I'm thrilled to receive a £1,200 award of funding from the Saltire Society towards my next poetic venture. Eight writers and artists from over 100 applicants were selected for 'To See Oursels - Re-imagining Scotland', celebrating 90 Years of the work of the Saltire Society. The projects will seek to spark conversation around the theme… Continue reading £1,200 Award for ecological poetry inspired by John Muir
The second year of my PhD started with two funded trips enabling inspiring research on location, following desk research at home during the pandemic. For context, my PhD is a creative and critical response to ontological suffering in a pre-modern context that resonates with contemporary interest; that is to say, among other themes it draws… Continue reading Research funded by the University of Glasgow
Author L.J. MacWhirter explains the historical feminism and prejudice in her debut novel, Black Snow Falling.
L.J. MacWhirter explains how a conversation when hiking through Glen Etive with Venture Scotland sparked the idea for Black Snow Falling, an Elizabethan fantasy for adults / Young Adults.
Liz MacWhirter Novelist & Poet 