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Tag Archives: Alan Bissett
Broken Nation – A Poem in Response to the Debate on Scottish Independence
There is a lot of debate going on here in Scotland just now, most of it surrounding the issue of Scottish Independence. When the SNP won the Scottish parliamentary elections in May 2011, they ensured their manifesto contained a promise … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Politics
Tagged Alan Bissett, Alex Salmond, Britain, nationalism, poems, Poetry, Scotland, Scottish, Scottish Independence, SNP, United Kingdom
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Day 14 at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: EdBookFest It was a nightmare Friday. Simply hellish. The only good bit of it came between 6am when I got out of my bed and 8am when a day job disaster took over everything for the rest of the … Continue reading
Louise Rennison’s Kisses And Alan Bissett, Superman
Image: ChildrensStorefront.com I started yesterday off with a good deed and I felt like was on a bit of a high for the rest of the day. A lady sat on the top deck of the bus as it moved … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Leith, Reading, Writing
Tagged Alan Bissett, Alex Salmond, BBC, Candia McWilliam, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Emerging Writers' Festival Australia, good deed, Ian Rankin, Lars Husum, Leith, Lisa Dempster, Louise Rennison, screenplay, STV, Superman, Twitter
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Crime Writing Thoughts
Image: inloughborough.com I’m often charged with appearing as an aggressive sort. I’m a big guy, I shave my head and I tend to frown a lot. Why? I’ve grown into that shape, I enjoy the freedom of having no hair … Continue reading
Banks, Bissett and Beer
Image: EdinburghGuide.com I had a fantastic evening at the Edinburgh Book Festival last night, the kind of evening that is as much relaxing and enjoyable as it is motivational and thought provoking. After battling with the rush hour traffic I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Alan Bissett, Art, author, BBC4, Books, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh Book Festival, Ewan Morrison, Fiction, Generation X, Iain Banks, Ian Rankin, Madness, post-modern art, Reading, Scotland, society, Writing
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Echoes
Image: Pink Sherbet Photography I dug out some of my old Pink Floyd albums and brushed them down last night. It had been a while. I tend to go through waves of listening to a certain genre—3 months on ska, … Continue reading →