Diverted to Split is Hugh McMillan’s new poetry book, his sixth from Luath. As before, his poetry ranges widely in subject matter, from his friends and family to his travels and his politics, and deals with life’s great issues, love and mortality.

Andrew Greig has noted that McMillan’s poetry finds the universal in the microscopically personal, a platform, a verge, a wake, a train ride.

As ever, humour plays a large part, sometimes bleak, sometimes wholehearted, but you’re never laughing so much you lose sight of the human story, its triumphs, its ultimate failures.

This poetry collection will not only be a hit with fans of Hugh McMillan’s work, but any poetry lover that is seeking for warmth and the wit of humans during these turbulent times.

Stunning collection everyone should read. Humour, misery, love and loss woven beautifully together as only he can. JULIE McNEILL, Poet

Praise for previous collections:

Scottish Poetry is full of talent but McMillan’s attack on the familiar is unique. IAN DUHIG

Each poem is like a little compact short story. LESLEY GLAISTER

Wonderful tales from a wonderful tale teller. IAIN CRICHTON SMITH

An Apollonian poet, with enough Dionysian to make it interesting.  ALASDAIR GRAY

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.