Silk and Smoke: ‘Fusion’

I’m delighted to have a new poem, ‘Fusion’, published in Silk and Smoke issue 2: https://silkandsmoke.com/portfolio/fusion-by-larissa-reid/ Silk and Smoke is a beautiful publication, and I had them in mind when I was working on the final draft of ‘Fusion’. It’s brilliant to be a small part of a fairly new, local (Edinburgh-based) online magazine. OneContinue reading “Silk and Smoke: ‘Fusion’”

Herringbone

The second of my #Cateran100 poems is now available to listen to online: https://soundcloud.com/user-557410710/herringbone-by-larissa-reid This poem was first published in the autumn 2017 edition of Northwords Now, issue 34. I was honoured to have three poems appear in this particular edition, Herringbone, The Crow Road and Skye-light. All are available to read here: https://www.northwordsnow.co.uk/author/Larissa-Reid

The Cateran100 project

Really honoured to be part of the #Cateran100 project being run by the Cateran Ecomuseum https://www.cateranecomuseum.co.uk/ during these strange times. The team at Cateran are posting daily audio recordings of poems old and new on social media, together with local photographs and history related to Perthshire, Tayside and Angus, Scotland. The first of four ofContinue reading “The Cateran100 project”

Shortlisted for Janet Coats Memorial Prize

I’m delighted I have recently had a poem selected for the shortlist of the Janet Coats Memorial Prize at Paisley Book Festival: https://paisleybookfest.com/prize/ The theme for 2020 is ‘Radical Voices and Rebel Stories’, with a focus on the young people who have been making their voices heard on the climate crisis over the past twoContinue reading “Shortlisted for Janet Coats Memorial Prize”