THREE Scottish-based writers are to be given support as they embark on major projects, with the Scottish Book Trust announcing its Ignite Fellowship awardees for 2021.
The panel selected poet and performer Courtney Stoddart and artist and filmmaker Raman Mundair as well as poet and translator Niall O’Gallagher, who receives the Gaelic Ignite Fellowship, funded by the Gaelic Books Council. The Ignite Fellows will receive a £2000 bursary and creative support.
Stoddart, from Edinburgh, is a Scottish-Caribbean performer whose work focuses on racism, womanhood and growing up in Scotland. She has appeared in various theatrical productions, including Hannah Lavery’s Lament For Sheku Bayoh at the Lyceum Theatre.