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List view record 1: A handsel : new and collected poemsList view anchor tag for record 1: A handsel : new and collected poems
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A handsel : new and collected poems

Lochhead, Liz, 1947-2023
Books, Manuscripts
Liz Lochhead is one of the leading poets writing in Britain today. Her debut collection, 'Memo for Spring' (1972), was a landmark publication. Writing at a time when the landscape of Scottish poetry was male dominated, hers was a fresh, new voice, tackling subjects that resonated with readers - a...
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Motherwell : a girlhood

Orr, Deborah, 1962-20192020
Books, Manuscripts
Just shy of 18, Deborah Orr left Motherwell - the town she both loved and hated - to go to university. It was a decision her mother railed against from the moment the idea was raised. Win had very little agency in the world, every choice was determined by the men in her life. And strangely, she w...
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Maggie & me

Barr, Damian2014
Books, Manuscripts
It is 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Maggie Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive. Damian, his sister an...
[17 copies, 15 available]
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The blue hen

Dillon, Des2004
Books, Manuscripts
The closing down of the steelworks meant the end of being in work - but John and his pal don't intend it to be the end. 'Keep hens! That's the answer@.
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The young team

Armstrong, Graeme2021
Books, Manuscripts
Azzy Williams is ready. Ready to smoke, pop pills, drink wine and ready to fight. But most of all, he's ready to do anything for his friends, his gang, his young team. Round here, in the schemes of the forgotten industrial heartland of Scotland, your mates, your young team - they're everything. A...
[45 copies, 37 available]
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Ginger and me

Soave, Elissa2023
Books, Manuscripts
Wendy has always been a misfit ever since Nuala Brennan called her Weirdo once at school and it stuck. But then Ginger turns up on the bus she's driving one day and they become firm friends - Wendy's first real friend. And Wendy is going to get a second friend too because Diane Weston and her are...
[4 copies, 3 available, 1 reserve]
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Games people play

Mullen, Owen2017
Books, Manuscripts
Thirteen-month-old Lily Hamilton is abducted from Ayr beach in Scotland while her parents are just yards away. Three days later the distraught father turns up at private investigator Charlie Cameron's office. Mark Hamilton believes he knows who has stolen his daughter. And why. Against his better...
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Treacle Town

Conaghan, Brian2023
Books, Manuscripts
Con O'Neill is stuck in a world of brutal gang violence, sectarian vendettas and personal tragedy. The lack of opportunities for him and the rest of his gang is all too apparent. No money. No prospects. A social design that entraps inhabitants of Treacle Towns up and down the country. Connor is d...
[15 copies, 15 available]
List view record 9: This is memorial device : an hallucinated oral history of the post-punk music scene in Airdrie, Coatbridge and environs, 1978-1986List view anchor tag for record 9: This is memorial device : an hallucinated oral history of the post-punk music scene in Airdrie, Coatbridge and environs, 1978-1986
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Buddha Da

Donovan, Anne2009
Books, Manuscripts
Anne Marie's Da has always been game for a laugh. So when he first takes up meditation at the Buddhist Centre, no one takes him seriously. As he becomes more involved his beliefs start to come into conflict with the needs of his wife.
[3 copies, 2 available, 1 reserve]
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