Graduate shortlisted for prestigious poetry prize

Roshni Gallagher, who recently completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of St Andrews, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Jerwood Prize for her debut collection "Even the Trees: Books from Scotland".

Interviewed by the Forward Arts Foundation, Roshni said, "When I first started writing, I could never have imagined that my first collection would be shortlisted for a Forward Prize. I am profoundly honoured. So many of the poets I admire have won and been shortlisted for these awards. It is a dream come true."