FIRTH by Garry Mackenzie Anne Caldwell 'The purifying and cathartic fire

'The purifying and cathartic fire of anger gives astonishing power to these poems as Saphra evokes her father with mordant wit and well-judged venomous analysis

and the savage wit of 'I am not honest'

the family

you will love Brian Bilston' - Richard Osman

FIRTH by Garry Mackenzie Anne Caldwell 'The purifying and cathartic fireFirth is a poetic portrait of the Firth of Forth. It reaches back into the deep geological past and forward into a troubled future of pollution and extinction, via the boom and bust of the nineteenth century fishing industry. At that time, government advisors recommended against regulating fishing in the Forth estuary, despite the wishes of fishermen who feared the fish population would be decimated without restrictions on trawling. Within a few