Michael Pedersen

Michael Pedersen: is a prize-winning Scottish poet and author, the Writer in Residence at The University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate). His prose debut, Boy Friends, was published by Faber & Faber to rave reviews and was a Sunday Times Critics Choice 2022.

He’s unfurled three collections of poetry, the most recent being The Cat Prince & Other Poems — which won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Poetry 2023. Pedersen has been shortlisted for the Forward Prizes for Poetry and The Scottish National Book Awards, and won a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship.

His work has attracted praise from the likes of: Stephen Fry, Kae Tempest, Jackie Kay, Sara Pascoe, Nicola Sturgeon & many more. His debut novel Muckle Flugga will be published by Faber in May 2025.