Professor Zoe Strachan

  • Professor of Creative and Interdisciplinary Practice, Dean of International and External Partnerships (English Literature)

telephone: 01413306848
email: Zoe.Strachan@glasgow.ac.uk

R306, Level 3, 5 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QH

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5473-8284

Research interests

Biography

Novels are my first love but I write across various genres including short stories, essays, plays and libretti for opera. I enjoy collaboration across disciplines, and am currently developing my work in new music and sound art. 

Research areas that particularly appeal to me include LGBTQI+ writing, Scottish Literature, feminism, arts-based methodologies and interdisciplinary experiments. I am co-director of the ArtsLab Scottish Hub of the Sustainable Futures in Africa Network. 

In 2017 I worked on Home Ground, the cultural legacy of the Homeless World Cup in Glasgow, and in 2014 I curated a new anthology of LGBT writing from Scotland, Out There – the first of its kind in over a decade. Between 2011 and 2014 I co-edited New Writing Scotland, and in 2012 I co-selected the Scottish Poetry Library’s Best Scottish Poems.

I was one of the judges for the 2020 Dublin International Literary Award. 

 

Recent projects

 

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Publications

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2025

Welsh, L. and Strachan, Z. (2025) A Very Quiet Street: toolkit for inclusive participation in local heritage. [Research Reports or Papers]

2024

Strachan, Z. (2024) Martinmas Wind. [Audio]

2023

Skeldon, K. et al. (2023) Research Firsts Exhibition. [Exhibitions]

Strachan, Z. and Peers, D. (Eds.) (2023) Queer Form. Scottish Literary Review. 16(1) [Edited Journal] (Accepted for Publication)

Strachan, Z. (2023) Catch the Moments As They Fly. Blackwater Press: Charleston, USA. ISBN 9798987718162 (In Press)

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2023) Lying Over Under Another. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2023) Regarding Pheasants and Peacocks in the Grounds. [Website]

Strachan, Z. (Ed.) (2023) All Along the Edge: Contemporary Voices Explore the Roman Frontier. Rediscovering the Antonine Wall. ISBN 9798398298086

2022

Bissett, M. et al. (2022) "I see salt everywhere": a qualitative examination of the utility of arts-based participatory workshops to study noncommunicable diseases in Tanzania and Malawi. PLoS Global Public Health, 2(12), e0000927. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000927) (PMID:36962765) (PMCID:PMC10022006)

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2022) Test-pitting. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2022) Salt Cellar. [Audio]

2021

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2021) Something in the Air. [Performance]

Ferdous, R. , Perry, M. , Watuleke, J., Virhia, J., Yeshitella, P., Strachan, Z. and Catanzaro, B. (2021) A Critical Resource for Understanding Research Impact for Participatory International Research. Sustainable Futures Global Network.

2020

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2020) Up Closeness. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2020) Mythopraxis. Northwords Now(40),

Strachan, Z. (2020) The past we inherit. In: McDermid, Val (ed.) Home Fixtures: Writings to Support the Homeless World Cup. The Homeless World Cup Foundation.

Bunn, C. , Kalinga, C., Mtema, O., Abdulla, S., Dillip, A., Lwanda, J., Mtenga, S., Sharp, J. , Strachan, Z. and Gray, C. (2020) Arts-based approaches to promoting health in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMJ Global Health, 5, e001987. (doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001987) (PMID:32444361)

Strachan, Z. (2020) After midnight. In: Barclay, Hayleigh and Hehir, Sylvia (eds.) Stories from Home: An Anthology of Stories and Poems. Gamoran Books. ISBN 9781913510158

Aanyu, K., Barrett, B. , Catanzano, B., Checchia, V., Duclos, V., McLean, H., Modise, O. M., Perry, M. , Robinson, J. , Sharp, J. , Strachan, Z. , Todd, H. and Zaman, S. (2020) A Critical Resource for Ethical International Partnerships. Sustainable Futures in Africa Network. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/DJTN4)

Strachan, Z. (2020) Zoë Strachan. In: McDermid, Val and Sharp, Jo (eds.) Imagine a Country: Ideas for a Better Future. Canongate: Edinburgh, pp. 238-240. ISBN 9781838851699

