No Room at the Inn Fifty First Timer No.9 The forecast was ominous, snow and stormy winds. Ben Nevis, Britain’s … 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.
Trouble at blog
Yesterday I created another blog for the great bunch of guys at Erskine Writers. This is a writing group I … More
Terrifying Times
Fifty First Timer No.8 Plant a tree A fig tree to be exact. I love figs, I have a gallon … More
Wonderful Women
This photo was taken one lunchtime in colourful Kuala Lumpur International Women’s Day8th March 2008I have just had a look … More
Neil Young at Edinburgh Playhouse
Minto and I plus Michael (jun) and James were at the most wonderful concert last night. After waiting for 36 … More
The winter of change
I wanted to post a snowy photo of the hill, but tonight’s stunning evening light was so pink the hill … More
