Magi Gibson (1953) is a Scottish poet and children's author.^[1]

Early life and education

Gibson was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, in 1953. She studied French and German Literature at the University of Glasgow.^[1]

Career

In 2000, Gibson won the Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 Writing Prize, with her sequence The Senile Dimension,^[1] and has also won the Stirling Open Poetry prize.^[2] In 2007, she was the Writer in Residence at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art.^[3] From 2009 to 2012, Gibson held the position of Makar for the City of Stirling, the first person to hold the title in 500 years.^[4] She was a Reader in Residence at Glasgow Women's Library,^[2] has been the recipient of three Scottish Arts Council Creative Writing Fellowships, and a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship.^[3]

Gibson has also published a series of children's novels, Seriously Sassy.^[5]

Personal life

Gibson lives in Glasgow and is married to comedy novelist Ian Macpherson.^[6]

Works

Poetry collections

• Kicking Back (Taranis Books, 1993); ISBN 978-1873899656
• Strange Fish (with Helen Lamb) (Duende Poetry, 1997); ISBN 978-1900537032
• Wild Women of a Certain Age (Chapman Publishing, 2000); ISBN 978-0906772959
• Graffiti in Red Lipstick (Curly Snake, 2003); ISBN 978-1902141039
• Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks (Luath Press, 2017) ISBN 978-1910745861
• I like Your Hat (Luath Press, 2020); ISBN 978-1913025731

Poetry pamphlets

• Premier Results (with Brian Whittingham)
• Death of a Wife

Plays

• One Foot in the Cuckoo's Nest (with Ian Macpherson) BBC Radio 4, 2006
• Our Boys, 2016

Children's Books

• Seriously Sassy (Puffin, 2009); ISBN 978-0141324647
• Seriously Sassy, Pinch me, I'm Dreaming (Puffin, 2009); ISBN 978-0141324654
• Seriously Sassy, Crazy Days, Puffin (Puffin, 2010); ISBN 978-0141324661