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Anna Stewart

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: Dundee
Languages: English, Scots
Author type: Writer
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Anna Stewart is a writer from Dundee and a recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. She was shortlisted for the Royal Academy & Pin Drop Short Story Award, Bloody Scotland's Short Story Competition, and awarded the Dragons' Pen at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Her story 'The Way I Breathed' was published alongside A.L. Kennedy and Ben Okri in A Short Affair (Scribner, 2018). Anna's stories have appeared in Scotland After the Virus (Luath Press), Riptide Journal, Gutter Magazine, New Writing Dundee, The Weekend Read, and The Wheesht! (Tippermuir Books).

She has been commissioned by BBC Scotland and Scottish Book Trust, and performed her work on BBC Upload and at the Scottish Parliament. Her short screenplay Immune was selected for both the London Independent Film Festival and Unrestricted View Film Festival. In 2024, Anna was selected for the Channel 4 New Writers Scheme and the National Film and Television School.

(Works in Scots)

Websites featuring the author

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Bilingual event; Mentoring; Panel event; Performance; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop

Audience will work with

Reluctant readers; Young people in the community (e.g. Youth clubs, Guides, Scouts); Young people with additional support needs (under 18) (ASN/SEN)

Topics of work

Childhood; Contemporary fiction; Editing & editing your own work; Family; Horror; Loneliness & isolation; Urban communities; Violence & abuse

Age groups published for

Adults

Age groups will work with

0-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-11; 12-14; 15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+