2019

Strachan, Z. (2019) Short Works, From Fact to Fiction: After Midnight. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2019) Four Thought: Identity Through Reading. [Audio]

Scrutton, N. and Strachan, Z. (2019) Rays & Correlations [a live to broadcast performance]. [Performance]

2018

Strachan, Z. (2018) Small fires. In: Smith, Annick and O'Connor, Susan (eds.) Hearth: a Global Conversation on Community, Identity and Place. Milkweed Editions: Minneapolis. ISBN 9781571313799

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2018) Static Flux (unique new live version). [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2018) A light and heartless hand. Textual Practice, 32(9), pp. 1689-2693. (doi: 10.1080/0950236X.2018.1533175)

2017

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2017) Static Flux. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2017) Introduction to Memento Mori by Muriel Spark. In: Memento Mori. Series: Muriel Spark centenary editions (3). Polygon. ISBN 9781846974274

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2017) 'Letter from Monkswood'. In: Walter, John (ed.) Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. Hayward Publishing. ISBN 9781853323560

Strachan, Z. (2017) Who'd be a man? Scottish Review of Books, 12(4), [Book Review]

Welsh, L. and Strachan, Z. (Eds.) (2017) Home Ground: New Writing Inspired by the Homeless World Cup in Glasgow. Glasgow Libraries: Glasgow. ISBN 9780906169728

Strachan, Z. (2017) Tonight, for the first time. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2017) Tiny jubilations: using photography in fiction. C21 Literature, 5(2), 7. (doi: 10.16995/c21.25)

Welsh, L. and Strachan, Z. (2017) Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. [Research Reports or Papers]

2016

Strachan, Z. (2016) The worst of times. Scottish Review of Books, 12(1), p. 11. [Book Review]

Scrutton, N. and Strachan, Z. (2016) In transit. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2016) Oor Willie. Scottish Review of Books, 11(3),

2015

Fells, N. and Strachan, Z. (2015) Negative Spaces. [Audio]

Fells, N. and Strachan, Z. (2015) Negative Spaces. [Compositions]

Strachan, Z. (2015) Closet Correspondent. Scottish Review of Books, 10(6), [Book Review]

2014

Strachan, Z. (2014) The Past We Inherit, the Future We Build. [Performance]

Cambridge, G. and Strachan, Z. (Eds.) (2014) Songs of Other Places. Series: New writing Scotland. Association for Scottish Literary Studies: Glasgow. ISBN 9781906841195

Strachan, Z. (2014) Imagining independence / Independent imagining. In: Inspired by Independence: Artists and Writers Imagine a Better Scotland. Word Power Books. ISBN 9780992739218

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2014) Anyone Who Had a Heart. In: Patrick, Adele (ed.) 21 Revolutions. Glasgow Women's Library / Freight Books. ISBN 9781908754448

Strachan, Z. (2014) Thicker Than Water. Gutter, 10,

Strachan, Z. ed. (2014) Out There: An Anthology of Scottish LGBT Writing. Freight Books: Glasgow. ISBN 9781908754684

Strachan, Z. (2014) Jewel in the Crown. Scottish Review of Books, 10(1), [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2014) One Day at a Time. Scottish Review of Books, 10(4), [Book Review]

2013

Strachan, Z. (2013) Glasgow's Forgotten Feminist. Scottish Review of Books, 9(4), [Book Review]

MacDougall, C. and Strachan, Z. (Eds.) (2013) Black Middens. Series: New Writing Scotland. Association for Scottish Literary Studies: Glasgow. ISBN 9781906841140

Strachan, Z. (2013) Dykes' Delight. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (Eds.) (2013) Best Scottish Poems 2012. Scottish Poetry Library: Edinburgh.

