Who are we?
The Scottish Writers' Centre steering group includes:
Gerrie Fellows' fourth collection of poetry, Window for a Small Blue Child (Carcanet, 2007), was shortlisted for the Sundial Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. She is currently mentor for Glasgow's Clydebuilt Verse Apprenticeships.
Gerry Loose is a poet (most recently: that person himself, 2009 Shearsman; Printed on Water, Selected Poems, 2007 Shearsman) editor (Ten Seasons: explorations in Botanics, with photographs by Morven Gregor, 2007 SPL/Luath; Seed Catalogue [photos by Morven Gregor] 2006 Yorkshire Sculpture Park) and garden-maker.
Donal McLaughlin Known as a writer for his short stories (an allergic reaction to national anthems & other stories (argyll) was published in September 2009), Donal's translation work includes collaborating with Chris Dolan on a stage version of The Reader, a bilingual edition of the poetry of Stella Rotenberg and over 80 writers, to date, for the New Swiss Writing anthologies. Donal has also edited selections of contemporary writing from Slovenia (with Janice Galloway), Latvia and Scotland.
Carol McKay's writing has featured in Gutter, Chapman, Mslexia, The Herald and others, including anthologies by Birlinn, Freight and Luath. She co-wrote Eileen Munro's As I Lay Me Down To Sleep (Mainstream 2008). A former Strathclyde and Glasgow University MLitter, Carol is an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at The Open University.
Charlotte Yelnick Originally from Paris, Charlotte Yelnik is a postgraduate student who is currently doing the M.Sc. in Publishing at Napier University in Edinburgh. Her short story K comme Kapok was published by Le Temps des Cerises in La Revue Commune (n°43-44) in Paris.
The Scottish Writers' Centre is also greatly indebted to past members of the steering group for their work. These include:
David A Allan lives and writes in Glasgow . He writes fiction and features mainly centering on personal identity. His novel Goodbye Tear was short listed for the Luke Bitemead Prize.
Rachel Clive is an arts facilitator, researcher, performance artist and writer. She writes in various genres but is currently concentrating on playwriting.
Maggie Graham is a novelist (Sitting Among The Eskimos, Headline Review 2000), radio dramatist, (Adaptation of Sitting Among The Eskimos, Radio 4 2002, Forever Young, Radio 4 2004), and poet. Online work on Freebase Accordion and Textualities.net.
David Kinloch is a poet (Un Tour d'Ecosse, Carcanet, 2001 and In My Father's House, Carcanet, 2005) and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde.
Moira McPartlin is a Scot with Irish roots. When she is not busy writing short stories, poetry and novels, she edits a quarterly mountaineering magazine and teaches Lifestyle Courses for Community Learning Programmes. She is currently trying to find a publisher for her first novel Torque and is nearing completion of The Incomers, novel number two.