Louis and Ilone Wigtown Book Festival Wigtown Book Town is currently running its annual book festival. Wigtown, a small market … 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.
A wet day in Halifax, NS
Canadian dream – revisited The Highlights My one day in Halifax was wet. The kind of wet that comes at … More
Back on Scottish soil
Sorry for the Absence Well it just didn’t happen. I had hoped to blog some of my holiday experiences on … More
Books and Films
DVD – Black Book I don’t watch telly, well maybe a little, but I do indulge in the occasional film. … More
Tip – make the most of everything
Stoning plums Stoning plums is a messy business and time consuming. When I have an activity like this I choose … More
Blisters on feet and hands
Southern Upland Way My usual lazy Saturday morning was disrupted this week. A 6.15am rise was required to transport me … More
