Congratulations to Carcanet poet David Kinloch, who has been shortlisted for a Creative Scotland Award. The Creative Scotland Awards, administered by the Scottish Arts Council, seek to reward established and leading Scottish artists and to raise the profile of the arts in Scotland. Each year, up to ten established artists with a record of major achievement in their field are awarded £30,000 to fund a major artistic project. The Awards provide artists from many different artforms with a unique opportunity to create new collaborations and to develop their skills. The winners will be announced next month.

David Kinloch's most recent collection, In My Father's House, was published by Carcanet in September. Edwin Morgan called it 'a sparkling collection: full of sensuous richness and linguistic inventiveness.' This collection and David's previous collection, Un Tour d'Ecosee, are available to purchase from the Carcanet website with a 10% discount and free p&p.