Alycia Pirmohamed is the author of the poetry collection Another Way to Split Water (Polygon Books). Her nonfiction debut A Beautiful and Vital Place won the 2023 Nan Shepherd Prize for nature writing and is forthcoming with Canongate.
Alycia currently teaches on the Creative Writing master’s at the University of Cambridge. She is the co-founder of the Scottish BPOC Writers Network and a co-organiser of the Ledbury Poetry Critics, and has been the recipient of several awards including a Pushcart Prize, the CBC Poetry Prize, and the 2020 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award.
You can find out more about Alycia at her website.
Alycia’s latest poetry collection is Another Way to Split Water.
Alycia will take part in the Welcoming Nature panel event at the Gaelic College on Saturday afternoon. She will also lead a Poetry in Nature walk on Sunday morning in partnership with INHT. This special outdoor event is not included in the festival pass, so make sure you get your ticket here.