Kenneth C Steven

(born 1968 - ) - Perthshire

Born in Glasgow in 1968 and raised in Highland Perthshire, Kenneth C. Steven is a widely published novelist, poet and children's author.

His latest works include the 2007 collection of poems, Salt and Light (Saint Andrew Press), The Santa Maria, a children's novel set in the Hebrides, and The Dragon Kite, a picture book about one boy's search for a real dragon.

Steven has also produced a number of translated works. His translation of Lars Saaybe Christensen's Half Brother was long-listed for the 2004 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and short-listed for the international IMPAC Award.

As well as writing, Steven also likes to help promote creativity within schools. Group reading and imagination workshops are also amongst his services for primary schools, and for secondary schools, there is the chance to recruit Steven to help older children build a portfolio of creative work.

Steven caters for adult readers and aspiring writers too, by visiting writers’ groups and teaching day courses, as well as longer courses. For six years he has co-tutored Into Blue Silence, a week-long writing retreat on the Isle of Iona. More recently, he set up a similar course in Castle of Park in Aberdeenshire, and intends to take this course elsewhere.

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The Biggest Thing In The World - Paperback
A little polar bear explores the world with his mother and discovers many huge and wonderful things.
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Columba: Poems - Paperback
Columba, the sixth-century Irish monk, has had an enormous influence on the story of Scotland. Kenneth Steven takes us on Columba's journey from Ireland to the west coast of Scotland. He takes us on a plethora of other journeys too - both real and imagined, ancient and modern.
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February The 29th - Paperback
Aimed at 8-12 year olds, this is another work of adventure and imagination from one of Scotland's finest children's authors.
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A Highland Trilogy - Paperback
This trilogy by the renowned Scottish poet and novelist Kenneth Steven contains the bestselling 'Dan' and 'The Summer is Ended' as well as his long-awaited new novel, 'West of the World.'
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Imagining Things And Other Poems - Paperback
This collection of lyrical and witty poems shows some of the surprise and excitement to be found in the natural world - both rural and urban. Even the familiar world of animals, seasons and seascapes is full of magic and mystery.
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Making The Known World New - Hardback
In the summer of 2008, Kenneth Steven moved house, leaving behind the small square of ground that had been his garden for many years. In 'Making the Known World New', this small oasis inspires reflections full of wonder at the variety, beauty, determination and sheer audacity of nature in a confined space.
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Of Rowan And Pearl: Poems Of Rural Scotland - Paperback
Widely published in their own right, Margaret Gillies Brown and Kenneth C. Steven have combined to produce a collection of poems of rural Scotland.
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Poetry: How To Get Published, How To Get Paid - Paperback
A working poet describes the business side of poetry to readers, he offers practical advice to help get poets published and provides useful addresses of publishers and organisations.
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The Raven's Tale & Other Stories - Paperback
Scots poet Kenneth Steven brings together the great oral tradition of storytelling and his own gentle Christian faith, assuring us of God's comforting presence - even in difficult situations.
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The Santa Maria - Paperback
A Hebridean boy lives with his grandfather. All his life he has heard whispers of a Spanish galleon that is supposed to have gone down off the island's coast with its promised treasure. The story culminates in a great storm, and the hunt for The Santa Maria begins in earnest.
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The Sea Mice And The Stars - Paperback
It is winter and snow is falling soft as petals. Woken by their mother, two young sea mice gaze at a sky sparkling with falling stars. These stars are pieces of magic, their uncle tells them, gifts to the sea mice to keep them safe through the winter. And tonight, the mouse family must set out into the dark to collect the stars.
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The Song Of The Trees - Hardback
A long time ago, before the first white man set foot in the New World, an Indian girl called Lalita awoke from a frightening dream. Her dream became reality as she watched her beloved trees being cut down. Lalita refused to leave with the rest of her tribe.