The Editor - August 20th, 2012
Kenneth Macleod, author of the critically acclaimed THE INCIDENT, recalls what it was like to be a student in Edinburgh, as he prepares to return for his first Edinburgh Book Fair.
For anyone with a serious interest in literature and writing, Edinburgh is a city that is very much on the world map, and has been for centuries. Since the days of the Enlightenment – when Voltaire announced that ‘the whole world looks to Scotland for the ideas of civilisation’, and Robert Burns rode into the city on a borrowed pony looking to make his …
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The Editor - August 2nd, 2012
Anne de Courcy brings to life the trials of women who were sent to India in the 19th Century in search of a suitable husband in her new book THE FISHING FLEET. It has already been getting brilliant reviews, with THE TIMES saying; ‘She combines the perseverance of a historian with the panache of a novelist.’ It has also been twice picked as a SUNDAY TIMES best read.
Here, Anne, imagines how she herself might fare if she were part of the Fishing Fleet…
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