Fig wine colour co-ordinating with a pumpkin and my maturing Sloe Gin. It’s been a while since I posted a … 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.
1918
The Bandsmen A few years ago my sister and I helped Mum break up the family home in preparation for … More
Remembrance
Last week I trailed round my village with a red can and a bag of plastic poppys to try to … More
food and drink and foraging
High Brow or What It is no coincidence that food and drink feature highly on my list of first fifties. … More
Echo Wall by Dave and Claire Macleod
Watch the trailer again Last week I blogged the trailer for Echo Wall. This week I’ve been lucky enough to … More
The best First of all
The Memorial, Lochore Meadows (the meedies) Yesterday was National Poetry Day and I had something on my list that could … More
