Poolewe in Wester Ross in AugustIn my Munro bagging days Poolewe was the place you drove through on the way … 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.
Two fingers to the ash cloud No2
Bute in June Lighthouse just south of Kilchattan Bay A weekend is all you need as an introduction to this … More
Two fingers to the ash cloud No1
You don’t need an ash cloud threat to enjoy what your home country has to offer. Here is one from … More
Blog Reunited
The remnants of a cleared community on Mull This is the first post on my blog for many months. There … More
The Great Gambia Conundrum
Kololi Beach There were two reasons why The Gambia won the winter holiday decision. The first was to put some … More
The Best Show of the Year
On Friday night after a warming meal of Cullen Skink and New Season Lamb at The Piping Centre I braved … More
