Iona Lee is a poet, artist, music-maker, and spoken-word performer from Edinburgh. She has been a prominent member of Scotland’s live poetry scene for the past ten years, appearing on radio and television and reading her work in venues and on festival stages all over the UK and Europe. In 2022, Iona won the John Byrne Award for her poetry film, Away With the Faeries – a retelling of the Tam Lin ballad. Her debut poetry collection, ‘Anamnesis’ (Polygon, 2023) was shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Award and won the Somerset Maugham Award, after appearing on SNACK Magazine’s list of the top ten books to be published in Scotland in 2023.
