Meg Bateman is a lecturer at Sabhal Mor Ostaig in Skye, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, and has a fine knowledge of Gaelic culture. She has published four collections of her own poetry and is co-editor and translator of several anthologies. Anne Loughran has a degree in Celtic Studies from Aberdeen University and an MLitt on the bibliography of the Gaelic literature of Skye. She has published articles on Gaelic song. Norman MacDonald has worked in teaching and in broadcasting in Scotland and in North America, and has given conference papers in Scotland and Canada on Gaelic poets, Skye history and Celtic Studies. He has recently completed a major book on Skye biography.