Awards, shortlists, fellowships etc:

2013 Scottish Literature Residency, Cove Park

2012 Herald Angel Award, production of The Lady from the Sea

2012 Visiting lecturer, Fall semester; Dartmouth College

2012 Shortlist for Scottish Book Awards (Fiction), Ever Fallen in Love

2012 Nomination for London Book Awards; Ever Fallen in Love

2011 Shortlist for Green Carnation Prize; Ever Fallen in Love

2011 British Council UK Writer in Residence/International Writing Program; University of Iowa, USA

2011 Creative Futures Reader in Residence; East Ayrshire Libraries, Scotland

2009 Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship; Hôtel Chevillon,
Grez-sur-Loing, France

2008 Hermann Kesten Stipendium; Nuremberg, Germany

2006 UNESCO/Edinburgh City of Literature Writer in Residence; Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

2006 Scottish Arts Council Writer’s Bursary

2005 Residency at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts; Toronto Island, Canada

2004 Hawthornden Fellowship; Lasswade, Scotland

2003 Winner of Betty Trask Award; Negative Space

2003 Longlist for SAC Book of the Year Award; Negative Space

2002 Shortlist for Saltire First Book of the Year Award; Negative Space

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