Room To Roam: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Debra Salem...
For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to singer/songwriter, composer, and arranger Debra Salem about In A Sma Room, the musical project...
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- Apr 23, 2021
- 3 min
Short & Sweet: A Review of The Common Breath's The Middle of a Sentence...
Every so often a short story or prose collection comes along which helps to define the period in Scottish literature. In the 1980s there...
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
An Ode To Staying Odd : The SWH! Podcast Talks To Dave Hook...
For the latest SWH! Podcast Ali spoke to rapper, poet, songwriter, and producer, Dave Hook (better known to many as Solareye). The two...
- Feb 15, 2021
- 5 min
Radical Renfrew: A Preview of the Paisley Book Festival…
This Thursday (18-02-2021) sees the start of this year’s Paisley Book Festival, which runs until Saturday 27th Feb. With the theme of...
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
2020 Vision: Looking Back At The Cultural Year…
A wee bonus SWH! podcast for the end of the year… Earlier this year we recorded podcasts with Ali and his brother Andy (right) where they...
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part I)…
This year was such a great one for Scottish writing that we had to split our Best Books of 2020 podcast into two parts to fit in...
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
Step Back In Time: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Mandy Haggith…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to author, poet, and academic Mandy Haggith about The Lyre Dancers, the third and final novel of the...
- Jul 1, 2020
- 3 min
Douglas Gifford (1940 – 2020)
Last weekend we lost one of Scottish literature’s greatest champions. Professor Douglas Gifford was an academic who made it his life’s...
- Apr 27, 2020
- 4 min
Edwin Morgan – An Appreciation…
A version of this article first appeared on the Books From Scotland website. Head there to sign up to their newsletter and never miss an...
- Feb 20, 2020
- 4 min
Rebel Ink: A Preview of the Paisley Book Festival…
Today (20/2/20) sees the start of the inaugural Paisley Book Festival, which runs until Saturday 29th Feb. With the theme of ‘Radical...
- Jan 9, 2020
- 3 min
A Town Called Malice: A Review Of Stephen Watt’s Fairy Rock…
Arguably Scotland’s two greatest literary exports are poetry and crime so it makes sense for someone to combine the two. For anyone...
- Dec 13, 2019
- 2 min
That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2019 Podcasts – Books…
For our Best Books of 2019 podcast Ali was once again joined by Publishing Scotland’s Vikki Reilly to have a chat about their year in...
- Jul 13, 2019
- 1 min
Man O’ Pairts: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Kevin P. Gilday…
For the latest podcast Ali headed to Glasgow’s Tron Theatre to talk to poet and polymath Kevin P. Gilday about his Edinburgh Fringe show...
- Mar 27, 2019
- 1 min
Tell It Like It Is: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Nadine Aisha Jassat…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to the poet Nadine Aisha Jassat about her new collection of poems, Let Me Tell You This. It starts with...
- Feb 18, 2019
- 2 min
Sunday Service: A Review Of The Sonnet Youth Showcase At The Tron…
Sunday afternoons – for some of us they’ve never been the same since Archie McPherson, Glen Michael and Palladin hung up their boots....
- Dec 21, 2018
- 3 min
Tom Leonard (1944 – 2018)
Tom Leonard 1944 – 2018 Back in 1986 I visited Glasgow’s Caledonia Books on Great Western Road and it changed my life. I had recently...
- Aug 8, 2018
- 4 min
Black Magic: A Review Of Robin Robertson’s The Long Take…
There are regularly heated discussions about the worth of prizes in art and culture. Recently announced, the Scottish Album of the Year...
- Jul 12, 2018
- 3 min
Great Scott!: A Review Of Allan Massie’s The Ragged Lion…
The first book of Allan Massie’s I read was his historical novel Augustus (I think in the late ’80s) and it made a deep impression on me....
- Jun 21, 2017
- 1 min
Spoken Word & Music: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Andrew Greig…
For the latest podcast, Ali headed to Edinburgh to talk to poet, writer and musician, Andrew Greig. The first topic of conversation is...
- Mar 5, 2017
- 6 min
Literally Literary: A Preview Of Aye Write! 2017…
Here are a few selected highlights to give you something to think about, but you can peruse the full programme at your leisure here. They...
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