Malachy Tallackhas written for the New Statesman, The Guardian, theScottish Review of Booksand many other publications. He won a New Writers Award from the Scottish Book Trust in 2014 and the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship in 2015. As a singer-songwriter, he has released four albums and an EP, and performed in venues across the United Kingdom. He is editor of the online magazineThe Island Reviewand co-editor ofFair Isle: Through the Seasons. He is from Shetland and currently lives in Glasgow.