An Ayrshire town is celebrating the first book of poems from Scotland's national bard.
Marc SherlandBurns Club members mark the anniversary of the Kilmarnock Edition every year by laying wreaths at John Wilson's grave
"Burns was his first poet and that was a real risk for John Wilson, which is why he did it by subscribers."The books cost just three shillings each - but now they can sell for tens of thousands of pounds.A statue of Rabbie Burns and John Wilson stands at the top of the high street, next to the Burns Mall in Kilmarnock, to commemorate the international significance of the work.
"A lot of his friends, and nearly all of the first edition subscribers, were from the general Kilmarnock area.A year after the Kilmarnock Edition was printed, Burns published a second edition of poems in Edinburgh numbering 3,000 copies which won him even wider recognition. It is based in Kilmarnock and has over 250 affiliated Burns Clubs around the world - reaching as far afield as New Zealand, Ukraine, Canada and the USA."Over Scotland, you are talking about several thousands of people who are engaged with Burns in some way or another," added Mr Sherland.
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