Tom Hubbard (born 1950) was the first librarian of the

Scottish Poetry Library The Scottish Poetry Library is a public library with charitable status specialising in contemporary Scottish writing in English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic. The library, which is free to join for UK residents, celebrated its 40th anniversary in ...

and is the author, editor or co-editor of over thirty academic and literary works.

Biography

Tom Hubbard was born in

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; ; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, making it Fife's second-largest s ...

. After obtaining first class honours ( MA, PhD) from

Aberdeen University The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in post-nominals; ) is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Al ...

and a Diploma in Librarianship from

Strathclyde University The University of Strathclyde () is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first techn ...

, Hubbard worked at the Scottish Poetry Library (1984–92) and as a visiting lecturer at the universities of

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, Budapest (

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of the

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), and North Carolina (at Asheville). From 2000 to 2004, he was editor of BOSLIT (Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation), a research project of

Edinburgh University The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI in 1582 and offi ...

, based at the

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. He is also an honorary research fellow in the Department of Scottish Literature,

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(2004–2007), an honorary fellow in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh (2005–2008), and Fellow of the

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(FCLIP) (elected 2006). In 2006, Hubbard was visiting professor in Scottish Literature and Culture at the University of Budapest (ELTE). Thereafter, he edited the Online Bibliography of Irish Literary Criticism (BILC) at the

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(2006–2010) and in December 2009 he was appointed the Lynn Wood Neag Distinguished Visiting professor of British Literature, University of Connecticut for the Spring Semester of 2011. In 2011/12 Hubbard was Professeur invité at

Stendhal University Stendhal University (, also known as Grenoble III) was a university located in the outskirts of Grenoble, France that offered courses in foreign languages and cultures, ancient and modern literature, language and communication sciences. Having ...

, and a

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at the Château Lavigny in

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, Switzerland. Hubbard is on the editorial board of the journal ''

Scottish Affairs ''Scottish Affairs'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering Scottish politics and current affairs. It was established in 1992 and has been published by Edinburgh University Press since 2014. It is the successor to the ''Scottish Government ...

'', and an honorary visiting fellow at the University of Edinburgh Institute of Governance, where he is working on a "Scotland and Europe" project with Dr Eberhard Bort.

Bibliography

*''Revaluation:

R.B. Cunninghame Graham Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (24 May 1852 – 20 March 1936) was a Scottish politician, writer, journalist and adventurer. He was a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP); the first ever socialist member of the Parliam ...

'', in Murray, Glen (ed.), ''

Cencrastus ''Cencrastus'' was a magazine devoted to Scottish and international literature, arts and affairs, founded after the Referendum of 1979 by students, mainly of Scottish literature, at Edinburgh University, and with support from Cairns Craig, then a ...

'' No. 8, Spring 1982, pp. 27 – 30, *review of ''The Scottish Sketches of R.B. Cunninghame Graham'', edited by John Walker, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), ''

'' No. 10, Autumn 1982, p. 42, *with John Brewster,

William Hershaw William Hershaw (born Newport On Tay, Fife, 19 March 1957) is a Scottish poet, playwright, musician and Scots language activist. Hershaw's first major collection of poetry, ''The Cowdenbeath Man'', Scottish Cultural Press, 1998, was a series of ...

and Harvey Holton ''Four Fife Poets: Fower Brigs ti a Kinrik'' (Aberdeen University Press, 1988) *''The New

Makar A makar () is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as a royal court poet. Since the 19th century, the term ''The Makars'' has been specifically used to refer to a number of poets of fifteenth and sixteenth cen ...

s: Anthology of Contemporary Poetry in Scots'' (Edinburgh: Mercat Press, 1991) *''Seeking Mr. Hyde: Studies in Robert Louis Stevenson, Symbolism, Myth and the Pre-Modern (Scottish studies)'' (Peter Lang Publishing, 1995) *''Integrative Vision: Poetry and the Visual Arts in Baudelaire,

Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant ...

and

MacDiarmid McDiarmid, also MacDiarmid, is a Scottish surname. People Notable people with this surname include: McDiarmid * Archie McDiarmid (1881–1957), Scottish-born Canadian track and field athlete * Bunny McDiarmid (contemporary), New Zealand enviro ...

