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Ewan Morrison is one of Scotland’s leading contemporary writers. His seventh novel, NINA X, won the 2019 Saltire Scottish Book of the Year. He has written articles for the Guardian as well as all the other leading UK newspapers as well as for online publications and magazines. His TEDx talk ‘Why We Would Be Happier Without Utopia’ was recorded in 2016. Links to some of his articles and his TEDx talk are included below. He can be found on Twitter @MrEwanMorrison
Awards & accolades:
Winner - Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year 2019
Longlist - Not the Booker Prize (Guardian) 2019
Winner - Scottish Book of the Year - Novel Prize 2013
Winner - Glenfiddich Scottish Writer of the year 2012/13
Winner - Not the Booker Prize (Guardian) 2012
Finalist - Saltire Society Book of the Year 2012
Finalist -Creative Scotland Writer of the Year Award 2012
Finalist -The Prince Maurice Award for Love Stories 2007
Finalist - Arena Magazine Man of the Year Literature Prize 2006
Number 22 in the top 50 Scottish books of the Last 50 years. The List. 2013
Finalist - BAFTA Scotland x 2 Best New Director and Best New Writer. 2002
Finalist - The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film 2015
Winner - Royal Television Society Best Regional Drama 2002
Winner - Special Mention at the Pescara Film Festival 2001
Winner - The Audience Prize. Festivale de Sainte Livrade 2001
Winner - Special Mention. Napoli Film Festival 1998
Ewan’s website: https://www.ewanmorrison.com/
2019 article in Psychology Today ‘The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions’: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/word-less/201904/the-road-hell-is-paved-good-intentions?collection=1142830
2018 article from Areo Magazine ‘Why Utopian Communities Fail’ https://areomagazine.com/2018/03/08/why-utopian-communities-fail/
Link to Amazon.co.uk for the book NINA X: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nina-X-Ewan-Morrison/dp/0708899013
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