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Emma Grae

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Local authority: West Dunbartonshire
Languages: English, Scots
Author type: Journalist, Writer
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Emma Grae is a Scots language author and journalist from Glasgow. She writes for children, young adults and adults in the leid, tackling hard-hitting issues such as poverty, mental illness and loss in a hopeful, often humourous way with a side of the supernatural. 

All of her books are set in the same wee, fictional Scottish toon and she hopes that they will introduce more people to the beauty of the Scots leid in a microcosm that highlights the struggles that speakers and learners still face in modern-day Scotland. 

Emma won Scots Book of the Year at the Scots Language Awards in 2022 for her debut novel, Be Guid tae yer Mammy. The cross-generational family saga was also shortlisted for the Saltire Society’s Scottish Fiction Book of the Year award the same year. 

She has previously hosted creative writing workshops at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and at Book Week Scotland. She has spoken about the Scots language at the likes of Cambridge University and on several radio stations. As a journalist, she has regularly covered Scots language news for The National since 2021. 

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

Chairing events; Reading; Talk; Workshop

Audience will work with

Adult learners; Care-experienced people; Carers; English as an additional language (EAL); Intergenerational learning; Outdoor learning; Adults with additional support needs; People experiencing mental health problems; People living with dementia; Prisoners & young offenders; Reluctant readers; Vulnerable young people (under 18); Vulnerable adults; Vulnerable older people; Young people in the community (e.g. Youth clubs, Guides, Scouts); Young people with additional support needs (under 18) (ASN/SEN)

Topics of work

Adolescence; Ageing; Animals; Care experience; Childhood; Class & society; Comedy, humour & funny books; Contemporary fiction; Death, grief & bereavement; Discrimination & prejudice; Fairy tales, folklore & mythology; Family; Friendship; Health including mental health & wellbeing; History; LGBTQIA+ characters

Age groups published for

Children; Teens; 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+