Available to buy from Mariscat Press.

The poems in Toots derive from the time when Alyson worked as a volunteer on Iona – a joyous, riotous sequence celebrating a joyous, riotous affair with an island and a wild Glasgow girl.

I LOVE her – as fresh as anything, the voice just jumps straight out at you. And the poems make me laugh too.

Jackie Kay

Toots was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Poetry Award and the Callum MacDonald Memorial Award.