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I have designed and illustrated three books for the Scottish Poetry Library; also a variety of material for the Edwin Morgan Archive which opened to the public in Spring 09.
Edwin Morgan is the major modern Scottish poet of the later twentieth century, appointed Scots Makar by the Scottish Parliament in 2004.He also has a strong international presence, both through his connections with the Concrete Poetry movement and through his accomplished translations. Download an A3 Edwin Morgan poster
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I was both book illustrator and book designer for The thing that mattered most, which won the UK national CLPE poetry book award 2007.
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Above prints of illustrations from Addressing the Bard: twelve contemporary poets respond to Robert Burns, published by the Scottish Poetry Library. See more illustrations from this.
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Jacket for a poetry book I designed and illustrated for kettillonia.co.uk. Humberto Ak'abal is a K'iche' Maya poet from Guatemala. His poetry has been published in French, English, German, and Italian translations, as well as in the original K'iche' and Spanish. Below a few pages from Drum of Stone.
Available from Amazon.
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Edwin Morgan Archive print material designed and illustrated by Iain McIntosh, based on original logo and visual identity by Mary Hutchison