Stuart Paterson

Stuart is an award-winning poet and performer in his native Scots & English. An author of many poetry collections and inclusive activities, he positively and creatively supports and engages people from all age ranges and communities throughout Scotland to express themselves. In 2017-18 he was BBC Scotland Poet in Residence and his poems have been commissioned by and performed on BBC2, BBC Radio 4, BBC Ulster, the Scottish Parliament and HMP Barlinnie. In 2017-18 he was BBC Scotland Poet in Residence & he has written nationally commissioned poems for Lidl UK, Scottish Water and The Nevis Ensemble (‘Scotland’s Street Orchestra’). In 2020 he was nationally voted ‘Scots Language Writer of the Year’.