Strachan, Z. (2013) Zugenruhe. Edinburgh Review, 138,

Strachan, Z. (2013) The Home Corner by Ruth Thomas. Scottish Review of Books, 9(3), [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2013) Where Mary met Muriel. Scottish Review of Books, 9(2),

2012

Strachan, Z. (2012) Keeping the Faith. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2012) My Favourite Place. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2012) The Dick Institute. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2012) Lennie Goes Barefoot. [Exhibitions]

MacDougall, C. and Strachan, Z. (Eds.) (2012) A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening. Series: New Writing Scotland. Association for Scottish Literary Studies: Glasgow. ISBN 9781906841096

Strachan, Z. (2012) Im Haus am Meer. WortMosaik, Zeitschrift für Literatur und Kunst, 2,

Strachan, Z. and Armstrong, C. (2012) The Lady from the Sea. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2012) The Missing Shade of Blue by Jennie Erdal. Scottish Review of Books, 8(12), [Book Review]

2011

Strachan, Z. (2011) The Key. In: Imprint. Imprint Book Festival.

Strachan, Z. (2011) Panic Patterns. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2011) Ever Fallen in Love. Sandstone Press: Dingwall. ISBN 9781905207732

Strachan, Z. (2011) My Old Complaint. [Performance]

2010

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2010) Festive spirits. Sunday Herald, 17 Dec,

Welsh, L. and Strachan, Z. (2010) Christmas spirits. Sunday Herald, Dec.

Strachan, Z. (2010) Ever Fallen in Love (extract). Gutter,

Strachan, Z. (2010) Monique Truong; Bitter in the Mouth. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2010) Strange Desires (short story). Diva Magazine,

Strachan, Z. ed. (2010) I Throw my Prayers into the Sky. Series: Bamberger Punkt (14). Villa Concordia Presse: Bamberg, Germany.

Strachan, Z. and Fells, N. (2010) Sublimation. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2010) Panic Patterns. [Performance] (Unpublished)

2009

Strachan, Z. (2009) Move over L word, lip service is miles hotter. Sunday Times,

Strachan, Z. (2009) Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2009) In the House by the Sea [short story]. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Coming Home. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Coming Home [short story]. Perspectives, 24,

Strachan, Z. (2009) The Hat [diary column]. Perspectives, 24(winter), pp. 42-43.

Strachan, Z. (2009) Old Girls. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Old Girls [rehearsed reading]. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Review, Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2009) The Women’s Room. Perspectives, 23, p. 18.

2008

Strachan, Z. (2008) Christmas restaurant review. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. (2008) Weasel. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2008) Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden. Scottish Review of Books, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2008) Glasgow essay. Nürnberger Zeitung,

Strachan, Z. (2008) View from Glasgow. Nürnberger Zeitung,

Strachan, Z. (2008) Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2008) Weasel. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. , Welsh, L. and Sherry, D. (2008) I Throw my Prayers into the Sky. [Exhibitions]

2007

Strachan, Z. (2007) Losers Weepers. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2007) Our landscape is the library of our collective memory. Scotsman,

Strachan, Z. (2007) Outside the Town. In: The Research Club: An Anthology of New Writing. CHROMA / Black and White Publishing: Edinburgh, pp. 202-206. ISBN 9781845021566

Strachan, Z. (2007) The Secret Life of Dads. In: Evaristo, B. and Gee, M. (eds.) New Writing. Granta, pp. 168-177. ISBN 9781862079328

Strachan, Z. (2007) If Jodie Foster came out... Sunday Herald,

Strachan, Z. (2007) Sometimes in the Night. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2007) Pipe dreams of a post-industrial Arcadia. In: Kossak, F. (ed.) Shifts: Projections into the Future of the Central Belt. Lighthouse, pp. 31-33. ISBN 9781905061136

Strachan, Z. (2007) Is that a Scot or am ah wrang? In: Schoene, B. (ed.) The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 51-56. ISBN 9780748623952

2006

Strachan, Z. (2006) Red Road [lead film review]. List,

Strachan, Z. (2006) After they’d gone. In: Lacuesta, A.R. and Davidson, T. (eds.) Latitude: Writting from the Philippines and Scotland. Anvil, pp. 88-95. ISBN 9789712717253

Strachan, Z. (2006) Play Dead (short story). Antigonish Review, 146, pp. 13-19.

