{"id":5532,"date":"2021-09-06T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=5532"},"modified":"2021-09-06T10:10:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:10:41","slug":"scots-language-awards-2021-anna-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2021-anna-stewart\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2021: Anna Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Weel duin tae Anna Stewart wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Writer o the Year sponsored by National Library of Scotland in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

We askit Anna Stewart o Anna Stewart thae speirins. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m fae Dundee whar I wirk in the leebrary, I hae a wee boy an stey in a flat juist like the ain I wis born. Ma mither wis the first wumman tae hae a bairn at hame fir 30 year in Dundee and haed tae fight wi the mannie doctors tae hae a hame birth – I cam oot blue wi the cord roond aboot ma neck, but I wis living. Ma stories hiv been publisht in: Scotland After the Virus (Luath Press), A Short Affair (Simon and Schuster), Rebel (Scottish Book Trust), Scots Hoose, Riptide Journal, For Books’ Sake: The Weekend Read, New Writing Dundee, an Gutter Magazine. I wis shortlisted fir The Royal Academy and Pin Drop Short Story Award in 2017, an Bloody Scotland\u2019s Short Story Competition in 2015. I won The Dragons\u2019 Pen at Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2010, fir ma story Pleasureland.<\/p>\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
\nI wis gein an MLitt in Creative Writing fae The University o St. Andrews, an a degree in Theatre fae Dartington College o Airts, whar I lay ma brains asteep in voice an scrievin. Mair and mair, the soond o written wirds, an the voices fae ma place o birth cam tae be o interest. And readin authors scrievin in Scots, an ither fowk scrievin in their ain indigenous leids haes inspired me.<\/p>\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
\nIt wis awfy guid tae be gein a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award, an ane o Cove Park\u2019s Scottish Emerging Writer Residencies.<\/p>\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
\nI dinnae ken whit I\u2019m daen the morn, neer mind the days aheid, but I\u2019m liken tae be scrievin stories.<\/p>\n

Read more about Anna Stewart<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.annastewartwrites.com<\/a>
\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/<\/a>
\nTwitter: http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/<\/a>
\nInstagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee on 25th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https:\/\/www.gardynetheatre.org.uk\/show\/the-scots-language-awards\/<\/a> Performing on Saturday 25th September include Ellie Beaton, Anna Stewart, Gemma Johnson and more to be announced.<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians please consider supporting our Patreon<\/a> campaign. We have 3 tiers starting at $1 a month and everything helps support us in our work. Read more at www.patreon.com\/handsupfortrad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weel duin tae Anna Stewart wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Writer o the Year sponsored by National Library of Scotland in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! We askit Anna Stewart o Anna Stewart thae speirins. Vote now! Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit. I\u2019m fae Dundee whar I wirk in the leebrary, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee-2021-en","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2021\/08\/Anna-5.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1re","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5533,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5532\/revisions\/5533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}