Today (25^th January) is the anniversary of the birth of the Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns (1759-1796). To celebrate this day, we have complied a list of some weird and wonderful titles covering Scottish poetry and literature, both written in English and Scottish Gaelic.

Nasmyth, Alexander; Robert Burns; National Portrait Gallery, London.

• Effie.
• Things.
• Southfold.
• Fish-sheet.
• Skinklin star.
• Hjok-finnies sanglines.
• Calypso Grampian.
• Storm.
• Dark horse.
• The New alliance.
• The Jabberwock.
• Northwords.
• Poor old tired horse.
• Weighbauk.
• Deliberately thirsty.
• Gutter : the magazine of new Scottish writing.
• Green shoots.
• Out from beneath the boot.
• Sideways.
• Pushing out the boat.
• Splash.
• Riverrun : new writing from Dundee.
• Laldy! : West of Scotland’s literary journal.
• New writing Scotland. 36, With their best clothes on.

For more titles of Scottish poetry and literary collections take a look in SUNCAT.