Burns Night Resources

We have uploaded our free guide to setting up your own Burns Night, available as a pdf download here (20Mb).

There are also many good books to help you plan your Burns Night.  We recommend:

• The Burns Supper Companion by Hugh Douglas, Alloway Publishing, 1998
• The Luath Burns Companion by John Cairney, Luath Press, 2001
• Immortal Memories by John Cairney, Luath Press, 2002
• A Caledonian Feast by Annette Hope, Canongate Books, 2002

Another useful source of recipes, historical notes, Burns poems and songs is the BBC Burns Night site.

Lost that Robert Burns Poem?

If you are lost for words, or cannot track down a specific poem, contact The Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh and make use of their helpful services.