Carol Mckay

Telephone:
01698 820778
Work phone:
0141 633 2989
Website:
www.carolmckay.co.uk


Author type:
Poet, Writer
BRAW network:
no
LL funded:
yes
Biography:
Winner of the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship 2010. Scottish Arts Council Writer’s Bursary, 2002. Born and educated in Glasgow with a genetic inheritance that encompasses Mull, Shetland, Brechin, Girvan, Sligo, Strathaven and points in between. Experienced creative writing teacher and facilitator. I teach creative writing through The Open University.
About writer's work:
Short fiction and poetry in Gutter, Chapman, Mslexia, Daily Telegraph, The Herald, Cencrastus, Northwords. Anthologised by Polygon (Birlinn) and Luath. In 2007-8 I collaborated with Eileen Munro on her poignant autobiography As I Lay Me Down to Sleep, published by Mainstream in August 2008. Now working on a novel set in France.
About writer's events and projects:
Creative writing teaching / facilitating – particularly interested in fiction, memoir and travel writing workshops. Also available to give readings of my own work and as a competition judge.
Links to other websites:
www.open.ac.uk


Language:
English
Age groups:
Teens, Adults
Local authorities available to visit:
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles), North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders, Shetland, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, West Lothian