Books by Ian Scott Massie
The Romance of the Railway:
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A Life in Lyrics
The selected song words from 50 years of songwriting by Ian Scott Massie "When I was 16 something strange happened to me: I felt an urgent need to express how I felt. Where or why this need arose I have no idea, but I will always be grateful to that compulsion. I began by writing poetry - poem after poem combining my love of the words of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Dylan Thomas, T.S. Eliot, John Donne, Leonard Cohen, Gerard Manley Hopkins and, most of all, the Liverpool poets: Adrian Henri, Brian Patten and Roger McGough. These writers’ words had been surging through me and, when the dam finally burst, I couldn’t get my own words out fast enough.
I soon realised that, probably because of my experience as a musician from an early age, I wanted the feedback of an audience and, for a poet, that’s a hard thing to find. So I got hold of a cheap guitar and, by working out the chords on the piano and transferring them to the six strings, started teaching myself to play. Now I could make my poems into songs. There was no stopping me...." Available from Masham Gallery To order by email CLICK HERE |
NORTHERN SOUL
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When I'm 64
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Moor Stories
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Aiming to write a poem a day in the course of his 64th year artist and musician Ian Scott Massie set out of map his experience of the age the Beatles mythologised on Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The result is a book of poems covering food, music, children, painting and life in general. £10 + p&p Published by Masham Gallery Press Order a signed copy from Masham Gallery |
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A collection of tales, history and local legends from the North York Moors National Park and the surrounding area.
From Sutton Bank to Whitby, from Castle Howard to Roseberry Topping this amazing landscape is packed with beautiful places and great stories. £10 + p&p Published by Masham Gallery Press Order a signed copy from Masham Gallery |
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Places of Pilgrimage
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"Beautifully interprets in word and image the personalities of well-known and less familiar places of pilgrimage in Britain.
Places of Pilgrimage is a record of the travels of artist Ian Scott Massie, as he seeks out the spirit of place of over 75 locations around Britain. In words and paintings, he explores the personality of these sites explaining, for example, what he feels on the spot where Saint Cuthbert’s coffin rooted itself to the earth, or the visions conjured up on crossing the sands to Holy Island." Published by SPCK £12.99 + P&P Order a signed copy from Masham Gallery |
Tales of the Dales
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Journeys by Ian Scott Massie
Published by Masham Gallery Press £10 + P&P Order a signed copy from Masham Gallery For Amazon Kindle edition CLICK HERE Under a Northern Sky
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Poetry by Ian Scott Massie
Ian Scott Massie has been a published poet since the late 1960s.
His interest in verse and his abilities as a musician led, over the years, to the creation of a large canon of self composed songs.
Many of these have appeared on albums and been featured on TV and radio.
He continues to write and his work frequently appears in Curlew magazine.
He has published three collections of poems: Under a Northern Sky, When I'm 64 and Journeys, all available from Masham Gallery.
His interest in verse and his abilities as a musician led, over the years, to the creation of a large canon of self composed songs.
Many of these have appeared on albums and been featured on TV and radio.
He continues to write and his work frequently appears in Curlew magazine.
He has published three collections of poems: Under a Northern Sky, When I'm 64 and Journeys, all available from Masham Gallery.
A selection of his poetry is available to read online. CLICK HERE