The Eildon Tree, Issue 10: Winter 2004

The Eildon Tree #10

by Julian Colton (Editor), Tom Murray (Editor), Dorothy Alexander (Contributor)

A new writing magazine from the Scottish Borders

Contents

Dorothy Follows the Yellow Brick Road by Dorothy Alexander
Do Poets Dream of Electric Sheep? by Julian Colton
Subject, Verb, Object by Ryan O'Neill
Wrapped Town by Jules Horne

41 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2004

About the author

Julian Colton has an MA in American Literature from Keele University. He has lived with his family in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders for many years, currently working at Sir Walter Scott’s Courtroom Museum in Selkirk, giving guided tours to mark the 250th anniversary of Scott’s birth. He was also Writer, Researcher, Actor and Director of the Selkirk Ghost Tours and co-ordinator of community drama performances, including Scott’s Selkirk, an Annual Celebration of the Life and Times of Sir Walter Scott. 2005 - 2015.

Colton has had five collections of poetry published, including Everyman Street (Smokestack Publishing), Cold Light of Morning (Cultured Llama) and Two Che Guevaras (Scottish Borders Council). In 2002, his pamphlet D.H. Lawrence was short listed for the Callum MacDonald award and he has published widely in magazines and anthologies, including Stand, Rialto, Northwords Now and Poetry Scotland. Much of his writing concerns social interaction, concepts of memory and themes as diverse as football, history and animal life.

He edits The Eildon Tree literary magazine and contributes articles and reviews. He is currently CREATE Writing Fellow for Dumfries and Galloway.