Marcas Mac an Tuairneir

Marcas Mac an Tuairneir is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning writer, working through Scottish Gaelic, English, and Polari. He has published three collections of poetry - 'Deò', 2013; 'Lus na Tùise', 2016; 'Dùileach', 2021 - and the co-authored pamphlet 'beul-fo-bhonn' (Tapsalteerie, 2017). His latest collection is 'Polaris' from Leamington Books. Marcas is one of Gaelic Scotland's most exciting singer-songwriters, having won the best new Gaelic song award at the Royal National Mòd in 2018 and the Virtual Mòd in 2020. He has written songs with Rachel Walker, Mary Ann Kennedy, Ainsley Hammill and Pàdruig Morrison. As a singer himself, Mòd Gold Medal finalist in 2016 and a Traditional Gold Medal Finalist in 2019. But Marcas is known throughout Scotland as the King of Gaelic Pop, with three singles given a commercial release - 'Fichead 's a h-Ochd', 'Bruidhinn', and 'Nochd'. His album, Speactram, funded by Creative Scotland, is hotly anticipated.