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Photographer, writer & curator. Fellow of @natlibscot | FSA(Scot) | Saltire Award shortlist | Mountains | Conflict | now here: https://teapawt.org/t.co/7eaHhpO3oz

Scotland / Western Australia
Joined January 2009
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To everyone who has supported my Christmas Charity Print fundraiser, thank you from the bottom of my heart. The response has been incredible and I’ve made over 300 prints. There is one week to go, orders close Sunday 7 December.
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Sailing Away One of the options in my Christmas Charity Print fundraiser. 12 to choose from, only £15 per print, 3 for £40 or 4 for £50 and every penny to the great causes I am supporting. circa35mm.com/art-store/p/ch… #charityprint #christmascharityprint
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Thrilled to be on this shortlist with The Ayrshire Nestling, & honoured that it's with such terrific other writers and books. And delighted too for Sheila Wakefield's @RedSquirrelPres, the new imprint of which, Tringa, took a chance on my wee book. 🙏🙏 to @SaltireBook Awards!
Delighted to share #SaltireBookAwards Non-fiction Shortlist 2025: 6 amazing titles of which 2 are debuts. Congrats to Debut contenders Howard Amos & Katie Goh, and to Gerry Cambridge, Jenni Fagan, David Farrier, and Sarah Moss, up for Scotland's Non-fiction Book of the Year!
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Our new issue is now out, scotching rumours of our demise; & the biggest edition in our 30-year history. Orders and more on the contents available here: thedarkhorsemagazine.com Readers: "bracingly uncompromising"; "the only [poetry magazine] I read from cover to cover"...
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We're loving reading your work. We especially welcome subs from women, non-binary people and gender non-conforming people. Send us your poems and short stories by 25th April!
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We are delighted to have three books nominated in the SNPA Awards. 'KELP' by @mark_lj 'Lowland Highlanders' by @JMIimages and 'The Point Of The Deliverance' by @AlexBoyd Your vote would be greatly appreciated if you have the time! Many thanks 🙏 scottishnaturephotographyawa…
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20 years ago today we lost a wonderful man, one of the best composers/musicians ever. Celebrating Martyn's incredible legacy @ccfest with the launch of Brave New Music by @garyjwest Go play some MB! Obligatory volume 11 aye @RealWorldRec @itspetergabriel @LuathPress @SamHeughan
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Lowland Highlanders is my book that features Scotland's highest communities that actually exist in the Scottish Lowlands not far from the English border. The publisher @kozubooks have an offer of the book alongside the wonderful publication by @AlexBoyd kozubooks.com/books-new/scot…
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Get 40% off ‘The Point Of The Deliverance’ By @AlexBoyd No code needed. kozubooks.com/books-new/the-… #Photography #Photobook #Scotland #Ireland
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Dr Alex Boyd retweeted
Headline writers not messing about
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America isn’t better than this lol. This is exactly what this country is.
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Mesmerised by this essay (& I don’t say that often!). L&A tell a beautiful story through the inspiring archaeology of photography. I visited Ardeer with Alex when we were both Irvine-based, suspecting that his long duration study would be impactful. Here’s to many more outputs!
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This philosopher says humans use 4 methods to escape the absurd pointlessness of life: 1. Isolation (refusing to think) 2. Anchoring (making babies) 3. Distraction (busyness & addictions) 4. Sublimation (making art) He is Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899-1990) Which are you guilty of?
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I’m delighted to announce that I am offering writing courses, starting with Research for Writers. Want to know more about how to combine rich research with compelling story-telling? Sign up below, 10% off till 15/11: guest speaker @pollyrowena kerriandrews.co.uk/product/r…
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Dr Alex Boyd retweeted
If you can make it to Cheltenham this Wed, please do come & celebrate art, literature, coasts & islands with us. Planned to feature Norman Ackroyd, who sadly passed away two weeks ago, we'll now pay tribute to his life/work & the places that inspired him cheltenhamfestivals.org/even…
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SPL ARCHIVE EXCLUSIVE Norman MacCaig introduces and reads Tourist and Landowner (previously unpublished) and Two Men At Once. (1990)
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The war put all men mad, horned, horsed, or roof-posted, the boasting and the bested.
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Believe it or not this photograph is by the postmodern philosopher Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007). In later life he developed a love of photography and was drawn to making dystopian images from the overlooked debris of consumerism.
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Dr Alex Boyd retweeted
As Brian Sewell is back in the news, here’s a reminder of his prescient insight
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