Open Book: No Such Thing As Lost
Sit back, relax and enjoy as members of Open Book’s community of writers share their latest pamphlet, No Such Thing as Lost. These new collaborative poems, created over the past year, will take you on a tour of Scotland: from Shetland to Stranraer, Portree to Perth and many other places in between. It will touch on protest, postcards, heritage and hope, giving you a guaranteed hour of poetic pleasure.
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