Robbie Anndra MacLeòid

Robbie MacLeòid is a queer Gaelic writer, musician, and community organiser. His writing has been published in Gutter, New Writing Scotland, and STEALL, as well as elsewhere and internationally. He holds a PhD in love and gender. The manuscript for this, his first poetry pamphlet, won Best Unpublished Manuscript at the Gaelic Literature Awards in 2022, and was Highly Commended by the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award committee. In 2023 he received a Scottish Book Trust's New Writer's Award for Poetry. His songs have been covered by Mànran and Julie Fowlis, as well as sung by children all over the country as part of the Year of Young People. His award-winning first single, 'Cumha', was released in 2017.