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Departures and Arrivals at NLS

Posted September 13, 2010 3:01 pm by Andrew Martin | Permalink

CD_cover_Departures_and_Arrivals_ Tomorrow night we welcome two of Scotland’s best writers to National Library of Scotland to celebrate Departures and arrivals the CD of Scottish writing from Scottish PEN. The CD features a roll-call of the top Scottish literary names reading their own work. Representing them on 14 September will be the poet Tessa Ransford and the short-story writer and dramatist Linda Cracknell. More details of this and other NLS events can be found here.

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