{"product_id":"zero-hours","title":"Zero Hours","description":"\u003c!-- Hook --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA critical examination of zero-hour contracts and their impact.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Tagline --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssential for anyone interested in workers' rights and economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Access Your Content --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 16px; border-radius: 6px; background: #f9f9f9; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eAccess Your Content in Seconds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete your purchase on our store.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (free).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLog in using the same email from checkout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour ebook will appear instantly in your library.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"\u003eAll content is securely delivered through our app and not offered as a Shopify download.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- About the Ebook --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"LHWNZh\"\u003eWritten mostly in Scots, Rab Wilson’s new collection is a timely comment on our climate of zero hours contracts and benefits sanctions. From social issues to politics, from the sublime to the absurd, Wilson homes in on the unique aspects of life in Scotland and sets out his poetic manifesto for our country’s future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"jf8bsv\"\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"woBMvg\"\u003eCeci n'est pas Stonehenge’, this is the cosmos,\u003cbr data-sleek-node-id=\"VRT2vB\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"EFrFNa\"\u003edistilled to elemental rock and stone,\u003cbr data-sleek-node-id=\"FRkszE\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"MXnmES\"\u003edepicting that interstellar collision,\u003cbr data-sleek-node-id=\"FTD6Ga\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"IIeAdO\"\u003efour billion years away, a chaos\u003cbr data-sleek-node-id=\"2QADEX\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"v6nGEW\"\u003eof realignment unimaginable,\u003cbr data-sleek-node-id=\"PNRgnF\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"BBluHQ\"\u003ewhen all the worlds we knew or didn’t know\u003cbr data-sleek-node-id=\"owePQ5\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"XB2yge\"\u003eosmotically pass through each other like ghosts,\u003cbr data-sleek-node-id=\"FGT3Wb\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"n4eYej\"\u003eto form new galaxies intangible.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReview\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"FbyBgV\"\u003eMany of Wilson's poems here, in both Scots and in English, are essentially stories in miniature, which is perhaps why he so often seems inspired by storytellers like Walter Scott, as well as artists like Joan Eardley. He has a highly effective skewering style, cutting through pretence and pomposity with ease.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong data-sleek-node-id=\"z7w4xR\"\u003e SUNDAY HERALD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Why You'll Love This Ebook --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy You'll Love This Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnalysis of precarious employment and worker vulnerability.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores modern work insecurity and solutions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by Luath Press, Scotland's leading independent publisher.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA vital conversation about work and dignity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- About the Author --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"U7d8Cf\"\u003eRAB WILSON is one of Scotland’s most accomplished poets. He was born in New Cumnock, Ayrshire in 1960. After an engineering apprenticeship with the National Coal Board he left the pits following the miner’s strike of 1984–5 to become a psychiatric nurse. As a Scots poet, his work appears regularly in \u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"bF00x7\"\u003eThe Herald,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"US9Ptm\"\u003eChapman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"WmXoZO\"\u003eLallans \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"Qb791e\"\u003eMarkings \u003c\/em\u003emagazines and he is the author of a number of highly praised volumes of poetry and a Burns scholar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-sleek-node-id=\"aU3TOz\"\u003eRab has performed his work at the Edinburgh Festival, the StAnza poetry festival at St Andrews, the ‘Burns an a’ That Festival’ at Ayr and has been ‘Bard of the Festival’ at Wigtown, Scotland’s National Booktown. Additionally Rab is a previous winner of the McCash Poetry Prize and was ‘Robert Burns Writing Fellow – In Reading Scots’ for Dumfries and Galloway Region. He has worked with the artist \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.luath.co.uk\/calum-colvin\" data-sleek-node-id=\"lk8zAE\"\u003eCalum Colvin\u003c\/a\u003e on a book of responses to Burns and he is the Scriever in Residence for the National Trust for Scotland based at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Ayr. Currently a member of the National Committee for the Scots Language Resource Centre, Rab regularly attends the parliamentary Cross Party Group for Scots language held at Holyrood. He is a ‘\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"KozcLC\"\u003eweel-kent\u003c\/em\u003e’ advocate for Scots writing. He lives in New Cumnock with his wife Margaret and daughter Rachel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Publication Details --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Luath Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11 December 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192 pages (Ebook edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (Ebook):\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781910324776\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- FAQ --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow do I access my ebook?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and log in using the same email you used at checkout. 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