His work has appeared throughout the UK, in America and in various European countries. His latest collection is The Book of Belongings (Arc, 2009). His poems have been translated into more than 10 different languages and in 2009 Terra Incognita, a small collection of his poems in Italian translation, was published by L’Officina (Vicenza). A founder and former Festival Director of StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival Brian Johnstone has appeared at numerous international poetry festivals from Macedonia to Nicaragua and at major venues across the UK.