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From King o the Midden (Itchy Coo Press)
Creation
Clatty Wattie's Emporium
Two Epitaphs
Nae Fizz Izzy

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Ode To Commemorate World Burns Federation's First Summer School, July 2003
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Hamish MacDonald is the first Robert Burns Writing Fellow for Dumfries & Galloway, and Joint Artistic Director of Dogstar Theatre Company. He has been involved in touring productions as producer, writer and performer in the Highlands and Islands since the mid-1980s, originally for Faultline's The Kilt Is Our Demise. He has written for BBC Scotland's Comedy Unit, including sketches for Naked Video, Velvet Cabaret & the Daily Sketch. He became a full-time writer in 1998.

Published in poetry, short story and fiction, works include acclaimed novel The Gravy Star (11:9 Publishing 2001), and a novella in Scots, The Girnin' Gates (ItchyCoo 2003). Plays include Redcoats, Turncoats & Petticoats (Highland Festival 1998), The Captain's Collection (HF'99 & subsequent tours), The Strathspey King (Scottish Tour 2003), Seven Ages (HF2001 & Scottish Tour 2004), and Slainte Mhath Mr Capone (Highland Festival 2004).

As the inaugural Robert Burns Writing Fellow for Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association 2003-06, he has worked as a writer in residence and was commissioned in 2005 to write and perform in The Story Nation, a four day travelling show exploring the religion, history, folklore and literature of Scotland's southwest through storytelling, music and drama. He has written two series for BBC Radio Scotland: an adaptation of The Captain's Collection, and the original radio version of The Strathspey King, both of which won awards at the Celtic Film & TV Festival (2000 & 2001).