The Invisible Poet

On Saturday (13th December) I ventured to the Scottish Poetry Library for a HappenStance launch involving four poets. Two of these were familiar faces (Gerry Cambridge and Hamish Whyte) and two unfamiliar (C.J. Driver and Tom Vaughan). Although I was keen to see and hear all four writers, I was intrigued by the rather mysterious Mr Vaughan, because, we are told, he is a retired British diplomat who has had personal involvement in the Middle East and Afghanistan. And he writes under a pseudonym. HappenStance publisher, Helena Nelson, has never met the man. Almost James Bond territory, I thought.

But Mr Vaughan remained characteristically invisible. At the last minute a message was sent saying he wouldn't be attending the event. Does he exist?  Or could there be someone out there impersonating him?

 

Photograph of Tom Vaughan outside the Scottish Poetry Library

 

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