Instructions for Outlaws by Ash Dickinson

Birds emerge from nests of tables/ a fox is lured from buddleia with a fishing line/ an Amazon warehouse proves no match for the written word/ infidelity/ beard envy/ country music/ a boy grows up a bear/ an audience of crows/ gravy boats for hairdos/ ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ attend a writing workshop/ while criminals are set free/ elephants born without ivory succumb to professional darts players/ and a man falls through the moon. All this and more/ will astound and provoke thought/ amuse and transport/ in this, Ash Dickinson’s third main collection/ ‘Instructions For Outlaws’.

“Impressive wordplay” – The Times

“Clever and funny” – The Scotsman

“Brilliantly surreal invention…fabulous poems” – Edinburgh Evening News

“A massive imagination that swings from one unpredictable world to another” – Petersfield Herald

“Could do for poetry what Bill Hicks did for comedy” – The Skinny

“Surreal, hilarious social commentary…a master of stand-up poetry” – Apples And Snakes

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Ash Dickinson has been full-time as a poet since 2008. He is a multiple slam champion, including Edinburgh, Cheltenham, the Museum of Scotland and BBC Radio. He has performed in Australia, Canada, USA, Spain, Jordan, the Czech Republic and Germany, and headlined countless shows and festivals throughout the UK. Ash is in great demand to run writing workshops in schools, galleries, museums, prisons and with writing groups. His debut collection, ‘Slinky Espadrilles’ was the very first title published by Burning Eye Books. His second major collection, Strange Keys’, also released by Burning Eye, came out in 2016. A collection for younger years, ‘Show Cats In Transit’, came out in 2019.