Daisy Lafarge
Daisy Lafarge is a writer based in Glasgow, UK. Born in Hastings, she has lived in Scotland since 2011. She is the author of the novel Paul (Granta 2021; Riverhead 2022), which won a Betty Trask Award and was a New York Times Editor’s Choice, and the poetry collection Life Without Air (Granta 2020), which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and awarded Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Lovebug, a short book on the poetics of infection, was published by Peninsula Press in 2023. Her reviews and essays on ecology, art and literature have been widely published, appearing in Granta, LitHub, The New York Times, Art Review, TANK Magazine, The White Review, and elsewhere.
“I am so thrilled and honoured to be this year’s Jessie Kesson Fellow. The opportunity comes at a much-needed time in my life and writing practice, and I look forward to the generous time to write, think and share at Moniack Mhor and its extended community later this year.”
Jessie Kesson Fellow 2024 Shortlist
