Books by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir

Marcas Mac an Tuairneir was born in November, 1984, in York England. He was brought up in a family steeped in the local area and of second-generation Irish heritage. He began his education at English Martyrs' RC Primary School and All Saints' Secondary School, York, where he found a deep love of language and literature. He travelled to Scotland in 2003 to continue his education at Kings College, University of Aberdeen, where he graduated in 2008 with an MA Hons in Gaelic and Hispanic Studies and in 2010 with an MLitt in Irish and Scottish Studies. He moved to Glasgow in 2011 where he graduated, with the support of MG Alba, with an MA in Television Fiction from Glasgow Caledonian University. Whilst studying, he worked for many years at York Theatre Royal and later was involved in Gaelic Education, working for various bodies; including East Dunbartonshire Council, the Universities of Strathclyde and the West of Scotland and Meadowburn Primary School, Bishopbriggs. This is his first collection of poetry, and was written with the support of the Gaelic Books Council and under their tutelage scheme, supervised by the Gaelic author and poet Martin MacIntyre. Many of his poems have been published in journals and periodicals, one of which was shortlisted for the Coirneil Eoghain Ui Neill poetry competition in 2013. He is currently working on a second collection of poetry, an anthology of twenty-first century Gaelic poetry, two novels and a telelvision drama script. He co-wrote the play Take Me if You Need Me that was performed at the Oran Mor, Glasgow in 2011. Mark lives in Inverness, where he is a member of Inverness Gaelic Choir. He has a great interest in poetry, drama and literature in general, music both modern and traditional and sociolinguistics and minority languages. He works as Internet and Information Officer for Bord na Gaidhlig. For further information, please refer to www.marcasmac.co.uk & www.facebook.com/MarcasMac