NAARCA Commission: Sámi writer Hanna Guttorm
Hannah Lavery
Hannah Lavery is a Scottish poet and playwright. She was appointed Edinburgh Makar (or city poet) in November 2021 for a three year term. She was also selected by Owen Sheers’ as one of his Ten Writers Asking Questions That Will Shape Our Future for the International Literature Showcase, a project from the National Writing […]
Sarah Krasnostein
We are delighted to partner with Edinburgh International Book Festival to host Australian writer Sarah Krasnostein in August. Sarah Krasnostein is a multi-award winning writer and critic. She is the best-selling author of The Trauma Cleaner (2017),The Believer(2021), the Quarterly Essay,Not Waving, Drowning(2022) andOn Peter Carey(2023). She holds aPhD in criminal law and is admitted to legal practice […]
Sophie Cunningham
We are delighted to partner with Edinburgh International Book Festival to host Australian writer Sophie Cunningham in August. Sophie Cunningham is a non-fiction writer and novelist with a passion for trees, walking and broader environmental issues. She will be a guest of the Edinburgh International Book Festival talking about her novel This Devastating Fever, and […]
Fine Mayer
Now in its second year, the Young Gaelic Writer Residency is the result of a partnership between Cove Park and Comhairle nan Leabhraichean / The Gaelic Books Council. It supports a Gaelic writer based in Scotland, aged under 30, and provides the time and funding required to develop current projects. A-nis san dàrna bliadhna, tha […]
Abbie Plant
Abbie. L. Plant is a writer and poet based in Yorkshire, where she is currently writing her debut poetry collection ‘lucid dreams, meanderings and the contemplation of nothing’ and studying as an undergraduate at the University of Leeds. Her recent poem ‘Pheromones’ was displayed at the LEEDS YEAR OF CULTURE 2023 ‘More Than Just Talking’ […]
Sean Negus
Sean Negus is an artist who works in the expanded field of poetics. In addition to a book of poems published bilingually in Portuguese and English, Hurricane Music, he has also published an artist book in limited edition, Congeries. An ongoing project inquiring into a visual poetics of the archive continues to explore intersections of […]
NAARCA Commission: Gaelic writer Mairi Macleod
Anne Fleming
Anne Fleming is a Canadian fiction writer, poet, and children’s author whose writing has been shortlisted for Canada’s Governor-General’s Award, the Journey Prize, and four BC Book Prizes. The Goat was named one of the ten best children’s books of the year by The Wall Street Journal and the New York Public Library. She teaches […]
Sean Wai Keung
Sean Wai Keung is a Glasgow-based poet, interdisciplinary and community artist. His work often uses food as a starting point for explorations of identity, migration, community and hospitality, and he enjoys challenging dominant notions of economics and exchange through participatory meal events. Sean was in residence at Cove Park in 2021 as part of the […]
Amber Lee Dodd
Amber Lee Dodd is an award-winning children’s author and short-story writer. Her work includes the critically acclaimed novels We Are Giants, Lightning Chase Me Home and The Thirteenth Home of Noah Bradley. Her debut novel, We Are Giants, was nominated for over ten awards, winning the Calderdale Book of the Year award and shortlisting for the prestigious Branford Boase […]
Farah Abdessamad
Farah Abdessamad is a French-Tunisian writer, critic, and essayist. Based in New York City since 2020, she has previously contributed to The Atlantic, The Nation, Observer, The TLS, Middle East Eye, The New Arab, and other venues on articles discussing art, heritage, and culture. She’s at work on long-form non-fiction projects.