Alasdair’s most recent Shearsman collections are My My My Life (2021) and Words of Mercury (2024). Born in Edinburgh, he began writing in Liverpool in the 1970’s and was given an Eric Gregory Award by the Society Of Authors in 1975. Later he took a 20 year sabbatical from poetry before stating to write again after a career in academic libraries. For 15 years he organised and presented the reading series Uncut Poets in Exeter, where he now lives.