Iain MacRae

Biography

Born 1955, Iain trained as an actor at Mountview Theatre school and has been working professionally in theatre, television, film and radio since 1984. He started writing in more recent years. Fantom was performed at Citizens theatre 2015. Taigh Sheonachain was awarded the Donald Meek prize for writing in 2017. Briseadh na Cloiche was performed at Webster’s theatre, broadcast on BBC Alba and screened at Glasgow Short Film festival, Faclan festival in Stornoway and Babel international film festival Sardinia 2018. His short story Mach an Geata won the Morton writing prize 2019. Turas Baidhseagail (2017) and Speuclairean (2020) won the Scottish Book Trust 50-word story prize. His poetry has been...