Questa autrice scozzese è celebrata per la sua poliedrica carriera artistica come attrice, regista e scrittrice. Le sue opere letterarie spesso si immergono nel ricco tessuto culturale della Scozia, con uno stile narrativo lodato per la profondità e la risonanza emotiva. Come interprete esperta, porta una profonda comprensione della psicologia umana e dei temi sociali nella sua prosa e poesia. La sua scrittura offre una prospettiva distintiva sull'identità scozzese e sul suo posto nel mondo contemporaneo.
This is an autobiography in verse: beginning in the lost Eden of childhood, the warmth of family life and the wildness of weather in her native Scotland, then on to intense snapshots of a wider, troubled world: Bosnia, Iraq, Syria.
Singers, politicians, a fish-gutter, queens, a dancer, a marine engineer, a salt seller, sportswomen, scientists and many more - Quines celebrates and explores the richly diverse contribution women have made to Scottish history and society.
The twelve stories in Letting Go take us on a journey through landscape, language and turbulent times, from the mid-19th century to the present day, and into the future. Stevenson's array of characters from many walks of life and nationalities - including a traveller, a wood carver, chicken farm workers, a nurse, an architect and a magician - meet and part, some becoming reacquainted.Themes exploring identity, creativity and the environment, echo and connect throughout the different narratives, sometimes carried in snatches of song. The author leads us outward from her native Scottish Borders to Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Gäidhealtachd, south to England, across the Atlantic to Apartheid South Africa and, finally, to the melting Arctic.
Tomorrow’s Feast is Stevenson’s third poetry collection, and reflects the challenges of today’s world. At the forefront of the poet’s consciousness here is the legacy faced by the next generation.In many ways, as the title implies, the book is a tribute to youth. Its scope is wide and deep, profoundly personal as well as political, employing a range of poetic forms, including a virtuosic libretto in verse, a contemporary retelling of Coleridge’s epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner set during the refugee crisis.