Thank you so much @gerryhassan.bsky.social

I seem to have let myself go

‘High Ball to the Wee Man’ has garnered some lovely reviews: ‘irresistible’ according to the Daily Mail, ‘inimitable’ according to the Sunday Times’ I’ll add ‘PERFECT STOCKING FILLER’ signed and dedicated on demand if you buy via eBay ebay.us/m/jxDqgd

@valmcdermid.bsky.social very exciting to bump into you at the @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social - as you can see you weren’t the only one to have HIGH BALL TO THE WEE MAN thrust upon ‘em… Hope you enjoyed

A great evening reading at the St Andrew’s Book Festival with these legends. Both Pat and Dougie seem to be amused…

Thanks so much @kennypieper.bsky.social Have admired your nutmeg stuff so this is much appreciated

Well my Thursday night crew (ie my boarding pupils) have done it again. A film to promote HIGH BALL TO THE WEE MAN. Scotland’s World Cup adventures in poems. Inimitable/ irresistible/ a gem of a book according to the scribes. A perfect Xmas gift. @tasa1999.bsky.social @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social

Release from The Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal with regards to the @fifaworldcup26.bsky.social Please take a moment to read and reposts are most appreciated to spread the word ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba... lovely article by the great Hugh MacDonald with typically generous assessment of my new book ‘High Ball to the Wee Man’ and Hamish MacDonald’s ‘Square Baw’ @asls.org.uk @natlibscot.bsky.social @stephenwattpoet.bsky.social @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social

@danigaravelli.bsky.social if you’d be interested in a look at this new book of mine please DM - happy to end a copy. People like it…

Stop looking like a purse. How could a purse squeeze under the rickety door and sit, full of satisfaction, in a man’s house? —Norman MacCaig, “Toad” published in THE POEMS OF NORMAN MacCAIG (Birlinn, 2009) #poem #poetry #BookWormSat birlinn.co.uk/product/the-...

It’s publication day for HIGH BALL TO THE WEE MAN “Exuberant, varied and at times almost moves you to tears - just like Scotland's World Cup misadventures. Walsh captures them so well in this delightful, inimitable wee book” Jonathan Northcroft - Sunday Times yorkbookshop.com/poetry-and-d...

Necessary ‘open the box’ shot. HIGH BALL TO THE WEE MAN - my Scotland at the World Cup poem sequences - available for preorder here yorkbookshop.com/poetry-and-d... and the usual places …

@scotfootballmuseum.bsky.social this new book includes a sequence of three poems that is based on your wonderful Archie Gemmill exhibit -

@asls.org.uk how about a little repost of the cover for my new poetry book HIGH BALL TO THE WEE MAN - in which I measure out my life in Scotland World Cup campaigns - out on 1st Oct and available for preorder in the usual places now???

Issue 37 features, I’m pleased to say, my tale of a confraternal and carb-loaded weekend with the Scotland-daft fanáticos of @sdeibar.bsky.social

If you watch this little film you’ll see the front page of my article in Nutmeg 35 about Ted McMinn and Jock Wallace’s adventures at Seville, the only place in the world (as the old joke went) that Jock could find more Orangemen than on the Copland Road.