David Greig & Alan Warner: Scottish Legends Retold

Brace yourself for exhilarating versions of two classic Scottish stories. Columba’s Bones is the debut novel from playwright David Greig, which reimagines 9th century Iona as the setting for a ‘heist gone wrong’. Alan Warner’s Nothing Left to Fear From Hell reimagines the aftermath of Culloden, when Bonnie Prince Charlie flees into the Highlands. Join Sally Magnusson as she speaks with Greig and Warner in this unmissable event about our history.

Categories: Fiction, History, Scottish Fiction

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Another Scotland

When a nation’s stories crystallise into myth, it’s not always easy to retell them in new ways. Yet, that’s exactly what a generation of Scottish writers are doing: examining, unpacking, and redrafting foundational Scottish tales through a modern lens. In this year’s Festival, leading authors revisit familiar histories and tease out new ways to understand them…

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