2005

Strachan, Z. (2005) The lost girl. Bite Me,

Strachan, Z. (2005) That's why the lady is a tramp. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. (2005) The Unknown Soldier: Review of Siegfried Sassoon by Max Egremont. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2005) Soap stories. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2005) The last ticket. Herald, 30 Aug,

Strachan, Z. (2005) Queer eye for the straight guise. Sunday Herald,

Strachan, Z. (2005) One Small Step. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2005) One Small Step. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2005) Chapter 7, festive daily novel. Scotsman,

Strachan, Z. (2005) A. A. Milne. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. (2005) An inner life: review of Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life by Julia Briggs. Herald, [Book Review]

2004

Strachan, Z. (2004) A kind of magic. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. (2004) Spin cycle. Picador. ISBN 9780330486316

2003

Strachan, Z. (2003) Crowds. [Audio]

2002

Strachan, Z. (2002) Negative Space. Picador. ISBN 0330485784

2000

Strachan, Z. (2000) Getting away. Edinburgh Review, 103,

Strachan, Z. (2000) Negative space. Nerve Magazine, Autumn,

Strachan, Z. (2000) The song. NorthWords, Summer,

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Number of items: 123.

Articles

Bissett, M. et al. (2022) "I see salt everywhere": a qualitative examination of the utility of arts-based participatory workshops to study noncommunicable diseases in Tanzania and Malawi. PLoS Global Public Health, 2(12), e0000927. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000927) (PMID:36962765) (PMCID:PMC10022006)

Strachan, Z. (2020) Mythopraxis. Northwords Now(40),

Bunn, C. , Kalinga, C., Mtema, O., Abdulla, S., Dillip, A., Lwanda, J., Mtenga, S., Sharp, J. , Strachan, Z. and Gray, C. (2020) Arts-based approaches to promoting health in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMJ Global Health, 5, e001987. (doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001987) (PMID:32444361)

Strachan, Z. (2018) A light and heartless hand. Textual Practice, 32(9), pp. 1689-2693. (doi: 10.1080/0950236X.2018.1533175)

Strachan, Z. (2017) Tiny jubilations: using photography in fiction. C21 Literature, 5(2), 7. (doi: 10.16995/c21.25)

Strachan, Z. (2016) Oor Willie. Scottish Review of Books, 11(3),

Strachan, Z. (2014) Thicker Than Water. Gutter, 10,

Strachan, Z. (2013) Zugenruhe. Edinburgh Review, 138,

Strachan, Z. (2013) Where Mary met Muriel. Scottish Review of Books, 9(2),

Strachan, Z. (2012) Im Haus am Meer. WortMosaik, Zeitschrift für Literatur und Kunst, 2,

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2010) Festive spirits. Sunday Herald, 17 Dec,

Welsh, L. and Strachan, Z. (2010) Christmas spirits. Sunday Herald, Dec.

Strachan, Z. (2010) Ever Fallen in Love (extract). Gutter,

Strachan, Z. (2010) Strange Desires (short story). Diva Magazine,

Strachan, Z. (2009) Move over L word, lip service is miles hotter. Sunday Times,

Strachan, Z. (2009) Coming Home [short story]. Perspectives, 24,

Strachan, Z. (2009) The Hat [diary column]. Perspectives, 24(winter), pp. 42-43.

Strachan, Z. (2009) The Women’s Room. Perspectives, 23, p. 18.

Strachan, Z. (2008) Christmas restaurant review. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. (2008) Glasgow essay. Nürnberger Zeitung,

Strachan, Z. (2008) View from Glasgow. Nürnberger Zeitung,

Strachan, Z. (2007) Our landscape is the library of our collective memory. Scotsman,

Strachan, Z. (2007) If Jodie Foster came out... Sunday Herald,

Strachan, Z. (2006) Red Road [lead film review]. List,

Strachan, Z. (2006) Play Dead (short story). Antigonish Review, 146, pp. 13-19.

