Tag "Scottish writers"

Alan Bissett: on Scotland and the culture of independence

Award winning novelist Alan Bissett is a passionate ‘yes’ when it comes to independence for Scotland. In this exclusive interview for Avocado Sweet, he discusses the impact independence may have on the country’s culture. You can see Bissett perform his one man show – Ban this Filth  – at the Scottish Storytelling Centre as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 1 to 11 August.  Does Scotland have a distinct culture

Scotland's literary heroines edge back into the light

‘I am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever and of finding my own story and my own people all forestalled.’  Jane Austen, 30 April 1811. Its strange to think of Jane Austen doing a disservice to women writers but it seems that the sheer weight of her legacy has been such that some of her female contemporaries – equally of not more successful in their day