Northwords Now

New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North
Sgrìobhadh ùr à Alba agus an Àird a Tuath

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Ian Stephen

Ian Stephen is a writer, artist and storyteller from the Isle of Lewis. He won the inaugural Robert Louis Stevenson award and has worked full-time in the arts for three decades. His most recent book Boatlines (Birlinn, 2023), illustrated by Christine Morrison, is a coastal geography of the vessels and maritime culture of Scotland.

Ian Stephen's website.


Writing in Northwords Now
Issue 34 All The Prayers In The House
Issue 37 Netmenders
Issue 39 Wordplay and energy
Issue 39 A Telling of Stones
Issue 40 Poetry Reviewed by Ian Stephen - Autumn 2020
Issue 41 ‘the unfinished hut’ Gerry Loose
Issue 41 Productive Doubts
Issue 41 Sunwise
Issue 42 ‘the unfinished hut’ by Gerry Loose
Issue 42 Philosophical histories
Issue 44 Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Issue 44 Borders and Stories
Issue 45 minimalist tendencies
Issue 45 Review
Issue 45 Ron Butlin

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