Strachan, Z. (2005) The lost girl. Bite Me,

Strachan, Z. (2005) That's why the lady is a tramp. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. (2005) Soap stories. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2005) The last ticket. Herald, 30 Aug,

Strachan, Z. (2005) Queer eye for the straight guise. Sunday Herald,

Strachan, Z. (2005) Chapter 7, festive daily novel. Scotsman,

Strachan, Z. (2005) A. A. Milne. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. (2004) A kind of magic. Scotsman Magazine,

Strachan, Z. (2000) Getting away. Edinburgh Review, 103,

Strachan, Z. (2000) Negative space. Nerve Magazine, Autumn,

Strachan, Z. (2000) The song. NorthWords, Summer,

Books

Strachan, Z. (2023) Catch the Moments As They Fly. Blackwater Press: Charleston, USA. ISBN 9798987718162 (In Press)

Ferdous, R. , Perry, M. , Watuleke, J., Virhia, J., Yeshitella, P., Strachan, Z. and Catanzaro, B. (2021) A Critical Resource for Understanding Research Impact for Participatory International Research. Sustainable Futures Global Network.

Aanyu, K., Barrett, B. , Catanzano, B., Checchia, V., Duclos, V., McLean, H., Modise, O. M., Perry, M. , Robinson, J. , Sharp, J. , Strachan, Z. , Todd, H. and Zaman, S. (2020) A Critical Resource for Ethical International Partnerships. Sustainable Futures in Africa Network. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/DJTN4)

Strachan, Z. ed. (2014) Out There: An Anthology of Scottish LGBT Writing. Freight Books: Glasgow. ISBN 9781908754684

Strachan, Z. (2011) Ever Fallen in Love. Sandstone Press: Dingwall. ISBN 9781905207732

Strachan, Z. ed. (2010) I Throw my Prayers into the Sky. Series: Bamberger Punkt (14). Villa Concordia Presse: Bamberg, Germany.

Strachan, Z. (2004) Spin cycle. Picador. ISBN 9780330486316

Strachan, Z. (2002) Negative Space. Picador. ISBN 0330485784

Book Sections

Strachan, Z. (2020) The past we inherit. In: McDermid, Val (ed.) Home Fixtures: Writings to Support the Homeless World Cup. The Homeless World Cup Foundation.

Strachan, Z. (2020) After midnight. In: Barclay, Hayleigh and Hehir, Sylvia (eds.) Stories from Home: An Anthology of Stories and Poems. Gamoran Books. ISBN 9781913510158

Strachan, Z. (2020) Zoë Strachan. In: McDermid, Val and Sharp, Jo (eds.) Imagine a Country: Ideas for a Better Future. Canongate: Edinburgh, pp. 238-240. ISBN 9781838851699

Strachan, Z. (2018) Small fires. In: Smith, Annick and O'Connor, Susan (eds.) Hearth: a Global Conversation on Community, Identity and Place. Milkweed Editions: Minneapolis. ISBN 9781571313799

Strachan, Z. (2017) Introduction to Memento Mori by Muriel Spark. In: Memento Mori. Series: Muriel Spark centenary editions (3). Polygon. ISBN 9781846974274

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2017) 'Letter from Monkswood'. In: Walter, John (ed.) Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. Hayward Publishing. ISBN 9781853323560

Strachan, Z. (2014) Imagining independence / Independent imagining. In: Inspired by Independence: Artists and Writers Imagine a Better Scotland. Word Power Books. ISBN 9780992739218

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2014) Anyone Who Had a Heart. In: Patrick, Adele (ed.) 21 Revolutions. Glasgow Women's Library / Freight Books. ISBN 9781908754448

Strachan, Z. (2011) The Key. In: Imprint. Imprint Book Festival.

Strachan, Z. (2007) Outside the Town. In: The Research Club: An Anthology of New Writing. CHROMA / Black and White Publishing: Edinburgh, pp. 202-206. ISBN 9781845021566

Strachan, Z. (2007) The Secret Life of Dads. In: Evaristo, B. and Gee, M. (eds.) New Writing. Granta, pp. 168-177. ISBN 9781862079328

Strachan, Z. (2007) Pipe dreams of a post-industrial Arcadia. In: Kossak, F. (ed.) Shifts: Projections into the Future of the Central Belt. Lighthouse, pp. 31-33. ISBN 9781905061136

Strachan, Z. (2007) Is that a Scot or am ah wrang? In: Schoene, B. (ed.) The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 51-56. ISBN 9780748623952

Strachan, Z. (2006) After they’d gone. In: Lacuesta, A.R. and Davidson, T. (eds.) Latitude: Writting from the Philippines and Scotland. Anvil, pp. 88-95. ISBN 9789712717253

