Epic-mania in the Global Reading Group: How It All Began We all have those books, right? The ones that are … 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.
Epics on a Global scale
‘Milton’s Paradise Lost and Seamus Heaney’s Translation of Beowulf have been neglected. My new challenge is to work on finishing … More
Poetry Challenge 2013
The poetry challenge A year ago today I was planning my poetry challenge. As a reluctant poetry reader the challenge … More
The curious world of Bizarro
A couple of weeks ago I read a copy of Chris Kelso’s A Message from the Slave State and experienced … More
What I talk about when I talk about the pain in my bones
A wee while ago I read Haruki Murakami’s inspiring memoir ‘What I talk about when I talk about running‘ for … More
I Luv Paris (with exceptions) #3 – August or Fermeture Annuelle
Bonnes vacances à toutes et à tout I returned to Paris on the 2nd of August after a short trip … More
