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Scottish Launch for Rebecca Solnit’s Powerful Memoir

Scottish Launch for Rebecca Solnit’s Powerful Memoir
Thu 06 February 2020

Organisers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival today announced a very special event this March with the American author, essayist and political activist Rebecca Solnit. Solnit, who is making her only appearance in Scotland, will be in conversation with Scottish poet, novelist and playwright Jenni Fagan. Winner of the 2019 Windham-Campbell Prize for Literature, Solnit is a revered and prolific commentator on some of the most pressing issues of our day, from the rights of women and people of colo…