Book Reviews

Strachan, Z. (2017) Who'd be a man? Scottish Review of Books, 12(4), [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2016) The worst of times. Scottish Review of Books, 12(1), p. 11. [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2015) Closet Correspondent. Scottish Review of Books, 10(6), [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2014) Jewel in the Crown. Scottish Review of Books, 10(1), [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2014) One Day at a Time. Scottish Review of Books, 10(4), [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2013) Glasgow's Forgotten Feminist. Scottish Review of Books, 9(4), [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2013) The Home Corner by Ruth Thomas. Scottish Review of Books, 9(3), [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2012) The Missing Shade of Blue by Jennie Erdal. Scottish Review of Books, 8(12), [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2010) Monique Truong; Bitter in the Mouth. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Review, Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2008) Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden. Scottish Review of Books, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2008) Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2005) The Unknown Soldier: Review of Siegfried Sassoon by Max Egremont. Herald, [Book Review]

Strachan, Z. (2005) An inner life: review of Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life by Julia Briggs. Herald, [Book Review]

Edited Books

Strachan, Z. (Ed.) (2023) All Along the Edge: Contemporary Voices Explore the Roman Frontier. Rediscovering the Antonine Wall. ISBN 9798398298086

Welsh, L. and Strachan, Z. (Eds.) (2017) Home Ground: New Writing Inspired by the Homeless World Cup in Glasgow. Glasgow Libraries: Glasgow. ISBN 9780906169728

Cambridge, G. and Strachan, Z. (Eds.) (2014) Songs of Other Places. Series: New writing Scotland. Association for Scottish Literary Studies: Glasgow. ISBN 9781906841195

MacDougall, C. and Strachan, Z. (Eds.) (2013) Black Middens. Series: New Writing Scotland. Association for Scottish Literary Studies: Glasgow. ISBN 9781906841140

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (Eds.) (2013) Best Scottish Poems 2012. Scottish Poetry Library: Edinburgh.

MacDougall, C. and Strachan, Z. (Eds.) (2012) A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening. Series: New Writing Scotland. Association for Scottish Literary Studies: Glasgow. ISBN 9781906841096

Edited Journals

Strachan, Z. and Peers, D. (Eds.) (2023) Queer Form. Scottish Literary Review. 16(1) [Edited Journal] (Accepted for Publication)

Research Reports or Papers

Welsh, L. and Strachan, Z. (2025) A Very Quiet Street: toolkit for inclusive participation in local heritage. [Research Reports or Papers]

Welsh, L. and Strachan, Z. (2017) Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. [Research Reports or Papers]

Exhibitions

Skeldon, K. et al. (2023) Research Firsts Exhibition. [Exhibitions]

Strachan, Z. (2012) Lennie Goes Barefoot. [Exhibitions]

Strachan, Z. , Welsh, L. and Sherry, D. (2008) I Throw my Prayers into the Sky. [Exhibitions]

Compositions

Fells, N. and Strachan, Z. (2015) Negative Spaces. [Compositions]

Performance

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2023) Lying Over Under Another. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2022) Test-pitting. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2021) Something in the Air. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2020) Up Closeness. [Performance]

Scrutton, N. and Strachan, Z. (2019) Rays & Correlations [a live to broadcast performance]. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2018) Static Flux (unique new live version). [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2017) Static Flux. [Performance]

Scrutton, N. and Strachan, Z. (2016) In transit. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2014) The Past We Inherit, the Future We Build. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2013) Dykes' Delight. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Armstrong, C. (2012) The Lady from the Sea. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2011) My Old Complaint. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Fells, N. (2010) Sublimation. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. and Welsh, L. (2010) Panic Patterns. [Performance] (Unpublished)

Strachan, Z. (2009) In the House by the Sea [short story]. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Old Girls. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Old Girls [rehearsed reading]. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2008) Weasel. [Performance]

Strachan, Z. (2005) One Small Step. [Performance]

Audio

Strachan, Z. (2024) Martinmas Wind. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. and Scrutton, N. (2022) Salt Cellar. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2019) Short Works, From Fact to Fiction: After Midnight. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2019) Four Thought: Identity Through Reading. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2017) Tonight, for the first time. [Audio]

