Tom Murray Writer

PLAYS

Tangents:  Performance: Clax Youth Theatre,  March 2010.   Co written with Elizabeth Fuller.

 

 Sins of the Father:  Reading: Rowan Tree Theatre Company, Eastgate Theatre Peebles, September 2009.     The play was a winner of the 2009 Rowan Tree Playwriting Competition.

 

Just Like Us:  Performance: Clax Youth Theatre,  February 2008.

 

Can You Hear Me?:  Performance:  As part of the  ‘I Confess’ production May 2005, Arches Theatre Co, Arches Theatre, Glasgow.    

 

Snow White: The Untold Story:   Performance: Scottish Borders Youth Theatre,  October 2004.

 

Your Mother Should Know:    Reading:  Cross Country Theatre Company,  May 2004.

 

Opening Ceremony; Anna Grieve; Resurectionists; The Frenchman; Finale:   Performance:  A series of Open Air Community plays, Lauder 500 celebrations,  May 2003.

 

Love You Tender:   Reading:  Cross Country Theatre Company, October 2002

 

Sex Maniacs Guide To The Borders:  Performance:  CrossCountry Theatre Company, various venues including the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, May/June 2001

 

I Am Sir Waiter Scott. I Bid You Welcome:  Performance: CrossCountry Theatre Company, various venues including the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, May/June 2001

 

Alison Park:   Performance: CrossCountry Theatre Company, various venues including the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, May/June 2001

 

The Clash:     Performance: Scottish Borders Youth Theatre. August/September 2000.

 

www.scottishborderspastpresentfuture.com:     Commissioned as the Scottish Borders play for the' Our Town' project at the Dome:  April 2000.

 

BOOKS

 

Out of my Head:      Story collection.  SBC ISBN 0-9535765-2-3  :1999

 

The Clash:               A Play. SBC  ISBN 0-9545052-1-2   :2003.

 

The Future is Behind You: Poetry Collection. Selkirk Lapwing Press ISBN 0 95312129 1 2006

 

ANTHOLOGIES

 

Poems:  You Have To Step Through The Door and  You Wonder:  Brownsbank Anthology: an anthology of writing inspired by

Brownsbank Cottage the last home of  Chris and Valda Grieve.     Edited by:  Tom Bryan; Linda Cracknell; Andrew McCallum.  February 2010 ISBN 0 9520145 3 X

 

Play: Can You Hear Me?: I Confess Monologues.  Edited by Maggie Rose.  Published by Fairplay Press. February 2008.  ISBN 978-1-906220-23-5

 

Poem: School Dance:   Both Sides of Hadrian's Wall anthology:  Contemporary poetry from south Scotland and north England.  Edited by Robert Leach. Selkirk Lapwing Press 2006. ISBN 0 9554056 3 7 /978  0 9554056 3 1

 

Story: Postcard From New York:  Co winner of one page international story competition.  Fish 2005 Competition Anthology. Edited by Clem Cairns. Fish Publishing. ISBN 0-9542586-30 

 

Series of Poems on the theme 'Gala Water.':  Tweed Rivers Anthology 2005. Edited By Ken Cockburn and James Carter. Platform projects/Luath Press ISBN 1-905222-25-4.  In collaboration with artist Rob Hain.  

 

Story.  The Boy:  Word Jig: New Fiction From Scotland. Edited by Marie Carter. Hanging Loose Press, New York. ISBN 1-931236-25-9   : 2003.

 

Poem.  Steinwaybest: Football Haiku. Edited by Alec Finlay. Pocketbooks.  ISBN 0 7486 6309 6  : 2002. 

 

Poem.  A Day Out at the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art: Edinburgh: an intimate city.  Edited by Bashabi Fraser and Elaine Greig. Edinburgh City Council.  ISBN 0 905072 93 6 Poem   : 2000.  

 

Novel extract.   No More Heroes:  Alpha to Omega Competition. Edited by Wendy Robertson. 2000.

 

 

COMPETITIONS

 

Poem:  Van Gogh:  Winner Poetry Update competition. December 1996.

 

Story:  Let Me Tell You:    3^rd prize Writers Forum competition.  May 1999.)

 

Story:  Harry’s story:     3^rd prize Writers Bureau.  September 2002.

 

Story: ‘Postcard from New York’:  Joint winner Fish One Page Story Prize. May 2005. 

To read:http://www.fishpublishing.com/read-stories-postcard-from-new-york.php

 

 

MAGAZINES

 

Stories/poems published or to be published ( 1993 - 2010) in the following publications.

 

Rebel inc; Northwords; Markings; Flytrap; Poetry Scotland; Poetry Update; Cutting Teeth; Eildon Tree; Iota; Tears in the Fence; Front and Centre; Lateral Moves; Fire;  The New Writer. Poetry Monthly; Northwords Now; Scheherazade; CoffeeHouse Poetry; Haiku Scotland; www.laurahird.com; The Write Side Up; Aesthetica, Envoi.

 

OTHER MEDIA

Story.  Soulmates:  Eildon Leaves CD.  Scottish Borders Council. ISBN 8-80992-13292-3 :2004  

 

Play.  Can You Hear Me?:      I Confess DVD.   Filmed performance of play.