Posts Tagged ‘writing’
Grayson Perry launches biggest exhibition of his career in Edinburgh
Artist Grayson Perry has launched the biggest exhibition of his career in Edinburgh – with a look back on his entire body of work. The exclusive retrospective Grayson Perry: Smash Hits offers visitors a chance to embark on a journey through the celebrated artist’s remarkable 40-year career. Staged by the National Galleries of Scotland at…
Read MoreBloody Scotland: Callum McSorley on Squeaky Clean
Each week Scottish Field will be talking to one of the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize shortlist authors about their novels and feature an extract from the book. This week we hear from Callum McSorley, 33, from East Kilbride, about his novel Squeaky Clean (Pushkin) featuring DI Ally McCoist the least popular detective in the Glasgow…
Read MoreBook review: The Many Days
Sammi Minion reviews The Many Days by Scottish poet Norman MacCaig First released in 2010, the collection that celebrated the centenary of the birth of Edinburgh’s Norman MacCaig is now available in paperback, and is the best place to experience MacCaig, the writer who Seamus Heaney lauded as ‘He means poetry to me’. This collection also…
Read MoreRelax into August’s issue of Scottish Field
Your copy of Scottish Field is now available to buy, both in shops and online, with the very best luxury lifestyle features, news, interiors, properties, antiques, motoring, gardens, wildlife, field sports, whisky, and more. Editor Richard Bath writes: ‘As someone who spends as much time as possible each year on Hebridean islands, whose grandmother was a Leodhasach from…
Read MoreBook review: The Tongue She Speaks
Sammi Minion reviews The Tongue She Speaks, a new novel by Scottish author and journalist Emma Grae, from Glasgow. Emma Grae’s new novel The Tongue She Speaks makes for a captivating read. From the frame of a seemingly typical teenage thriller lies a far more complex and compelling story, brought to life by an engrossing plot…
Read MoreAuthor Michael Pedersen appointed as University of Edinburgh Writer in Residence
Award-winning poet and author Michael Pedersen has been appointed as the newest Writer in Residence at the University of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh-born author joins a stellar line-up of writers who have previously held the role including author and poet Jenni Fagan, poet and playwright Liz Lochhead, Scottish Gaelic poet Sorley Maclean and poet and teacher…
Read MoreBlack Axe Throwing Co: A stress busting night to remember
With deadline day past, the Scottish Field team were looking for a stress-buster… Cue Edinburgh’s first-ever axe-throwing experience, Black Axe Throwing Co. WHEN it comes to writing a resumé, certain desirable attributes spring to mind. Good communication, efficiency, positivity, and the ability to problem solve are crucial skills in any line of work. Happily, my…
Read MoreHighland Book Prize shortleet unveiled
FOUR authors have made it onto the shortleet for the Highland Book Prize. A longlist of 12 was whittled down to Companion Piece by Ali Smith, Confessions of a Highland Art Dealer by Tony Davidson, Crann-Fìge by Duncan Gillies, and WAH! Things I Never Told My Mother by Cynthia Rogerson. The winner of the competition…
Read MoreConservationists object to Coul Links golf course
WILDLIFE charities are calling on the public to object to plans for a golf course at Coul Links in Sutherland. Seven organisations – including the National Trust for Scotland, the RSPB, and the Scottish Wildlife Trust – are “extremely concerned” about revised plans submitted to The Highland Council. Craig Macadam, conservation director at insect charity…
Read MoreBook review: ‘Confessions of a Highland Art Dealer’
Confessions of a Highland Art Dealer Tony Davidson Woodwose Books SPRINKLED with anecdotes of a life in the north, art dealer Tony Davidson paints a portrait of his colourful existence with local artists. He gives the reader an equal sense of times past and a true love for the creative community that he hosted at…
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