Fells, N. and Strachan, Z. (2015) Negative Spaces. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2012) Keeping the Faith. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2012) My Favourite Place. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2012) The Dick Institute. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2011) Panic Patterns. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2009) Coming Home. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2008) Weasel. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2007) Losers Weepers. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2007) Sometimes in the Night. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2005) One Small Step. [Audio]

Strachan, Z. (2003) Crowds. [Audio]

Website

Strachan, Z. (2023) Regarding Pheasants and Peacocks in the Grounds. [Website]

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Grants

Grants and fellowships

  • 2023 PI British Academy Writing Workshops Alumni Development: Sustainable Futures in Writing
  • 2022 Second Life Award, Edwin Morgan Trust
  • 2021 PI British Academy Writing Workshops 2021: The Art of Transdisciplinary Research Communications; Sustainable Futures in Writing
  • 2020 Co-I AHRC-GCRF Urgency Grant: Whose Crisis? The Global COVID-19 Crisis from the Perspective of Communities in Africa
  • 2020 Co-I GCRF Challenge Cluster: Participatory Futures
  • 2019 GKE Flexible Fund, Rediscovering the Antonine Wall
  • 2018 PI on GCRF Capacity Building in Arts-based Methods in NCD Prevention
  • 2019 Workshop for co-creation of A Critical Resource for Ethical International Partnerships
  • 2017 Co-I on AHRC-MRC Culture & Bodies NCD Prevention 
  • 2017 Co-I Royal Society of Edinburgh Workshop Grant (Workshop of Potential Scottish Literature)
  • 2017 Being Human Festival, small grant
  • 2017 Hawthornden Fellowship
  • 2016 Scottish Writer’s Fellowship, Wallace Arts Centre/University of Otago, New Zealand
  • 2015 Open Project Funding, Creative Scotland (for Writer in Residence, UofG and Glasgow School of Art)
  • 2014 Cultural Commission, LGBT History Month Scotland (Out There anthology)
  • 2014 Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Small Grant (Out There anthology)
  • 2013 Scottish Literature Residency, Cove Park
  • 2012 Visiting faculty, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
  • 2012 Herald Angel Award, production of The Lady from the Sea
  • 2012 Ever Fallen in Love shortlisted for Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year 
  • 2011 Ever Fallen in Love shortlisted for the Green Carnation Prize
  • 2011 Ever Fallen in Love nominated for the London Book Awards
  • 2011 British Council UK Writers in Residence/Fellowship, International Writing Program, University of Iowa 
  • 2009 Robert Louis Stevenson Award, Residency at Hôtel Chevillon, Grez-sur-Loing, France
  • 2008 Hermann Kesten Stipendium, international residency, Nuremberg, Germany
  • 2006 UNESCO/Edinburgh City of Literature Writer in Residence, Museum of Scotland
  • 2006 Writer's Bursary, Creative Scotland
  • 2005 Residency at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, Canada 
  • 2004 Hawthornden Fellowship
  • 2003 Negative Space shortlisted for Saltire First Scottish Book of the Year Award
  • 2003 Betty Trask Award, Negative Space

Selected invitations

I am a regular speaker at UK book festivals, most recently Edinburgh International Book Festival 2018, and have given keynotes at Creative Writing and Scottish Literature focussed conferences. International invitations include:

  • 2019                 European Night of Literature, Amsterdam
  • 2019                 British Council SPARKS Festival, Hong Kong
  • 2018                 2nd CounterText Conference, the Post-Literary, University of Malta
  • 2016                 Masterclass, International Institute of Modern Letters, University of Victoria, Wellington
  • 2016                 Wallace Arts Trust at the Pah Homestead, Auckland
  • 2016                 Masterclass, University of Auckland
  • 2016                 Masterclass, University of Otago
  • 2016                 Dunedin Readers & Writers Festival
  • 2014                 15th Annual Authors’ Month; tour of Central Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland) 
  • 2011                 Prairie Lights, Iowa City
  • 2011                 International Festival of Authors, Toronto
  • 2011                 Bookworm International Literary Festival, Beijing
  • 2010                 Scottish delegate to International PEN Congress, Tokyo
  • 2010                 Bookworm International Literary Festival, Beijing and Chengdu
  • 2007                 International Prose Festival, Novi Sad
  • 2005                 British Council tour of Hungary
  • 2003                 Scottish Writers in New York, Bowery Poetry Club

Supervision

At present I am co-supervising practice as research doctoral and MFA projects in several areas. Some researcher profiles can be found below.

