New Scottish writing

by Harry Ritchie

This collection of stories and poetry by Scottish writers includes work by Irvine Welsh, Alasdair Gray, A.L. Kennedy, Carol Ann Duffy, William Boyd, Candia McWilliam, Duncan McLean, Janice Galloway, Iain Crichton Smith and Shena Mackay.

Genres: Short Stories

198 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 1996

About the author

Harry Ritchie (b. 1958) is a Scottish writer and journalist. He is the author of six books, and numerous newspaper articles and book reviews.

Ritchiee attended Kirkcaldy High School and the University of Edinburgh, then studied for a D.Phil. at Lincoln College, Oxford. His doctoral thesis on the literary scene of the 1950s was published by Faber as the book Success Stories in 1988. His subsequent works are the comic travel books Here We Go and The Last Pink Bits, the novels Friday Night Club and The Third Party, and a book about English grammar, English for the Natives (John Murray).

Ritchie edited the anthology New Scottish Writing, and contributed an essay to Nick Hornby's anthology of football writing, My Favourite Year, about his lifelong passion for Raith Rovers, his hometown football club.

Reviews

[fletcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent collection showing off the breadth and depth of scottish literature and poetry