Fetch

by Colin Bramwell

180 pages, Paperback

Expected publication September 8, 2026

About the author

Colin Bramwell is a Scottish poet who writes and performs in Scots and English. He was born in Irvine, in Ayrshire, but grew up on the Black Isle. His first degree was in English literature from the University of Edinburgh, with a year abroad at McGill University. His masters degree was in eighteenth century English literature, from the University of Oxford. His doctorate at the University of St. Andrews was in Creative Writing; for this he wrote on the methods and meanings of translating poetry into Scots in the present day.

His publications include The Highland Citizenship Test (Stewed Rhubarb, 2021), Decapitated Poetry (co-translations of Taiwanese poet Ko-hua Chen, Seagull Books, 2023), and beyond (edited collection of Aonghas MacNeacail's later English-language poetry, Shearsman, 2024). His book of Scots translations of Fernado Pesssoa, Fower Pessoas was published in April 2025.

Bramwell won the 2018 John Dryden Translation Competition for his translations of the Taiwanese poet Yang Mu. Decapitated Poetry received the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize.

He now lives in Edinburgh with his partner Eva Paredes and their son Pablo.