Lines Review was a Scottish poetry journal founded by the publisher Callum Macdonald

Callum Macdonald (publisher)

Callum Macdonald , was a Scottish printer and publisher born in Breaclete on the island of Great Bernera. He was educated in Stornaway and read History at the University of Edinburgh...

 in 1952. Its original editorial board included the Scottish poets Sydney Goodsir Smith

Sydney Goodsir Smith

Sydney Goodsir Smith was a Scottish poet, artist, dramatist and novelist. He wrote poetry in literary Scots often referred to as Lallans, and was a major figure of the Scottish Renaissance....

, Hugh MacDiarmid

Hugh MacDiarmid

Hugh MacDiarmid is the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve , a significant Scottish poet of the 20th century. He was instrumental in creating a Scottish version of modernism and was a leading light in the Scottish Renaissance of the 20th century...

, Norman MacCaig

Norman MacCaig

Norman MacCaig was a Scottish poet. His poetry, in modern English, is known for its humour, simplicity of language and great popularity.-Life:...

, Sorley MacLean

Sorley MacLean

Sorley MacLean was one of the most significant Scottish poets of the 20th century.-Early life:He was born at Osgaig on the island of Raasay on 26 October 1911, where Scottish Gaelic was the first language. He attended the University of Edinburgh and was an avid shinty player playing for the...

 and Denis Peploe. Latterly its individual editors included the poets Robin Fulton

Robin Fulton

Robin Fulton , is a Scottish poet and translator. He has lived in Stavanger, Norway, since 1973 working as a university lecturer- Fulton holds a PhD from Edinburgh University....

 and Tessa Ransford. Tessa Ransford, the founder of the Scottish Poetry Library

Scottish Poetry Library

The Scottish Poetry Library was founded in 1984 by the poet Tessa Ransford. It originally had two staff members, including Scottish poet, Tom Hubbard, and 300 books, but has since expanded considerably to containing 30,000 items of Scottish and international poetry...

, published the final issue in 1998.

The magazine featured the poetry of many important Scottish poets such as Iain Crichton Smith

Iain Crichton Smith

Iain Crichton Smith was a Scottish man of letters, writing in both English and Scottish Gaelic, and a prolific author in both languages...

, George Mackay Brown

George Mackay Brown

George Mackay Brown , was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character...

 or Angus Calder

Angus Calder

Angus Lindsay Ritchie Calder was a Scottish academic, writer, historian, educator and literary editor with a background in English literature, politics and cultural studies.-Education:...

and was a starting point for many young Scottish poets.