The Scottish Literature Residency offers a writer based in Scotland a period of at up to six weeks to develop their own work in the supportive atmosphere of Cove Park, and the opportunity to broaden their practice by making new contacts with artists and writers from Scotland and beyond. In 2014 our Scottish Writers are Michael Pedersen, Kate Tough and Nicola White.

Michael Pedersen is a poet, playwright and animateur with an electric reputation on the performance circuit and a prolific precedent of collaborations, having teamed up with some of the UK’s top musicians, film-makers and artists. He is widely published in magazines, journals, anthologies and e-zines; and has produced two successful chapbooks: his inaugural Part-Truths (Koo Press) – a Callum MacDonald Memorial Award finalist – its sequel The Basic Algebra of Buttering Bread (Windfall Books). His first full length collection Play With Me was published by Polygon in 2013 attracting plaudits from the likes of Stephen Fry, Irvine Welsh and Liz Lochhead.

Michael is co-founder and circus master of Neu! Reekie! – now one of the country’s most formidable literary nights and DIY record labels – and a key creative within Dream Tower Productions. He’s also the lyricist for the band Jesus, Baby! and has written short plays for various troupes.