Patrick is an editor, publisher and writer from Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2020 he co-founded Taproot Press, an independent publisher of challenging, contemporary literature in native English and translation. Awarded the 2017 J. Logie Robertson Prize and 2020 Walter Scott Memorial Prize for Scottish Literature, Patrick has been studying Scottish Literature at the University of Edinburgh since 2016. His current research explores depictions of post-war redevelopment in 1960s Scottish fiction.