Biography
Ryan Van Winkle is currently the Reader in Residence at the Scottish Poetry Library and Edinburgh City Libraries. He runs a monthly “Literary Cabaret” called The Golden Hour and is an Editor at Forest Publications. He lives in Edinburgh but was born and spent most of his life in America. His work has appeared in New Writing Scotland, The American Poetry Review, AGNI and Northwords Now. He lives in Edinburgh but is still American. In 2010 he won Salt’s Crashaw Prize and his first collection will be released by the end of the year.
Workshop Leader
Ryan has been a workshop leader for creative writers since 1999. In that time he’s worked with dozens of writers helping to develop and encourage their work. Most recently Ryan was a creative writing tutor at ths SUISS Summer School at Edinburgh University.
Project Leader
In addition to being a co-founder of Forest Publications and The Forest Free Press, Ryan has been an active project leader since 2000. While working at The Forest Ryan has ogranized everything from readings to massive parties. He’s run numerous writing workshops as well as poetry surgeries. Have a look at The Forest web-site to learn more about the collecrive. <www.theforest.org.uk>
