Scottish Writers Talking 1: George Mackay Brown, Jessie Kesson, Norman MacCaig, William McIlvanney, David Toulmin

Scottish Writers Talking #1

by Isobel Murray (Editor), Bob Tait (Interviewer)

This is the first in a series of volumes which feature in-depth interviews with Scottish writers. Isobel Murray and Bob Tait undertook the interviews primarily to extend the record and preserve the voices and opinions of Scottish writers in a sound archive, but a major aim was always to edit selected interviews for publication in a way that would interest readers of Scottish writing, help or provoke students of that writing, and highlight the importance and achievements of post-war Scottish literature.

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Isobel Murray is a Scottish academic and critic who spent much of her career at the University of Aberdeen where she was Professor of Modern Scottish Literature. Her work includes definitive editions of Wilde, a critical biography of Jessie Kesson (which won a Saltire Award) and four volumes of interviews, Scottish Writers Talking.