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West Port unveils book festival

Posted July 31, 2009 3:19 pm by Andrew Martin | Permalink

While we prepare ourselves for the big event in Charlotte Square which is of course the Edinburgh International Book Festival, it is good to see some book-sellers in an historic corner of the Old Town joining together again for the somewhat smaller attraction that is the West Port Book Festival. It may not have any marquees on the lawn, but there are some stellar Scottish writers packed into the four day programme. Angus Peter Campbell, Eleanor Thom, Elaine di Rollo, Alan Bisset and Douglas Dunn are the ones who catch my eye immediately with little effort, and here’s a great opportunity to see them in an atmospheric, literary setting, and absolutely free !

Categories: Douglas Dunn Eleanor Thom Events

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Available at a store near you – in Armenia

Posted July 16, 2009 5:16 pm by Andrew Martin | Permalink

We’ve just received a major consignment of translations here through an arrangement with the Scottish Arts Council.Who are the popular Scots in Eastern Europe and beyond ? Prolific thriller queen Val McDermid seems to be a star in Bulgarian,with multiple titles, and the versatile Louise Welsh is doing well in Croatian and Serbian, while new Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s poems can be read now in Slovak. Good to see some plays travelling too – Sue Glover’s successes, including Bondagers, appear in Czech – and Douglas Dunn’s poetry makes it into Armenian.

Categories: Carol Ann Duffy Douglas Dunn Louise Welsh Sue Glover Val McDermid

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