The beauty of the Edinburgh International Book Festival is that, while it’s grown from a modest series of ‘Meet the Author’ events into the largest public literary festival (17 days, 797 authors, 757 events), it retains an intimacy unmatched by other sprawling book events. The iron railings which surround the Georgian splendour of Charlotte Square [...]
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Salt Publishing: Scottish Event
Posted in Out and about, tagged Alexander Hutchison, Andrew Philip, Chris Emery, Eleanor Livingstone, Rob. A. Mackenzie, Ryan Van Winkle, Salt Publishing, Tim Turnbull, Wena Poon on 30/05/2010 |
My recent literary gloom evaporated last evening during a triple-celebratory event hosted by The Scottish Poetry Library :- 10 yrs of Salt Publishing 20yrs of Salt Magazine and the official launch of Salt’s Scottish Office (based in Glasgow). Relaxed and convivial, there was a refreshing lack of formal speechifying and self-congratulatory back-slapping, instead, the words were allowed to speak for themselves. Ryan Van Winkle [2010 Crawshaw Prize-winner] [...]
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