Zoe Strachan
Website:
www.zoestrachan.comBRAW network:
noLL funded:
yesBiography:
I was born in 1975 and grew up in Kilmarnock. Since 1992, I’ve lived mainly in Glasgow. I studied Archaeology and Philosophy at Glasgow University, and I think that both subjects have influenced my writing. After graduating I worked for a few years then undertook an MLitt in Creative Writing at the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. I now teach part-time at the Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing at the Glasgow University, and at the moment I’m finishing a novel.
About writer's work:
My main passion is for writing novels, but I’ve also published short stories, essays and journalism, as well as writing drama and other pieces for radio. My fiction tends to be set in Scotland and is often focussed on Glasgow. It’s very character-based, and sometimes explores issues surrounding gender, place, death, memory and sexuality. I think I’m a little bit obsessed with how the past affects the present, and the ways in which stories repeat themselves. Negative Space won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish First Book of Year Award, longlisted for the SAC Book of the Year Award and nominated for The Big Gay Read 2006.
About writer's events and projects:
I’m happy doing readings with a Q&A session, workshops on specific aspects of writing, and residencies. I enjoy visiting writers’ groups, readers’ groups, libraries and schools. In 2006 I was Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature writer in residence in the Museum of Scotland, and I’ve often structured workshops around museum and gallery exhibitions. I’ve also worked in conjunction with visual artists. Please contact me by email, through my agency (Rogers, Coleridge and White) or my work address:
Department of English Literature
(6 University Gardens)
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
Language:
EnglishAge groups:
Teens, Adults
