Imagine A Country
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Imagine A Country

Ideas for a Better Future

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Imagine A Country

Ideas for a Better Future

About this book

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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First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Canongate Books Ltd,
14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2020 by Canongate Books
canongate.co.uk
Contributions copyright © individual contributors, 2020
Edited by Val McDermid and Jo Sharp
The right of the individual contributors and editors to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Excerpt from ‘Glad To Be Gay’, words & music by Tom Robinson
© Copyright 1978 Konkwest Music Limited. BMG Rights Management
(UK) Limited. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.
Used by permission of Hal Leonard Europe Limited.
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available on
request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 83885 169 9
eISBN 978 1 83885 170 5
‘Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.’

Alasdair Gray
(28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019)

borrowing from the line by Dennis Lee
CONTENTS
Val McDermid and Jo Sharp
Leila Aboulela
Lin Anderson
Aly Bain
Nick Barley
Damian Barr
Alan Bissett
Chris Brookmyre
Tressa Burke
John Burnside
John Butt
Kate Charlesworth
Jo Clifford
Carina Contini
Lucy Conway
Stuart Cosgrove
Mark Cousins
Lee Craigie
Lyndsey Croal, Cameron Mackay and Eilidh Watson
Alan Cumming
Jack Dudgeon
Carol Ann Duffy
Ever Dundas
Gavin Francis
Malcolm Fraser
Dani Garave...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction to new edition
  7. Val McDermid and Jo Sharp
  8. Leila Aboulela
  9. Turan Ali
  10. Lin Anderson
  11. Aly Bain
  12. Nick Barley
  13. Damian Barr
  14. Alan Bissett
  15. Chris Brookmyre
  16. Tressa Burke
  17. John Burnside
  18. John Butt
  19. Gemma Cairney
  20. Kate Charlesworth
  21. Jo Clifford
  22. Jenny Colgan
  23. Carina Contini
  24. Lucy Conway
  25. Stuart Cosgrove
  26. Mark Cousins
  27. Lee Craigie
  28. Lyndsey Croal, Cameron Mackay and Eilidh Watson
  29. Alan Cumming
  30. Barbara Dickson
  31. Jack Dudgeon
  32. Carol Ann Duffy
  33. Ever Dundas
  34. Matthew Fitt
  35. Janice Forsyth
  36. Gavin Francis
  37. Malcolm Fraser
  38. Dani Garavelli
  39. Evelyn Glennie
  40. Anne Glover
  41. Janey Godley
  42. Alasdair Gray
  43. David Greig
  44. Selina Hales
  45. Gerry Hassan
  46. David Hayman
  47. Greg Hemphill
  48. Leslie Hills
  49. Richard Holloway
  50. Philip Howard
  51. Kerry Hudson
  52. Clare Hunter
  53. Marilyn Imrie
  54. Pete Irvine
  55. Carla Jenkins
  56. Doug Johnstone
  57. Phill Jupitus
  58. Pat Kane
  59. Billy Kay
  60. Jackie Kay
  61. Stuart Kelly
  62. Rachael Kelsey
  63. A.L. Kennedy
  64. Debbie King
  65. Sanjeev Kohli
  66. Marc Lambert
  67. Patrick Laurie
  68. Mariot Leslie
  69. Carey Lunan
  70. Pàdraig MacAoidh/Peter Mackay
  71. Fred MacAulay
  72. Stuart MacRae
  73. Andrew Marr
  74. Alexander McCall Smith
  75. Karyn McCluskey
  76. Alan McCredie
  77. Colin McCredie
  78. Sheena McDonald
  79. Horse McDonald
  80. Ben McKendrick
  81. Cameron McNeish
  82. Mark Millar
  83. Kate Molleson
  84. Abir Mukherjee
  85. Anton Muscatelli
  86. Jemma Neville
  87. Andrew O’Hagan
  88. Geoff Palmer
  89. Bill Paterson
  90. Don Paterson
  91. Mary Paulson-Ellis
  92. Michael Pedersen
  93. Frank Quitely
  94. Ian Rankin
  95. Eddi Reader
  96. Seona Reid
  97. Lesley Riddoch
  98. James Robertson
  99. Robin Robertson
  100. Mike Robinson
  101. Peter Ross
  102. Ricky Ross
  103. James Runcie
  104. Sara Sheridan
  105. Mona Siddiqui
  106. John Gordon Sinclair
  107. Trishna Singh
  108. Ali Smith
  109. Elaine C. Smith
  110. Lisa Smith
  111. Susan Stewart
  112. Ashley Storrie
  113. Zoë Strachan
  114. Bill Sweeney
  115. Malachy Tallack
  116. Ben Thomson
  117. Alison Watt
  118. Louise Welsh
  119. Rebekah Widdowfield
  120. Ruth Wishart
  121. Charles W.J. Withers
  122. Roddy Woomble
  123. Christopher Young
  124. Acknowledgements