McMillan's Galloway

McMillan’s Galloway takes the reader on a whimsical tour of Dumfries and Galloway through the people, places and myths of the area. Topics include the pub where Britt Ekland did not film the seductive bum scene of The Wicker Man, the striking similarities between fairies and little green men, and the unexpected revelation of Lawrence of Arabia’s tenancy in Kirkcudbright. 

A witty cabinet of curiosities, McMillan’s reimagining of John Mactaggart’s 1824 Gallovidian Encyclopaedia includes the poetry of his beloved Dumfries and Galloway from Burns to the present day, and affectingly delves into the area’s continued issues of depopulation and land ownership. Despite his irreverent tone, McMillan’s love of this corner of Scotland is obvious, and you’d be hard pressed to finish McMillan’s Galloway without feeling that you, too, might like to move to a wee village on a dodgy bus route somewhere west of Dumfries. Though you’ll change your mind once you remember it probably no longer has a pub.

Hugh McMillan

Hugh McMillan is a poet and writer from south-west Scotland who has been published and anthologised widely. An award winner in competitions including the Smith/Doorstep Pamphlet Prize, the Callum MacDonald Prize and the Cardiff International Poetry Competition, he has also been shortlisted for the Michael Marks Prize, the Basil Bunting Poetry Award and the Bridport Prize.