Authors
Neil Renton
Neil, from Leith, has long channelled his creative side into writing, firstly for the Hibs FC fanzine, Mass Hibsteria, and then as a football reporter focusing on Scotland's Championship, League 1, and League 2 matches.
In 2023, he met Mark Fleming, a fellow writer, at The Changing Room at Easter Road, a mental health support group run by Scottish Action for Mental Health.
Heids Up is their joint anthology of fiction, memoirs, and essays inspired by their respective journeys.
Mark Fleming
Mark, from Edinburgh, has been into creative writing since he was producing lyrics for post-punk band, 4 Minute Warning.
His fiction has been published in diverse outlets, including The Big Issue in Scotland, The Leither, The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction, Shorts: the Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Collection, Front and Centre (Issue 18), Scottish Child Magazine, Cutting Teeth and 404Ink.
His most recent publication is Heids Up.
Rodney Relax
Rodney Relax started performing in Fife punk bands in the late 70s. In the 80s and 90s he channelled his passions into poetry. Inspired by seminal underground publication, Rebel Inc, he set up Yellow Cafe in 1994, introducing radical new writing and working alongside DJs and filmmakers.
Since 2015, Relax has been running Second Space poetry with SPK, and contributing to anthologies.
Bar Codes for Spring is his first 'proper book'!