Magi Gibson

Magi Gibson (1953) is a Scottish poet and children's author.

Early life and education

Gibson was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, in 1953. She studied French and German Literature at the University of Glasgow.

Career

In 2000, Gibson won the Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 Writing Prize, with her sequence The Senile Dimension, and has also won the Stirling Open Poetry prize. In 2007, she was the Writer in Residence at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art. From 2009 to 2012, Gibson held the position of Makar for the City of Stirling, the first person to hold the title in 500 years. She was a Reader in Residence at Glasgow Women's Library, has been the recipient of three Scottish Arts Council Creative Writing Fellowships, and a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship.

Gibson has also published a series of children's novels, Seriously Sassy.

Personal life

Gibson lives in Glasgow and is married to comedy novelist Ian Macpherson.

Works

Poetry collections

Kicking Back (Taranis Books, 1993);
Strange Fish (with Helen Lamb) (Duende Poetry, 1997);
Wild Women of a Certain Age (Chapman Publishing, 2000);
Graffiti in Red Lipstick (Curly Snake, 2003);
Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks (Luath Press, 2017)
I like Your Hat (Luath Press, 2020);

Poetry pamphlets

Premier Results (with Brian Whittingham)
Death of a Wife

Plays

One Foot in the Cuckoo's Nest (with Ian Macpherson) BBC Radio 4, 2006
Our Boys, 2016

Children's Books

Seriously Sassy (Puffin, 2009);
Seriously Sassy, Pinch me, I'm Dreaming (Puffin, 2009);
Seriously Sassy, Crazy Days, Puffin (Puffin, 2010);