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The  Writers Select here ---- Iain M Banks J M Barrie George Douglas Brown George MacKay Brown John Buchan Robert Burns Catherine Carswell William Dunbar Douglas Dunn Robert Fergusson John Galt Robert Garioch Lewis Grassic Gibbon Alasdair Gray Neil M. Gunn Hamish Henderson Robert Henryson James Hogg John Robin Jenkins Jackie Kay James Kelman A L Kennedy Tom Leonard Liz Lochhead Robert Louis Stevenson Norman MacCaig Hugh MacDiarmid George MacDonald Sorley Maclean William McIlvanney Edwin Morgan Edwin Muir Willa Muir Neil Munro Margaret Oliphant Allan Ramsay Ian Rankin Walter Scott Iain Crichton Smith William Soutar Muriel Spark James Thomson Alexander Trocchi Irvine Welsh Select from the drop-down menu to read the biography and review of your chosen writer. Writers' Corner Advice from the experts in the Writers' Corner. With tips from Edwin Morgan, AL Kennedy, Kevin MacNeill, Anne Donovan, Matthew Fitt and Carl MacDougall. Web Guide An exhaustive collection of literary links, from author sites and libraries to free, downloadable texts of out-of-copyright books and poems. Learning Journeys ...On TV Take thematic voyages, for example: Tartan Myths Many of Scotland's most famous traditions were literary inventions. More... Women Writers Some of Scotland's great literary females have received less attention than they deserve. More... Scotland's Languages Our writers have been blessed with three distinct languages to draw from. More... The Writing Scotland TV series is now over. View the full schedule on the credits page, where you can also find out more about Carl MacDougall. A respected author in his own right, whose work includes three prize-winning novels, Carl is well qualified to present the Writing Scotland TV series. Writing Scotland is a Hopscotch Films production for BBC Scotland.

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