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Janet Paisley  Award-winning international author, poet and playwright, Janet grew up in Avonbridge. She attended Falkirk High School and Callendar Park College of Education, and lives in Glen Village. Her novels and poetry have been translated and published in many countries, and her last book, Warrior Daughter, is set on Skye. A new collection of poetry, titled Sang fur the Wandert, is due out soon.  For more info, visit Janet’s website here

Gordon Legge  Gordon was born in Falkirk, brought up in Grangemouth and moved to Edinburgh in 1992.  He published four books between 1989 and 1998.  These days he only writes for his own amusement, but he wouldn’t rule out publishing again in the future.  In the early to mid 90s, journalists often associated Gordon with Irvine Welsh and Rebel Inc’s Kevin Williamson.  Gordon, however, considered himself to be the first of James Kelman’s “bairns” as this article, which comments on how underrated he is, reveals.

Bethany Ruth Anderson  Bethany is a Falkirk-born writer who enjoys scribbling poetry and prose.  She has a MLitt in Creative Writing from Glasgow University, and her work has been published in several places, including From Glasgow to Saturn, Octavius and Book Week Scotland’s Treasures project.  Bethany’s debut novel Swings & Roundabouts explores mental health in Scotland, and was published in late 2013.  For more info, click here

Paul Tonner  Paul won his first national literary prize in 1982, at the tender age of 11, a runner up in the Cadbury Children’s Poetry Competition.  Overwhelmed by his success, he decided to take a sabbatical from his glorious writing career until the year 2013.  For more on Paul’s wide range of artistic talents, click here

Samuel Best  Samuel has been published in magazines in Britain, North America and Scandinavia, and his debut novel Shop Front was published by Fledgling Press in March 2014.  He helps run Octavius, a literary magazine for students in Scotland, and can be found on Twitter @spbbest.  For more info, visit Samuel’s blog here

Paul Cowan  Being still relatively new to the short story/ spoken word world, Paul hopes his sketches lead you up ladders and under rusty pipes.  He spends his days sauntering around petro-chemical plants and power stations dressed as a welder, looking for an intuitive thought that unearths a story.  That’s the place he loves getting lost.

Karyn Dougan  Known in Glasgow for being “the cheerleader of Scottish literature”, Karyn is a dabbler of prose, poetry and all things wordy. She likes to think her unhealthy addiction to Twitter makes her a better writer.

Dickson Telfer  Dickson is a writer, performer and playwright. His debut collection, The Red Man Turns to Green was released on Fledgling Press in June 2013 and has been described by award winning writer Alan Bissett as “a sawn-off shotgun scattering humour, horror, sugar and grit”. Recent work has appeared in PUSH, an on-the-street London-based litzine sold at gigs and West Ham games, hailed by Irvine Welsh as “Excellent Reading”. Dickson is currently working on a second collection and is in the early stages of his first novel.  For more info, visit Dickson’s website here