Alan Morrison’s previous books include A Tapestry of Absent Sitters, Captive Dragons, Blaze a Vanishing/The Tall Skies, Shadows Waltz Haltingly,
Shabbigentile, Gum Arabic and two collections from Smokestack – Keir Hardie Street and Tan Raptures. He edits the webzine The Recusant and its sister site Militant Thistles. In 2018 he was joint winner of the Bread & Roses Poetry Prize sponsored by UNITE.