Mairi Kidd

Mairi Kidd is the Director of The Saltire Society. She leads on delivery of the Society’s programmes championing the arts and culture of Scotland. She has previously worked at Creative Scotland providing strategic leadership for literature, languages and publishing, as CEO of Moat Brae and of Seven Stories, and as Managing Director of children’s book publisher Barrington Stoke.

A fluent Gaelic speaker, she has an MA in Celtic Studies from Edinburgh University. As CEO of Stòrlann, the National Gaelic Education Resource Agency, she worked with Scottish Government, Bòrd na Gàidhlig and local authorities. Mairi is a contributor to BBC Radio nan Gàidheal’s books coverage and writes for broadcast, including Gaelic comedy series FUNC.

She began writing books with histories for children but released her first novel, The Specimens in 2024.