Archive
Explore our individual and group residencies from 2000 to the present day. The Archive is a work in progress and we welcome contributions in the form of audio and video documentation, photographs, and testimonials from our former residents. This page features a changing selection of past residencies, and visitors can search for entries via the resident’s name, practice, the type and title of the residency, and the year.
Featured Residencies from the Archive
Anne Carson
This residency is for a writer of international renown who comes to Cove Park for up to four weeks. During their stay the resident is the guest of honour at events in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and also has time at Cove Park to work on their own projects. During her residency Anne Carson will be […]
Charlotte Wood
Our partnership with Edinburgh International Book Festival continues this year with a post-Festival residency for Charlotte Wood. Charlotte is the Australian author of seven novels and three books of non-fiction. Her new book Stone Yard Devotional was described by the Guardian as ‘a quiet novel of immense power’ and has been praised by authors Anne Enright, Tim Winton, Karen Joy […]
Mohamed Tonsy
Mohamed Tonsy is an Egyptian writer, ceramicist and bookseller at Lighthouse Bookshop. Formerly an architect and triathlete representing the Egyptian Triathlon Federation, Tonsy completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh. Their writing has appeared in Mizna, Epoch Press, won a Quarterly John Byrne Award and was Shortlisted for MFest’s 2021 Short […]
Michael Pedersen
Michael Pedersen: is a prize-winning Scottish poet and author, the Writer in Residence at Edinburgh University, and Edinburgh’s Makar (Poet Laureate). His prose debut, Boy Friends, was published by Faber & Faber in 2022 – it was a Sunday Times Critics Choice and shortlisted for Best Non-Fiction at Scotland’s National Book Awards. The Cat Prince […]