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Michael Mullen

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: Glasgow City
Languages: English, Scots
Author type: Performance Poet, Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Writer
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I am a writer, poet and spoken word artist from Glasgow writing in both Scots and Standard English. My poetry explores queerness, working-class life, identity, language and community. Comfortable on the stage and the page my work has been published by Gutter, Bella Caledonia, The Forward Anthology, London Review Bookshop blog and The Scotsman. I have appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Push the Boat Out and 'Life and Rhymes' with Benjamin Zephaniah on Sky Arts. I was the Scottish National Slam Championship runner-up in 2022 and a judge in 2024.

My first collection Goonie was published in June 2025 by Little, Brown and was shortlisted for the Forward Jerwood Prize for best first collection. I was the co-winner of the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2023-24 and I was awarded The List magazine’s best rising Scottish author prize in 2025.

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; Panel event; Performance; Reading; Residency; 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

Activism & protest; Adolescence; Childhood; Class & society; Comedy, humour & funny books; Contemporary fiction; Death, grief & bereavement; Discrimination & prejudice; Drug addiction, alcoholism & substance abuse; Editing & editing your own work; Fairy tales, folklore & mythology; Family; Friendship; Health including mental health & wellbeing; LGBTQIA+ characters; Loneliness & isolation; Love & romance; Music; Nature; Performance training; Politics; Poverty; Publishing & getting published; 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+