I don’t claim to be a good poet but I appreciate poetry and find it thrilling to write it if I … More
Author: Moira Mcpartlin
Moira McPartlin’s debut novel The Incomers, published by Fledgling Press in 2012, was shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award. Over the next seven years Moira wrote her speculative fiction, Sun Song Trilogy novels (also published by Fledgling Press). The novels, set in 2089, reflect many issues we face today. Moira’s last novel, Before Now: Memoir of a Toerag, is written entirely in the Fife dialect and was published by her own imprint, Trilleachan Press, in May 2021.
In 2021 she became a writing fellow at Hawthornden Castle. In 2022 she was appointed the Scriever for The Federation of Writers (Scotland), and in 2024 was the recipient of a Bridges Award, a residency at Cove Park, Argyll. Her short stories and poetry have been widely published in literary magazines and anthologies.
Moira’s latest publication, A Thing So Delicate: The Hidden Voices of Scotland’s Mass Concrete Viaducts, is a collaboration with her husband, Colin. It is a hybrid about the social history surrounding the building of Scotland’s Victorian mass concrete viaducts. This includes creative nonfiction, prose, poetry, and photography.
Moira is listed on the Scottish Book Trust Live Literature Database.
How to have the perfect holiday
How to have a perfect holiday Book a cheap flight to Malaga, hire a car and head for the hills. … More
Got to Keep Going
For the past ten months I have been trying to get my novel The Incomers published. This is a demoralising … More
Traditional Music in Safe Hands
Congratulations to Orcadian Fiddler, Kristan Harvey, on winning the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year.This competition has been running … More
Choice – What Choice?
When I was small there was one type of crisp – Ready Salted; two types of bread – pan or … More
Latest Successes
The worst part of a writer’s life is learning to deal with rejection letters. But to achieve success it is … More
