Imagine A Country: Ideas for a Better Future
The first step on the road to change is to imagine possibility. Imagine A Country offers visions of a new future from an astonishing array of Scottish voices, from comedians to economists, writers to musicians. Edited, curated and introduced by bestselling author Val McDermid and geographer Jo Sharp, it is a collection of ideas, dreams and ambitions, aiming to inspire change, hope and imagination. Featuring: Ali Smith, Phill Jupitus, A.L. Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Kerry Hudson, Greg Hemphill, Carol Ann Duffy, Chris Brookmyre, Alison Watt, Alasdair Gray, Leila Aboulela, Ian Rankin, Selina Hales, Sanjeev Kohli, Jackie Kay, Damian Barr, Elaine C. Smith, Abir Mukherjee, Anne Glover, Alan Bissett, Louise Welsh, Jo Clifford, Ricky Ross, Trishna Singh, Cameron McNeish, Alexander McCall Smith, Carla Jenkins, Don Paterson, and many more . . .
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Imagine A Country: Ideas for a Better Future
The first step on the road to change is to imagine possibility. Imagine A Country offers visions of a new future from an astonishing array of Scottish voices, from comedians to economists, writers to musicians. Edited, curated and introduced by bestselling author Val McDermid and geographer Jo Sharp, it is a collection of ideas, dreams and ambitions, aiming to inspire change, hope and imagination. Featuring: Ali Smith, Phill Jupitus, A.L. Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Kerry Hudson, Greg Hemphill, Carol Ann Duffy, Chris Brookmyre, Alison Watt, Alasdair Gray, Leila Aboulela, Ian Rankin, Selina Hales, Sanjeev Kohli, Jackie Kay, Damian Barr, Elaine C. Smith, Abir Mukherjee, Anne Glover, Alan Bissett, Louise Welsh, Jo Clifford, Ricky Ross, Trishna Singh, Cameron McNeish, Alexander McCall Smith, Carla Jenkins, Don Paterson, and many more . . .
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The first step on the road to change is to imagine possibility. Imagine A Country offers visions of a new future from an astonishing array of Scottish voices, from comedians to economists, writers to musicians. Edited, curated and introduced by bestselling author Val McDermid and geographer Jo Sharp, it is a collection of ideas, dreams and ambitions, aiming to inspire change, hope and imagination. Featuring: Ali Smith, Phill Jupitus, A.L. Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Kerry Hudson, Greg Hemphill, Carol Ann Duffy, Chris Brookmyre, Alison Watt, Alasdair Gray, Leila Aboulela, Ian Rankin, Selina Hales, Sanjeev Kohli, Jackie Kay, Damian Barr, Elaine C. Smith, Abir Mukherjee, Anne Glover, Alan Bissett, Louise Welsh, Jo Clifford, Ricky Ross, Trishna Singh, Cameron McNeish, Alexander McCall Smith, Carla Jenkins, Don Paterson, and many more . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781838851705
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication date: 03/19/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

About The Author
Val McDermid is a number one bestselling and award-winning author, whose novels have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold over sixteen million copies. Jo Sharp is a Professor of Geography at the University of St Andrews. The pair entered into a civil partnership in 2016.
Val McDermid is a number one bestselling and award-winning author, whose novels have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold over sixteen million copies. 

Jo Sharp is a Professor of Geography at the University of St Andrews. The pair entered into a civil partnership in 2016.

Table of Contents

Introduction to new edition xiii

Val McDermid and Jo Sharp 1

Leila Aboulela 4

Turan Ali 7

Lin Anderson 10

Aly Bain 12

Nick Barley 15

Damian Barr 18

Alan Bissett 20

Chris Brookmyre 23

Tressa Burke 26

John Burnside 29

John Butt 32

Gemma Cairney 35

Kate Charlesworth 38

Jo Clifford 39

Jenny Colgan 42

Carina Contini 44

Lucy Conway 47

Stuart Cosgrove 49

Mark Cousins 52

Lee Craigie 55

Lyndsey Croal, Cameron Mackay and Eilidh Watson 58

Alan Cumming 61

Barbara Dickson 64

Jack Dudgeon 67

Carol Ann Duffy 70

Ever Dundas 72

Matthew Fitt 76

Janice Forsyth 79

Gavin Francis 82

Malcolm Fraser 85

Dani Garavelli 87

Evelyn Glennie 90

Anne Glover 91

Janey Godley 94

Alasdair Gray 95

David Greig 97

Selina Hales 100

Gerry Hassan 102

David Hayman 105

Greg Hemphill 107

Leslie Hills 109

Richard Holloway 112

Philip Howard 114

Kerry Hudson 116

Clare Hunter 118

Marilyn Imrie 121

Pete Irvine 124

Carla Jenkins 127

Doug Johnstone 130

Phill Jupitus 132

Pat Kane 134

Billy Kay 137

Jackie Kay 140

Stuart Kelly 147

Rachael Kelsey 149

A.L. Kennedy 151

Debbie King 154

Sanjeev Kohli 157

Marc Lambert 159

Patrick Laurie 162

Mariot Leslie 164

Carey Lunan 167

Pàdraig MacAoidh/Peter Mackay 170

Fred MacAulay 173

Stuart MacRae 176

Andrew Marr 178

Alexander McCall Smith 181

Karyn McCluskey 183

Alan McCredie 186

Colin McCredie 189

Sheena McDonald 192

Horse McDonald 195

Ben McKendrick 198

Cameron McNeish 201

Mark Millar 204

Kate Molleson 206

Abir Mukherjee 208

Anton Muscatelli 211

Jemma Neville 214

Andrew O'Hagan 217

Geoff Palmer 219

Bill Paterson 222

Don Paterson 225

Mary Paulson-Ellis 228

Michael Pedersen 231

Frank Quitely 234

Ian Rankin 236

Eddi Reader 237

Seona Reid 240

Lesley Riddoch 243

James Robertson 246

Robin Robertson 249

Mike Robinson 255

Peter Ross 258

Ricky Ross 261

James Runcie 263

Sara Sheridan 265

Mona Siddiqui 268

John Gordon Sinclair 270

Trishna Singh 273

Ali Smith 276

Elaine C. Smith 280

Lisa Smith 282

Susan Stewart 285

Ashley Storrie 288

Zoë Strachan 290

Bill Sweeney 292

Malachy Tallack 295

Ben Thomson 297

Alison Watt 299

Louise Welsh 300

Rebekah Widdowfield 302

Ruth Wishart 304

Charles W.J. Withers 306

Roddy Woomble 308

Christopher Young 311

Acknowledgements 313

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