John Burnside
The finest contemporary Scottish writing commissioned especially by the festival. We asked four of our most highly acclaimed writers (John Burnside, Janice Galloway, A L Kennedy and Don Paterson) to create new work - poetry and prose - for this 2008 event. And what a fantastic showcase it was.
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Ingrid Betancourt with Kirsty Wark (2011 Event)
Olivia Laing: Art is Political (2020 Event)
Anthony Seldon & Peter Snowdon (2016 Event)
Audrey Niffenegger (2011 event)
Gregor Fisher & Melanie Reid (2016 Event)
Andrea Levy
Inua Ellams (2018 Event)
Howard Jacobson
Julian Barnes
Kathleen Jamie, Chitra Ramaswamy & Amanda Thomson: Antlers of Water (2020 Event)