Episode 9: So in Flow with Karen Campbell, Author of Paper Cup
Karen is one of our favourite Seahorse Bookstore authors. Galloway-based Karen Campbell is the author of eight novels. She graduated with distinction from Glasgow University’s Creative Writing Masters, and has won an SAC New Writers Award and a Creative Scotland Bursary. Before turning to writing, she was a police officer in Glasgow, then a press officer with Glasgow City Council.
She also tutors and mentors in creative writing, and was Writer in Residence at Dumfries &; Galloway Council during the Covid pandemic. Her eighth novel ‘Paper Cup’ is out now with Canongate. Karen’s appeared at festivals around the country and abroad, and on Radio 4, Radio 3, Radio Scotland and BBC television’s Big Scottish Book Club.
Karen also enjoys teaching creative writing to aspiring writers.
Visit Karen's website to learn more about her.
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