Kirsten MacQuarrie is Sector Development Manager at CILIP Scotland, developing CPD opportunities and advocating for over 1000 members across Scotland and beyond. In November 2021, Kirsten founded Winspiration, CILIP Scotland's ongoing programme of feminist events, interventions and provocations for library professionals. Amongst other achievements, Winspiration has highlighted the hidden herstories of iconic LIS women like decolonising cataloguer Dorothy Porter and, through the #NotOurJob campaign, made CILIPS the first professional association in Europe to take a public stand against sexual harassment in libraries. Kirsten was honoured to appear on the CILIP125 list, which marked the 125th anniversary of CILIP's Royal Charter by highlighting a new generation of librarians, information and knowledge management professionals who drive positive change, make a difference and have an impact across all sectors. She is an author and a chartered librarian whose debut novel Remember the Rowan (Ringwood, 2024) was a finalist for The People's Book Prize and is currently longlisted for The Highland Book Prize. Kirsten's writing has been published by New Writing Scotland, the Scottish Poetry Library, Gutter Magazine, Scottish PEN, the Women's History Network and others, and she has been shortlisted for a Vogue Magazine Young Talent Award, selected as an Editor's Choice for the John Byrne Award and twice winner of the Glasgow Women's Library Poetry Prize.