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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Ma Jian (2013 event)
Juliana Buhring (2017 Event)
Miranda Sawyer (2016 Event)
Kevin Barry (2016 Event)
Sophie Hughes & Fernanda Melchor: Another Mexico (2020 Event)
Tim Burgess with Ian Rankin (2013 event)
Anne Donovan reading Not Scotland
Richard Holloway (2018 Event)
Alan Warner
Blake Morrison (2014 event)