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Kevin MacNeil, New Malden, December 2012

Kevin MacNeil is a Scottish novelist, poet, screenwriter, lyricist and playwriter. He was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis[1] in the Outer Hebrides.

Artistic collaborations

MacNeil collaborated with Hebridean musician Willie Campbell in 2011 to release the music album, Kevin MacNeil and Willie Campbell Are Visible From Space (An Lanntair).[2]

Teaching and fellowships

MacNeil has undertaken teaching posts and writing residencies in Sweden (Uppsala University), Bavaria (Villa Concordia), Shetland, the University of Edinburgh, and Kingston. He has held the Hawthornden Fellowship and was Inaugural Recipient of the Iain Crichton Smith Bilingual Writing Fellowship. He has been a judge for the Highland Book Prize, the Wigtown Poetry Prize and the Scottish Book Trust New Writers' Award.[3] He is a remote mentor and on-site residential short course tutor for Moniack Mhor Writers' Centre.

In 2017 he began a post at the University of Stirling,[4] where he works as a tutor and supervisor for both undergraduate and postgraduate Creative Writing degree programs.

Awards

Author bibliography

Editor bibliography

Personal life

MacNeil is a speaker of Scottish Gaelic, a keen cyclist [18] and a practicing Buddhist,[19] with interests in Scottish and Japanese culture and literature. He owns a rescue greyhound named Molly.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Kevin MacNeil - Poet".
  2. ^ "Kevin MacNeil and Willie Campbell Are Visible From Space". Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Mr Kevin MacNeil | University of Stirling".
  4. ^ "Kevin MacNeil".,
  5. ^ "The Scottish Poetry Library". Spl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides by Kevin MacNeil - Canongate Books".
  7. ^ Authored Book | be Wise, be Otherwise: Ideas and Advice for Your Kind of Person | University of Stirling.
  8. ^ "The Stornoway Way – Kevin MacNeil – Penguin Books". Penguin.co.uk. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  9. ^ "The Callanish Stoned".
  10. ^ "A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde". Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Sweetness".
  12. ^ "The Brilliant & Forever | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online".
  13. ^ "Movie about folk music hero Hamish Henderson hits the screen".
  14. ^ "Wigtown Poetry Prize - Poetry Competition".
  15. ^ "The Diary of Archie the Alpaca | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online".
  16. ^ "The Stornoway Way".
  17. ^ "Books: Polygon". Polygonbooks.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  18. ^ "Lecturer's trip screened".
  19. ^ Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides - Kevin MacNeil - Canongate Books Digital - ebook (EPub) - le Hall du Livre NANCY.
  20. ^ "Meet our mentors".

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