Two award-winning poets interrogate notions of  language, culture, family, and the idea of place and non-place, with Scotland at the centre, as they perform work from their new collections.  

Stewart Sanderson is a poet from Glasgow, who has published and performed widely in the UK and internationally. He is the author of the pamphlets Fios (2015) and An Offering (2018), as well as the book-length collections The Sleep Road (2021) and Weathershaker (2025) – all published by Tapsalteerie. Three times shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, his work has also been recognised by accolades including an Eric Gregory Award and Robert Louis Stevenson and Jessie Kesson Fellowships.” 

Taylor Strickland is from Tallahassee, Florida. His latest book is Dwell Time (Tapsalteerie, November 2025). His book Dastram/Delirium (Broken Sleep Books, 2023) was Scottish Poetry Book of the Year and a PBS Translation Choice. His poems have featured widely, such as in Poetry London, the Times Literary Supplement, and New Statesman. One was The Scotsman Poem of the Week, and some have been translated into Irish and Italian. ‘The Low Road’ was adapted by American composer, Andrew Kohn, and performed in Orkney. ‘Nine Whales, Tiree’, was adapted to film-poem by filmmaker Olivia Booker and composer Fee Blumenthaler, and later selected for Bloomsday and Glasgow Cathedral festivals, among others. He lives in Aberfeldy.  

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