Peter G Mackie
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Writer/Musician |
| Location | Edinburgh, Midlothian |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Peter G Mackie was born in Perth, Scotland in 1957 and, as a teenager, was mistakenly kept in an Adolescent Unit of a psychiatric hospital for two and a half years, causing him to lapse into depression. At the age of 17, after a brief period in a hippy commune, he wrote his novel The Madhouse of Love in a bed-sit in Tooting, South London, based on his earlier experiences in the psychiatric unit. From 1977 to 1984, he spent a period working and travelling in Eruope, which helped him to see a different perspective on life. A few years ago,he ended up homeless in Edinburgh, where he sold The Big Issue for over a year. He is now doing an IT course at Redhall Walled Garden, a project in Edinburgh run by the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH). He has also recorded a CD of music on piano and synthesiser All Over the Shop, which is available from some alternative shops in Edinburgh and over the Internet. |
| Interests | reading and writing, listening to and playing music, travelling, computers |
| Favorite Movies | The Beach, Titanic |
| Favorite Music | Pink Floyd, The Mothers of Invention, Incredible String Band, King Crimson |
| Favorite Books | "Hunger" by Knut Hamsun, "Lanark" by Alasdair Gray, "Popular Music" by Mikael Niemi |