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2024 Book Festival Highlights

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James Crawford: Traces of the Past

James Crawford: Traces of the Past

The search for hidden landscapes drives the work of Shetland-born author James Crawford, whose books have explored borders, lost buildings, and – in conjunction with his BBC series Scotland from the Sky – the views revealed by photography from the air. Today he talks with Dan Richards about his latest work, Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland, in a conversation about searching for the nation’s abandoned buildings and landmarks…

Kirstin Innes: Who is Clio Campbell? (2020 Event)
Kirstin Innes: Who is Clio Campbell? (2020 Event)

Written from the perspective of those who loved (and hated) Clio Campbell most, and taking in everything from Top of the Pops to IndyRef along the way, Scabby Queen will have you…

Lola Olufemi & Minna Salami: Critical Reflections on Feminism (2020 Event)
Lola Olufemi & Minna Salami: Critical Reflections on Feminism (2020 Event)

Since 2010, the award-winning blog MsAfropolitan has connected feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective. Its founder is…

Bain de Soleil
Bain de Soleil by David Vann

Williams College in Massachusetts. 1985. I arrived in ripped jeans from California. I’d been fire-walking, meditating, learning etheric surgery, hoping to become a mystic…