Games Without Frontiers: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Writer Joe Donnelly…
For the latest podcast, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we spoke to journalist and writer Joe Donnelly about his book...
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- 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...
- Nov 2, 2019
- 2 min
The Talk On The Street: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Jemma Neville…
For the latest SWH! podcast Ali headed to Edinburgh to chat to writer Jemma Neville all about Constitution Street: finding hope in an age...
- Aug 27, 2019
- 2 min
Under The Skin: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Elle Nash…
For the latest SWH! podcast Ali headed to Edinburgh to speak to the American writer Elle Nash who was in the country for the city’s...
- Aug 26, 2019
- 3 min
Local Heroes: A Review Of Jemma Neville’s Constitution Street…
A quote which came to shape the nation’s politics was Margaret Thatcher’s claim in 1987 that, “..there’s no such thing as society”. Even...
- May 10, 2019
- 3 min
Keeping It Corporeal: A Review Of Elle Nash’s Animals Eat Each Other…
As regular visitors to SWH! will know, 404 Ink have, in a fairly short space of time, come to be recognised as a reliable mark of...
- 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...
- Dec 17, 2018
- 2 min
That Was The Year That Was: It’s The Best Of 2018 Podcasts – Part 1 (Books)…
For our Review of the year in Scottish writing and all things bookish Ali was once again joined by Booky Vikki herself, Publishing...
- Nov 8, 2018
- 3 min
Stranger Hings: A Review Of Chris McQueer’s HWFG…
As Harper Lee, The Stone Roses, or Sam Raimi will tell you (and that’s a dinner-party I’d like to attend), it’s not easy following up a...
- Nov 5, 2018
- 2 min
Man Of Letters: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Chris McQueer…
For SWH! podcast 101 Ali speaks to the writer Chris McQueer about his latest collection of short stories, HWFG. If you haven’t heard of...
- Apr 9, 2018
- 1 min
The McClory Variations: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Helen McClory…
For the latest podcast Ali met up with Helen McClory (below) at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery to talk about her life as a writer to...
- Apr 1, 2018
- 3 min
Stranger Things: A Review Of Helen McClory’s Mayhem & Death…
One of Scots Whay Hae!’s Best Books of 2017 was Helen McClory’s novel Flesh Of The Peach, which should have reached a much wider...
- Mar 9, 2018
- 6 min
Talking Books: A Preview Of Aye Write! 2018…
For 10 days in March (15th – 25th) Glasgow’s Book Festival Aye Write! is the only show in town for lovers of fact, fiction, food, poetry,...
- Jan 29, 2018
- 2 min
Rage Against The Mainstream: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To 404 Ink…
For the first podcast of 2018 Ali went to Edinburgh to talk to Heather McDaid and Laura Jones who are behind the innovative and acclaimed...
- Dec 1, 2017
- 6 min
The Good Word: Scots Whay Hae!’s Best Books Of 2017…
These are the books which stood out against stiff competition in 2017. The list could easily have been longer but we like to stick to a...
- Jul 13, 2017
- 3 min
McQueer’s Folk: A Review Of Chris McQueer’s Hings…
Being funny on the page is notoriously difficult to pull off. There are good reasons most comedians don’t write comedy novels, or at...
- Apr 7, 2017
- 5 min
Breaking Glass: A Review Of Nasty Women…
404 Ink’s collection of essays, Nasty Women, is unlike any other you’ll read this year, and probably for the foreseeable future. That in...
- 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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