According to Wikipedia two million people live within the twenty inner city arrondissements of Paris, twelve million live in the … 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 Writer’s Paradox
It is the time I wait for and the time I dread. That magical time when I can write The … More
I Luv Paris (with exceptions) #1 – Le Petit Commerce
I don’t know if this is true all over Paris but in 14ème arrondissement Le Petit Commerce is thriving. By that … More
Marginalia
This time last week I had no idea that scribbling on books had a name but week three of my poetry challenge … More
Resolutions of a Transient
At the beginning of every year since I don’t know when I have listed goals and resolutions and for the most part … More
Narrative Know How for Safe Space
One snowy December night in Dunfermline I ran a workshop for the charity Safe Space. As part of a fun raising initiative … More
