Kenneth Steven is first and foremost a poet. Many of his collections have appeared over the years, from Wild Goose Publications, Saint Andrew Press and SPCK on this side of the Atlantic, and from Cascade Books and Paraclete Press in the United States. He has written and presented numerous features and essays for BBC Radio.Kenneth has written and had published short fiction and several novels; his non-fiction essays have appeared too. He’s very much a children’s author and a translator from Norwegian.But it’s poetry that’s closest to his heart, and much of the inspiration for that work has sprung from the island of Iona. This is where his half-sister Helen Steven was Peace and Justice worker for the Iona Community, and it’s where for a decade he and his wife Kristina have led an annual Celtic Christian retreat.
