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
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
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.
© 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
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A catalogue record for this book is available on
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ISBN 978 1 83885 169 9
eISBN 978 1 83885 170 5
eISBN 978 1 83885 170 5
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
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction to new edition
- Val McDermid and Jo Sharp
- Leila Aboulela
- Turan Ali
- Lin Anderson
- Aly Bain
- Nick Barley
- Damian Barr
- Alan Bissett
- Chris Brookmyre
- Tressa Burke
- John Burnside
- John Butt
- Gemma Cairney
- Kate Charlesworth
- Jo Clifford
- Jenny Colgan
- Carina Contini
- Lucy Conway
- Stuart Cosgrove
- Mark Cousins
- Lee Craigie
- Lyndsey Croal, Cameron Mackay and Eilidh Watson
- Alan Cumming
- Barbara Dickson
- Jack Dudgeon
- Carol Ann Duffy
- Ever Dundas
- Matthew Fitt
- Janice Forsyth
- Gavin Francis
- Malcolm Fraser
- Dani Garavelli
- Evelyn Glennie
- Anne Glover
- Janey Godley
- Alasdair Gray
- David Greig
- Selina Hales
- Gerry Hassan
- David Hayman
- Greg Hemphill
- Leslie Hills
- Richard Holloway
- Philip Howard
- Kerry Hudson
- Clare Hunter
- Marilyn Imrie
- Pete Irvine
- Carla Jenkins
- Doug Johnstone
- Phill Jupitus
- Pat Kane
- Billy Kay
- Jackie Kay
- Stuart Kelly
- Rachael Kelsey
- A.L. Kennedy
- Debbie King
- Sanjeev Kohli
- Marc Lambert
- Patrick Laurie
- Mariot Leslie
- Carey Lunan
- Pàdraig MacAoidh/Peter Mackay
- Fred MacAulay
- Stuart MacRae
- Andrew Marr
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Karyn McCluskey
- Alan McCredie
- Colin McCredie
- Sheena McDonald
- Horse McDonald
- Ben McKendrick
- Cameron McNeish
- Mark Millar
- Kate Molleson
- Abir Mukherjee
- Anton Muscatelli
- Jemma Neville
- Andrew O’Hagan
- Geoff Palmer
- Bill Paterson
- Don Paterson
- Mary Paulson-Ellis
- Michael Pedersen
- Frank Quitely
- Ian Rankin
- Eddi Reader
- Seona Reid
- Lesley Riddoch
- James Robertson
- Robin Robertson
- Mike Robinson
- Peter Ross
- Ricky Ross
- James Runcie
- Sara Sheridan
- Mona Siddiqui
- John Gordon Sinclair
- Trishna Singh
- Ali Smith
- Elaine C. Smith
- Lisa Smith
- Susan Stewart
- Ashley Storrie
- Zoë Strachan
- Bill Sweeney
- Malachy Tallack
- Ben Thomson
- Alison Watt
- Louise Welsh
- Rebekah Widdowfield
- Ruth Wishart
- Charles W.J. Withers
- Roddy Woomble
- Christopher Young
- Acknowledgements
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