Christine De Luca

Christine De Luca is a Scottish poet and novelist who writes in English and in Shaetlan (Shetlandic). From 2014 – 2017 she was the Edinburgh Makar – the poet laureate for the City of Edinburgh. She has had eight poetry collections published, several of which have won awards. She is much translated and has been involved in numerous translation activities. She is also an active collaborator with musicians and visual artists; and a long-standing member of both Shetland ForWirds and Shore Poets. Her most recent poetry publications are the tri-lingual Whit ails, whit heals - Ce qui afflige, ce qui apaise (Francis Boutle, London 2024), Vod – Shetland’s Abandoned Crofthouses (The Shetland Times, 2025) and Such Fragile Futures, a collaboration with artist Brigid Collins (Mainpoint Books, Edinburgh, 2025).