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Moira McPartlin

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in Edinburgh, The United Kingdom

July 19

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Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary

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Moira McPartlin made a big impact with The Incomers, her debut novel set in Fife. It was shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award and was a critical success.
Her speculative fiction Sun Song Trilogy novels, Ways of the Doomed, Wants of the Silent and Star of Hope set in 2089, reflect many issues we are living with today.
In September 2019 her short play A Handful Of Glaur was included as part of the UNESCO Cities of Literature Short Play Festival in New Zealand and in 2020 she will take up a writing fellowship at Hawthornden Castle. She is also a prolific writer of short stories and poetry and has been published in a variety of literary magazines.
Her new novel Before Now: Memoir of a Toerag was published in May 2021 ...more

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	The Incomers really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ways of the Doomed 3.87 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before Now: Memoir of a Toerag 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wants of the Silent: Book Two (Sun Song Trilogy 2) 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star of Hope (Sun Song #3) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before Now: Memoir of a Toerag 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Women Writing the Weird by Deb Hoag (2011-11-17) by Moira McPartlin (Goodreads Author), Rachel Kendall (Goodreads Author), Deb Finley-Hoag 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Thing So Delicate: The Hidden Voices of Scotland’s Mass Concrete Viaducts

It seems the only time I update this blog is when I have a book coming out. There are two reasons for this. The first is because I am not a natural blogger. These days I prefer to log my regular activities through social media; mostly Facebook and Instagram. It’s a daily habit that I find has more power than a blog. The second reason is because I’m normally too busy working on my project before it

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A Rage for order: Poetry of the Northern Ireland troubles

by Frank Ormsby

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London Rules (Slough House, #5)

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