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Elizabeth Burns’ third collection of poetry is The Lantern Bearers (Shoestring Press, 2007). Her previous collections are Ophelia (Polygon, 1991), which was shortlisted for a Saltire First Book Award, and The Gift of Light (diehard, 2000). She has also published four pamphlets with Galdragon Press, most recently The Shortest Days which won the inaugural Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlets in 2009. Her poetry has also appeared in many anthologies including, most recently, The book of Hopes and Dreams (bluechrome, 2006), Images of Women (Second Light / Arrowhead, 2006) and Lancaster Litfest’s digital anthology, Watermark (Flax Books, 2007). Elizabeth is interested in the conjunction of art and poetry, and last year collaborated on an exhibition with the basket maker / willow artist Lizzie Farey. Her poems will also appear at exhibitions in 2007 at the Harley Gallery, Nottingham, and at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Preston. She has given readings at several galleries, and other readings include those for Litfest, StAnza, the Poetry Association of Scotland and the Arvon Foundation. Having spent much of her life in Scotland, Elizabeth now lives in Lancaster, where she teaches creative writing. Review Comments:
‘Elizabeth Burns’s poems have an engaging combination of a delicate touch and crisp, often quirky images.’ Robin Bell, Books in Scotland
‘Her perception of the world is both precise and tender.’ Dorothy McMillan, Glasgow Herald
‘Her forceful, emotional rhythms are counterpointed by a cool intellect, but her eye is never dispassionate, she is always involved, always at the centre of these poems. Burns writes with a painterly richness.’ Rose Flint, Poetry Wales
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