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Shelagh Campbell

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: East Renfrewshire
Languages: English, Gaelic
Author type: Writer
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I am from Glasgow and write fiction for adults and children in Scottish Gaelic. I was selected as Scottish Book Trust’s Gaelic New Writers Awardee for 2022. I won Gaelic Literature Awards for Best Unpublished Manuscript for Children in 2020 and 2023 and my work has appeared in New Writing Scotland, Northwords Now and Causeway/Cabhsair.

My first novel for adults, a thriller called Far na Slighe, was published by Luath Press in 2024 and a humorous book aimed at children aged 6-8, Ailig agus an Dalek Gàidhlig, is forthcoming from Acair Ltd.

I have appeared at various literary events including the Paisley Book Festival, the Nairn Book and Arts Festival and Creative Conversations at the University of Glasgow.

I also run monthly online Gaelic creative writing sessions for adults through Open Book, with each session being adapted to suit the Gaelic ability of attendees.

I also go by Shelagh Chaimbeul.

Websites featuring the author

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Bilingual event; Panel event; Reading; Talk; Workshop

Audience will work with

Adult learners; Reluctant readers

Topics of work

Childhood; Contemporary fiction; Crime fiction; Friendship; LGBTQIA+ characters; Loneliness & isolation; Mystery & thriller

Age groups published for

Children; Adults

Age groups will work with

6-8; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+