A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening (New Writing Scotland)

MacDougall, Carl

ISBN 10: 1906841098 / ISBN 13: 9781906841096

Published by Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 2012

Seller Inventory # GOR014416019

Synopsis:

With this volume, we invite you to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of New Writing Scotland. For the last three decades, this annual publication has held a mirror to the modern Scottish literary renaissance, inviting and receiving contributions from writers either resident in Scotland or from those who are Scots by birth, residence or inclination. As the poet Maurice Lindsay once wrote, Scotland is an attitude of mind.

This issue, we believe, is the strongest yet. We have tried to represent the range of contemporary Scottish writing, while maintaining one of New Writing Scotland’s finest traditions; some of our contributors will be familiar, others less so.

Review: "There are no grand themes, no presiding hierarchical values at the core of this latest collection of New Writing Scotland. But there are voices, a disparate horde of them firmly set in the Scottish tradition of writing intended to entertain, arrest and provoke ... Established names - Alasdair Gray, Agnes Owens, Ron Butlin, Stewart Conn, Neal Ascherson, Andrew Greig, Christopher Whyte, Lesley Glaister, Maoilios Caimbeul and Valerie Gillies - are steady presences. But the collection derives invaluable added strength from its democracy of openness, by accepting 'all forms of writing' from 'writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing or inclination', reminding readers that 'Scotland is an attitude of mind'." - The Scotsman

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening (New ...
Publisher: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fine