Morvern Callar author takes up university writing post

AWARD-winning author Alan Warner has been appointed as a writer-in-residence at Edinburgh University.

The Oban-born author, who has written six critically acclaimed novels joins the ranks of poet and playwright Liz Lochhead, Gaelic poet Sorley Maclean and American writer Anne Stevenson, who have held the post.

Mr Warner, whose most recent novel The Stars in the Bright Sky was included in the longlist for the Man Booker Prize, will hold writing workshops for students. He will also provide teaching support for students on the MSc in creative writing.

Mr Warner achieved success with his first novel, Morvern Callar, which was later adapted into a film starring Samantha Morton.

He said: "I am delighted to have been appointed writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh, in the city I consider home.

"I hope I can encourage students to achieve their best in all forms of creative writing."