FICTION, POETRY, NARRATIVE NON-FICTION, SCRIPTWRITING (STAGE OR SCREEN), SHORT STORIES
Dr. Kevin MacNeil is a leading Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. He was born and raised in the Outer Hebrides. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Stirling and has a Ph.D on the intersection of Buddhist tenets and Creative Writing practice.
His most recent novel, The Brilliant & Forever, was published to huge critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the Saltire Fiction of the Year Award. ‘The Brilliant & Forever 2022’, a literary festival themed around the novel, took place in front of Lews Castle in August 2022.
Kevin has edited the two-volume collected English stories of Iain Crichton Smith, as well as Robert Louis Stevenson: An Anthology, Selected by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Kevin has won a number of prestigious literary awards. He invented Hai Cookery and lives with his rescue greyhound, Molly.
He first visited Moniack as a Guest Reader for Simon Armitage and Kathleen Jamie, and has taught at the centre regularly since then.
Kevin MacNeil is able to assist with everything from large-scale elements of structure to tailoring the most effective sentences for the context. He can help beginners shape their ideas or help advanced writers complete a final draft of their project. He strives to be encouraging, friendly, meticulous and helpful.
Visit: kevinmacneil.wordpress.com