Celebrating 30 years of Scottish Writing at #edbookfest

Nick and Roland talk about how #edbookfest is taking stock of the extraordinary literary output from the past 30 years in Scotland for the 30th anniversary of the Festival.

They discuss: William McIlvanney and the re-release of the Laidlaw Trilogy, Friday 16 August 3:00pm https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/william-mcilvanney-1 Alasdair Gray discussing his controversial essay 'Settlers and Colonists', Wednesday 14 August 3:00pm https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/alasdair-gray-3 Scottish Makar Liz Lochhead, who first appeared at the first #edbookfest , Thursday 15 August 6:30pm https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/liz-lochhead-2 AL Kennedy, who discusses her essays on writing for The Guardian, Monday 12 August 11:30am https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/a-l-kennedy-3 The Gavin Wallace Tribute event with Jackie Kay, Kirsty Gunn, James Robertson and Gerda Stevenson, Friday 16 August 2:00pm https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/gavin-wallace-rewriting-scotland-s-literature And First Book Award nominee, the crime writer Malcolm Mackay, who is carrying on the tradition of Laidlaw, Tuesday 20 August, 8:30pm https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/tom-benn-malcolm-mackay