Stuart is an award-winning poet & performer in Scots and English. He was given an Eric Gregory Award in 1992 from the Society of Authors, recognising the UK’s finest poets under the age of 30, and a Scottish Arts Council Writer’s Bursary in 1993 to spend time travelling and writing in France and Greece. Most recently, he was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship from the Scottish Book Trust, enabling him to spend November 2014 working and writing in the Hôtel Chevillon International Arts Centre at Grez-sur-Loing in France. In 2015, he was appointed the Scots Language Centre’s Virtual Poet-in-Residence.

A booklet of work, ‘Mulaney Of Larne and other poems’ was published by the University of Leiden in 1991 as part of their ‘Scottish Writers’ series. Stuart was Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association’s Writer-In-Residence for Dumfries and Galloway from 1996-98. His first full collection, ‘Saving Graces’, was published by Diehard in 1997. ‘Border Lines’, a collection of poems about Dumfries and Galloway, was published by Indigo Dreams in August 2015.

He was one of the New Generation of Scottish poets featured in Dream State: The New Scottish Poets (Polygon 1994/2002), for which he wrote the title poem. He also had work featured in Scottish Literature in the Twentieth Century: An Anthology (Scottish Cultural Press), A Year in Poetry: A Treasury of Classic and Modern Verses (Random House) and, more recently, Scotia Nova: Poems For The Early Days Of A Better Nation,(Luath Press 2015). His work has recently appeared in magazines & newspapers in Australia, the USA, Canada & South Africa.

Reviews

“McGough by way of Morgan.”

Alan Bold, The Sunday Times

“A vinegary fantasy of Scotland.”

Robyn Marsack, Scotland on Sunday

“Stravaigs with the wide eye of a Burns or a Whitman.”

Donny O’Rourke, introduction to Dream State: The New Scottish Poets

Saving Graces

“A fine first collection.”

Tessa Ransford, The Scotsman

“A book worth waiting for.”

Robin Bell, Books in Scotland

“Beguiling in detail and cadence.”

Stewart Conn, The Poet’s Voice (Austria)

“Chunky poetic language, wondrously borne out.”

J.D.U. Geldenhuys, Carapace (South Africa)

“Paterson’s characterisations of wildlife are splendid, as good as MacCaig at his best.”

Ian Nimmo White, Fife Lines

Border Lines

“A cont