry Prize. In 2024 he was a guest at Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he presented the most recent iteration of Subject Index, a durational performance reading of Emily Dickinson’s complete poems that he has been sharing for over ten years. Other performance work includes a night of drag queen poetry at the Scottish Poetry Library and, with Leiza McLeod, a sung stage show of women’s writing from the Beat Generation. His work has appeared in anthologies such as Makar/Unmakar: Twelve Contemporary Poets in Scotland and group publications such as not just A NY QUINCUNX, alongside Colin Herd, Jane Goldman, Nicky Melville and Maria Sledmere. His extended essay on the poetry of Callie Gardner was published in the Scottish Literary Review’s recent Queer Form special issue. In 2026 he curated Fruitmarket’s the poem that could not wait, a poem sculpture exhibition of work by CAConrad and Anna Mendelssohn. Iain studied music at the University of Cambridge. His practice moves between artforms, often ending up in a gallery.