'' (Akros Publications, 1997) *with Thomas Rain Crowe and Gwendal Denez, ''A Celtic Resurgence: The New Celtic Poetry (Writing the Wind)'' (New Native Press, 1997) *''Isolde's Luve-daith: Poems in English and Scots'' (Akros Publications, 1998) *with

William Soutar William Soutar (28 April 1898 – 15 October 1943) was a Scottish poet and diarist who wrote in English and in Braid Scots. He is known best for his epigrams. Life and works William Soutar was born on 28 April 1898 on South Inch Terrace in P ...

and Sheila Cant, ''A Bairn's Sang and Other Poems'' (Mercat Press, 1999) *''From Soda Fountain to Moonshine Mountain: American Poems'' (Akros Publications, 2004) *''Scottish

Faust Faust ( , ) is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal with the Devil at a ...

: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore'' (Kettillonia, 2004) *with Zsuzsanna Varga, ''Anthology of Scottish poetry translated into Hungarian'' (2006) *with RDS Jack, ''Scotland in Europe (SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language & Literature)'' (Editions Rodopi B.V., 2006) *''

Michael Scot Michael Scot (Latin: Michael Scotus; 1175 – ) was a Scottish mathematician and scholar in the Middle Ages. He was educated at University of Oxford, Oxford and University of Paris, Paris, and worked in Bologna and Toledo, Spain, Toledo, where ...

: Myth and Polymath'' (Akros Publications, 2006) *''Border Crossings: Twelve Contemporary Writers from Scotland'' (Scottish PEN, 2007) *''Peacocks and Squirrels: Poems of Fife'' (Kirkcaldy: Akros Publications, 2007) *with Duncan Glen, ''A Fringe of Gold: The

Fife Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...

Anthology'' (

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Birlinn The birlinn () or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Scots language, Lowland Scots inc ...

, 2008) *with T. S. Law and John Law, ''At the Pynt o the Pick and Other Poems'' (Fingerpost Publicatiouns, 2008) *''Marie B: A Biographical Novel'' (Kirkcaldy: Ravenscraig Press, 2008) *with Ralph Pite, Rikky Rooksby and Edward Wakeling ''Lives of Victorian Literary Figures: Pt. VI:

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglicanism, Anglican deacon. His most notable works are ''Alice ...

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll ...

and

Algernon Charles Swinburne Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He wrote many plays – all tragedies – and collections of poetry such as '' Poems and Ballads'', and contributed to the Eleve ...

by Their Contemporaries'' (Pickering & Chatto, 2008) *with Ralph Pite, Keith Carabine and Lindy Stiebel, ''Lives of Victorian Literary Figures: Pt. VII:

Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Poles in the United Kingdom#19th century, Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Eng ...

Henry Rider Haggard Sir Henry Rider Haggard (; 22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform t ...

and

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much ...

by Their Contemporaries'' (Pickering & Chatto, 2009) *''The Chagall Winnocks: Wi Ither Scots Poems and Ballants O Europe'' (Grace Note Publications, 2011) *''The Nyaff and Other Poems'' (Windfall Books, 2012) *''Parapets and Labyrinths: Poems in English and Scots on European Themes'' (Grace Note Publications, 2013) *''Poetry of

Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics, an ...

(Critical Insights)'' (Salem Pr Inc, 2014) *''The Lucky Charm of Major Bessop'' (Grace Note Publications, 2014)

Theatre

Hubbard read the role of one of the old shepherds in the Merchants o Renoun presentation of

Allan Ramsay Allan Ramsay may refer to: *Allan Ramsay (poet) or Allan Ramsay the Elder (1686–1758), Scottish poet *Allan Ramsay (artist) Allan Ramsay (13 October 171310 August 1784) was a Scottish portrait Painting, painter. Life and career Ramsay w ...

's ''

The Gentle Shepherd ''The Gentle Shepherd'' is a pastoral comedy by Allan Ramsay. It was first published in 1725 and dedicated to Susanna Montgomery, Lady Eglinton, to whom Ramsay gifted the original manuscript. The play has some happy descriptive scenes and is a ...

'' staged at the Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh, on Thursday 26th and Saturday 28th November 1998.''Wi Allan an wi Gilbertfield'' / ''The Gentle Shepherd'' programme, The Merchants o Renoun, November 1998

References

External links

– Interview with

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