Catherine Woodward
Cat Woodward is a feminist modern lyric poet and a graduate of The University of East Anglia. Her PhD is in robot and lyric voice and her doctoral research was funded through a CHASE studentship. Cat’s first collection, Sphinx, was published by Salò, press in 2017. Her second collection Blood. Flower. Joy! is due from Knives, Forks and Spoons […]
Roanna Gonsalves
In the inaugural year of our exchange programme with Varuna, the National Writers House of Australia, we are pleased to welcome Roanna Gonsalves to Cove Park. Roanna is the author of The Permanent Resident (University of Western Australia Publishing) which won the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Multicultural Prize 2018, and was longlisted for the Dobbie […]
Penny Boxall
We are delighted to welcome Penny Boxall, First Prize winner of this years’ prestigious Women’s Poetry Prize. Cove Park, in partnership with The Poetry Book Society (PBS) and Mslexia will host Penny for one week. You can read more about Penny’s work here. The prize is judged by UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and alongside this residency, Penny will […]
Annalena McAfee
Cove Park’s Literature Residency supports an established writer based in Scotland or the UK at a key stage in their work. We offer the writer time and space to pursue a project or new ways of working free from the pressure of specified outcomes, in a changing community of artists across a range of art-forms, […]
Rose Ruane
Rose Ruane was originally a visual artist working in performance, sculpture, drawing and video. Stories and language were always part of her art practice, but as the written word crept further and further into her art and gradually edged out making and performing, she had to admit it that she had become a writer instead. […]
Shola von Reynolds
This four week residency is offered to a writer based in Scotland who may not yet have published a work but demonstrates exceptional promise. It is an opportunity to develop a work in progress and to meet and work alongside established artists across all disciplines. This year’s residency has been awarded to Shola von Reynolds. Shola […]
Jen Hadfield
Cove Park’s Literature Residency supports an established writer based in Scotland or the UK at a key stage in their work. We offer the writer time and space to pursue a project or new ways of working free from the pressure of specified outcomes, in a changing community of artists across a range of art-forms, […]
BBC Writersroom
BBC Writersroom Scotland returns to Cove Park this year, bringing a group of writers to focus on ideas and development for radio and children’s CBBC.
Gemma Elwin Harris
The Birkbeck / Sophie Warne Fellowship for an emerging writer supports an outstanding graduate of the Birkbeck Creative Writing MA at a critical juncture in their writing life. We offer the writer time and space to pursue a project or new ways of working free from the pressure of specified outcomes, within the context of a […]
Wystke Veersteeg
Cove Park’s International Literature Residency supports an international writer at a key stage in their work. We offer the writer time and space to pursue a project or new ways of working free from the pressure of specified outcomes, in a changing community of artists across a range of art-forms, career stages and nationalities. Previous […]
Heather O'Neill
Cove Park’s International Literature Residency supports an international writer at a key stage in their work. We offer the writer time and space to pursue a project or new ways of working free from the pressure of specified outcomes, in a changing community of artists across a range of art-forms, career stages and nationalities. Previous […]
Susan Wicks
Cove Park’s Literature Residency supports an established writer based in Scotland or the UK at a key stage in their work. We offer the writer time and space to pursue a project or new ways of working free from the pressure of specified outcomes, in a changing community of artists across a range of art-forms, […]