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Alec Finlay Author & Editor

Alec Finlay is a Scottish artist and poet whose work crosses over a range of media and forms. Finlay was awarded the 2020 Cholmondeley award for services to poetry. Recent publications include the Scottish Design Award best publication winner a far-off land (2018); gathering published by Hauser & Wirth (2018); th' fleety wud (2017), minnmouth (2017), ebban an’ flowan (2015), and Global Oracle (2014). Sweeney’s Bothy, on the isle of Eigg, was co-conceived with the Bothy Project; it still hosts artist residencies.