The Saltire Society announced the winners of the 2019 Literary Awards at a ceremony at the National Museum of Scotland on Saturday 30th November, St Andrews Night. I was pleased to be a judge for the Poetry Award this year. The Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year winner was Janette Ayachi for her … More Saltire Awards winners announced
This year I am on the judging panel for the Saltire Literary Awards. The shortlists have now been announced, and you can read about all the shortlisted books here: https://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/literary-awards/
I’m pleased to say that I’m on the Judging Panel for the Saltire Society Literary Awards this year. The Saltire Literary Awards are given annually, and are open to books written by a Scottish writer, books written by a writer living in Scotland, books about a Scottish individual, or books focusing on a Scottish theme. … More Saltire Literary Awards
I have recently updated and added some new work to the Writing page – please click on the link and have a look around. And here is one bonus link, to the new website for Inverness’ Victorian Market. This page features my poem for the market, which I’ve talked about on this blog before. As … More links
I’m always interested to know what books writers read. I read a lot, and I like to have a few books on the go at once: something for research for my writing, maybe a novel for when I want to relax, some poems if I’m in the mood for poetry… The photo shows some of … More What to read next…