  • Gordon, Niamh
    Writing suicide bereavement: narrative crisis, narrative impulse
  • Hunt, Charlotte
    Peatland as Story: A Journey through Time and Death in an Entangled World
  • Langley, Alice
    A Chronological Exploration of Women Who Turn to Stone.
  • Mahar, Sundas
    Environmental Literacies in Plastic Practices
  • Song, Taylor Taeyeon
    Han born in 1986: Colonialism, Contemporary Politics, and the Intergenerational Trauma of Korea’s MZ Generation

Successfully completed doctorates:

Guest Privileges: A narrative nonfiction book on queerness, migration and belonging in the Arabian peninsula. / Gaar Moths Adams 2023

Dark Castle. / Oliver Gafsen 2023 (MFA)

Madness to Memoir: The Creative Cure. / Gillean McDougall 2021

Lovebug. / Daisy Lafarge 2021

Tiger of Mysore. Tipu Sultan in historical fiction and fictional history / Sameer Ahmed 2021

’Madame Albertine is Gone’: The Epistemological Erotics of Embedded Surveillance, a critical and creative research project / Katy Hastie 2020

We make spaces and spaces make us: an exploration through creative writing of the relationship between literature and carceral spaces / Martin Cathcart Froden 2019

The Dragon in the Mirror, a novel, with Stepping Through the Mirror, a critical reflection on writing and revising a feminist portal-quest fantasy / Sarah Tytler 2019

Honest ink: Exploring the influence of inherited narratives on identity (re)construction / Victoria H. Shropshire 2019

De Volonté & the vampire bite: how Gothic vampire literature of the 19th century influences female members of the Goth subculture / Hayleigh Barclay 2019

Homeland variations: a response to the anxieties of self-identification in the context of displacement / Agata Maslowska 2019

How long the night, a novel : followed by an essay The ghosts of Muranów : confronting Poland's Jewish past  / Izabela Ilowska 2016

Running on rooftops : a novel and critical reflection on writing from an identity of expatriation with an examination of West-meets-East encounters and attitudes depicted in literature  / Andrea L. Stout 2016

The Encyclopaedia of Istanbul, a novel : &, Ottoman crossroads : coffeehouses, politics, theatres and storytelling, critical essays  / Defne Cizakca 2015

A world of their own? : the novel and the total institution  / Anne Hamilton 2015

Heaven's sense : a novel  / by Kenneth Macleod, B.A., M.A. 2015

Teaching

I am PGR Convenor for Creative Writing, and the first point of contact for the MFA and DFA programmes. I contribute to the taught elements (workshops, Practice as Research seminars, Practical Pedagogy) of these programmes, as well as across the MLitt in Creative Writing (workshops, Craft & Experimentation, Editing & Publication) and to the Honours Fiction and Dissertation courses. 

 

Research datasets

Jump to: 2021
Number of items: 1.

2021

Perry, M. , Duclos, V., Kambalu, E., Currie, A., Loose, E., Modise, O. M., Lekoko, R., Mmeko, G., Ketlogetswe, T., Mabaso, S., Joseph, M., Ndlela, T., Mathendele Amstrong, D., Moyo, B., Nyirenda, D., Chikonda, B., Paul, S., Ajayi, S., Adjibade, S., Awosanmi, G., Babatunde, F., Abiodun, D., Tofunmi Ajibade, E., Okot, A., Aganyira, K., Kagolobya, R., Otim, D. J., Alanyo, P., Byekwaso, J., Kandole, R., Muwanika, V., Sharp, J., Robinson, J. , Keith, N. and Strachan, Z. (2021) Whose Crisis? Covid 19 explored through arts and cultural practices of African communities. [Data Collection]

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Additional information

I am a Non-Executive Director of Glasgow Women's Library and Patron of the Imprint Book Festival in East Ayrshire. 


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