Andrew Buchanan Jackson is a Scottish poet, born on 19 June 1965, in

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. His family moved to the town of

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, where Jackson received his primary school education. The family moved again in 1976, to

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, where he attended Bell Baxter High School. He studied English literature at

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between 1983 and 1987, and it was there that he met fellow student

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. Together they founded and edited ''Fox: the Edinburgh University Poetry Magazine'', featuring undergraduate poetry and guest contributions from established writers, and ran the Edinburgh University Poetry Society between 1986 and 1987. He has an MSc in Library and Information Studies from the

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and a PhD in Creative Writing from

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. His first book, ''Fire Stations'', won the

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for best first collection in 2003. His limited edition pamphlet, ''Apocrypha'' (Donut Press), was the Poetry Book Society's Pamphlet Choice for summer 2011. In 2010 he won first prize in the Edwin Morgan Poetry Competition for the poem ''Treasure Island''. In 2015 his second full collection, ''The Wilderness Party'', was published by

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and was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. His third collection, ''The Voyage of St Brendan'', was published by

in 2021.

Bibliography

*''Snippets From the Powder Room'' (privately printed pamphlet, 1990) *''Fire Stations'' (London: Anvil Press, 2003) *''Poems 1985–1995'' (privately printed, 50 copies, 2005) *''Apocrypha'' (London: Donut Press, 2011), limited edition of 250, signed and numbered. *''The Wilderness Party'' (Hexham: Bloodaxe Books, 2015) *''The Voyage of St Brendan'' (Hexham: Bloodaxe Books, 2021)

References

External links

Author page
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Two poems from ''The Voyage of St Brendan'' on the Poetry Foundation web sitePoetry International Web feature
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