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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Daniel Gray (2017 Event)
Viv Albertine with Ian Rankin (2015 Event)
Marina Endicott and Lisa Moore (2010 event)
Julian Clary - with Rhona Cameron
Richard Holloway (2018 Event)
A S Byatt (2010 event)
Richard Dawkins (2018 Event)
Stephen Baxter with Ken MacLeod (2017 Event)
Kate Summerscale
Jussi Adler-Olsen (2015 Event)