Alison Lang has been announced as the new director of the Gaelic Books Council, Scotland’s flagship organisation for Gaelic literature and writing.
She will take up the post in January and succeeds Rosemary Ward, who held the position since 2010. As an established Gaelic writer and editor, Alison is well-known on the Gaelic literary scene.
Cainnt na Caileige Caillte, her first collection of short stories, was shortlisted for the Saltire Society’s First Book of the Year Award in 2009; she was awarded Playwrights’ Studio Scotland’s New Playwrights’ Award in 2013; and her novel Am Balach Beag a dh’ Èisteadh aig Dorsan won the Adult Book of the Year award at this year’s Royal National Mòd. Alison has worked as an official reporter at the Scottish Parliament, as corporate affairs officer for the Gaelic media service MG ALBA and as literary assistant (Gaelic) at the National Theatre of Scotland.