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Matthew Fitt

Born

Dundee, Scotland

Genre

Fiction, Children's, Poetry

Influences

Ovid, William Dunbar, George Campbell Hay ...more

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Matthew Fitt is a Scots poet and novelist. He was born in 1968 in Dundee, Scotland. Previously writer-in-residence at Greater Pollok in Glasgow, he is currently National Scots Language Development Officer and writes a column in Scots for The National newspaper.

In 2002, together with James Robertson and Susan Rennie, he co-founded Itchy Coo, a publishing imprint and educational project to reintroduce schoolchildren to the Scots tongue.

His best known work is But n Ben A-Go-Go, a cyberpunk novel in Scots. Earlier works included The Hoose o Haivers, a loose retelling of the Metamorphoses of Ovid in Scots and The Smoky Smirr o Rain, a Scots anthology. He also wrote the lyrics to Icker in a Thrave, the 2007 Scots entry for the Liet-Lavlut song co ...more

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	But n Ben A-Go-Go 3.85 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wee Book o Fairy Tales in Scots by Matthew Fitt, James W. Robertson, Deborah Campbell (Illustrator) 4.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King o the Midden really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kate o Shanter's Tale and Other Poems 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snawman: The Snowman in Scots 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Tram Dundee 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot: Wee Plays in Scots 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hercules: Bampots and Heroes (Itchy Coo) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katie's Moose: A Keek-a-Boo Book for Wee Folk by Matthew Fitt, James W. Robertson 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Moose in the Hoose: A Scots Counting Book 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“An as he skellied intae the white bleeze, a troop o surveillance puggies advanced in heelstergowdie formation alang the corridor roof, skited by owre his heid an wi a clatter o metallic cleuks, skittered awa eastwards doon the shadowy vennel.”
― Matthew Fitt, But n Ben A-Go-Go

tags: drones, scots-language, surveillance, vennel

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