Hamish Macdonald

Hamish MacDonald is a poet, playwright and novelist with works published, broadcast and performed in Scots and English.
He is a contributor to several publications by Scots language imprint Itchy Coo Publishing and has worked as writer and preenter on historical and political documentaries for BBC Radio Scotland including ‘The Scot Who Stayed in Argentina’, telling the story of political intrigues at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He was the first Robert Burns Writing Fellow for Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association (2003–05) and the first Scots Scriever for the National Library of Scotland (2015–17). As performance poet he became Scottish Slam Poetry champion in 2022 and runner-up in the Coupe du Monde de Poesie world
slam poetry fi nals in Paris in the same year, as well as a semifinalist at the World Poetry Slam, Rio de Janeiro in 2023. A lifelong fan of Clydebank Football Club, since 2020 he has fulfilled the role of Bankies Bard as honorary poet of the club.
His most recent poetry collections include ‘Wilson’s Ornithology & Burds in Scots’ (Scotland Street Press) and ‘Kilbowie Dreams’ (Clydebank Football Club).