A new critical work seeks to reinstate the vigorous poems of EMILY BRONTE at the heart of Victorian concerns, whilst at the same time underlining their enduring relevance. …

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New short fiction from Zimbabwean author GABRIEL GIDI. He juxtaposes the insanity of the madman and the madness of soldiers in this tense political satire. …

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Curator of the Scottish Magic Archive GORDON BRUCE reveals his bibliographic hunt for the mysterious magician Arthur Watson. …

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Author MARK OXBROW recalls his fateful first visit to Rosslyn Chapel and its literary, spiritual and historical associations. …

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Following the collapse of his business, MICHAEL FAULKNER and his wife Lynn left Scotland for a small cabin on the uninhabited island of Islandmore in Northern Ireland. Michael wrote The Blue Cabin about their experiences; it is part-adventure tale, part-love story, beginning with disruption and concluding with discovery. …

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Zimbabwean author GABRIEL GIDI discusses his love for language and his politically charged writing in this audio interview with Jennie Renton. …

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Conflagration, snow and intense frustration, HANNAH ADCOCK finds there is more to St Andrews and StAnza than she expected. …

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StAnza celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2006. Running over five days in St Andrews, it focuses on the two themes of homeland and exile and poetry and the moving image. In this 2006 audio interview Artistic Director, ELEANOR LIVINGSTONE, discusses the programme of events. …

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Author PETER BURNETT discusses the 2006 Thirsty Lunch Edinburgh Festival author events, a packed programme that included James Kelman, Jennie Daiches, Alasdair Gray and Alison Flett. …

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In this audio interview with Jennie Renton, GERRY CAMBRIDGE explains the vision that drives him as founding editor of The Dark Horse, one of the most distinctive literary magazines to come out of Scotland. …

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Returning to her twin themes of illusion and showmanship, LOUISE WELSH has produced a third novel brimming with despair, dark glamour and, of course, brutal murder. …

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Author and Pictish expert, GRAEME CRUICKSHANK, traces Pictish scholarship from its modest and largely archaeological beginnings pre 1950, to the wide-ranging and influential body of work available today. …

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Italian poet and literary critic MARCO FAZZINI edits the first history of Scottish literature planned and produced outside Scotland. The Alba Literaria: A History of Scottish Literature is a substantial and ambitious project. …

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HELENA KENNEDY is one of Britain’s leading lawyers. She has spent her professional life championing civil liberties, promoting human rights and stimulating open, spirited, and thoughtful public debate of issues concerning the relationship between the individual and the law. …

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Teacher and educational activist TONY MCMANUS made an incisive analysis of the failings of the Scottish education system. His argument for cultural renewal was informed by a deep knowledge of and engagement with Scottish and wider European culture. …

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