Founder Chairperson of Lemon Tree Writers
Editor of our 2021 anthology
Eddie has had a long association with Lemon Tree Writers, from its beginnings as a workshop led by Aberdeen City Council Writer in Residence Todd McEwen in the 1990s. After Todd McEwen’s departure, Eddie took up the reins and formed a writing group, originally based at The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, from which venue the group took its name. We are delighted and honoured that Eddie Gibbons agreed to edit our 2021 anthology, A Twist of Lemon
As well as being Founder Chairman of Lemon Tree Writers, Eddie was also a founder member, with Gerard Rochford and Doug Gray, of Dead Good Poets at Books and Beans (now called Poetry at Books and Beans). Sponsored by the Doric Board, he recently edited ‘The Hail Clamjamfry’ which featured poems from members of local writing groups including ours.
Eddie is currently a poetry editor for award-winning Tapsalteerie and previously for The Poets’ Republic magazine, and is ‘High Heid Yin’ at Tangletree Press. He is a highly regarded, widely published poet among whose many accomplishments is being a prizewinner in the Inaugural Edwin Morgan International Poetry competition in 2008. His collection ‘What They Say About You’ was shortlisted in the poetry section for the 2011 Scottish Book of the Year.
NEWS!
Don’t miss Eddie’s presentation for Lemontree Writers, Writing Poetry for Pleasure – and Publication. Funded by Scottish Book Trust Live Literature.
Eddie will be reading from his new poetry collection, ‘Roughly Speaking‘.
Here are two poems from Eddie
Both poems appear in Eddie's new poetry collection 'Roughly Speaking' published in November 2021 by Leamington Books
Available for poetry readings and user-friendly poetry workshops.
The Poet’s Republic magazine covers designed by Eddie Gibbons
Find a list of Eddie’s published anthologies here.
https://www.thirstybooks.com/eddie-gibbons
You can read more about Eddie and sample some of his poetry at the following links
https://heartstations.weebly.com/about.html
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Publisher/Tangletree-Press-113347913534808/
http://www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/about/
Find a sample of Eddie’s published poetry
on the Scottish Poetry Library website
Lemon Tree Writers 