Andy Allan The Highland Poet
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ANDY ALLAN
Highland Poet

"Powerful, probing storms
swirl and rush,
grazing grey crags
where lurking eagles slide."
An extract from 'Breath of Dragons'

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Biography

Andy is a native of Strathspey, where his childhood and youth were spent roaming moorland glens, forests and hills.

Andy's outlook on life reflects his Highland upbringing and much of his inspiration is drawn from the highland landscape, the natural world and Celtic myth.


He has participated in a growing number of poetry-reading events and has also been interviewed and read some of his poems on local radio.

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Publication News

Most Recently Published Collection 
‘Within the Slide of Wind' was published by Indigo Dreams, at the start of 2019. It is available from the Indigo Dreams Bookshop

and also from Amazon UK.

Current Writing Project
Andy is currently working on, 'The Lady of the Forest,' an unusual project, a novel with sections of the story told in verse and poems. This is a complicated and unique  work which has been on the back-burner for some considerable time. More news about this project will be posted on the 'News' page soon. 

Poetry
Although concentrating on his LotF project, Andy is still writing poetry. You can have a look at the list of poems published individually by clicking this link:


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Latest News and Appearances

Now available the New Collection

'Within the Slide of Wind,'
published by Devon's wonderful specialist poetry publisher: Indigo Dreams.


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A new poem is included in each of these recently published anthologies: 'For the Silent' published by The League Against Cruel Sports, 'Spindrift' published by NVP, and 'Highland Lights' published by Highland Lit.

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Connect with Andy

By email: [email protected]
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