Welcome!

I'm Kona Macphee, a UK-born, Australian-bred poet now living and working in Scotland.

Perfect Blue Perfect Blue Tails

My latest poetry collection is Perfect Blue, which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for 2010. You can find sample poems and reviews on the book's dedicated website.

The free Perfect Blue Companion provides author commentaries on all the poems in Perfect Blue. You can read it online or download it as a PDF e-Book.

Poetry Aid

I'm raising money for UNICEF by selling the remaining copies of my first collection Tails for Poetry Aid.

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Free reading at Henderson's
Kona Macphee is reading with Roddy Lumsden, AB Jackson and Rob A Mackenzie in Edinburgh on Sunday 13th May.
Lviv Litfest
Kona Macphee and Sophie Cooke appeared at the Lviv International Literary Festival in September 2011.