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George’s work is steeped in the bardic cultures of both Gaelic and Nordic folklore from the north of Scotland, and his poetry frequently references local history, geology and mythology, within the landscape and communities of Caithness and the North Sea.
Aug 23, 2021 · Gunn’s poetry sweeps through time, offering intimate portraits of present-day Thurso, Gunn’s own ‘Atomic City’, the enduring beauty of Caithness, and millennia of the county’s history and lore.
Reading George Gunn’s poetry is an adventure in breathlessness. In After the Rain, New and Selected poems, he sweeps us through a quarter century of lyrical observation and intensity sparked by Caithness, its people, the land and the surrounding sea.
Oct 17, 2021 · George Gunn says Caithness is a ‘poetic and a dramatic landscape and it lends itself to cinema’. “It was set up in 1970s by Willie Wilson, an inspirational and idiosyncratic character.
Aug 26, 2021 · Here, the Thurso-based poet George Gunn reads the title poem from his new collection, Chronicles Of The First Light. By Joyce McMillan. Published 26th Aug 2021, 17:28 BST. Caithness, says...
- Joyce Mcmillan
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George Gunn was born in Thurso in 1956 where he still lives. He has been a deep-sea fisherman, a driller for oil in the North Sea, a journalist, playwright and poet. More about George Gunn
George Gunn is a poet and playwright from Thurso. Ephemera from 1997 Scottish Devolution Referendum and the 1999 Scottish Parliamentary Election inspired Gunn's poem, 'Posters'. Gunn says:
