Kathleen Jamie joins us to launch our Scottish Book of the Month for May, Surfacing, her essay collection roaming from the Alaskan tundra to the Scottish coast, from the distant past to the immediate moment, from the intensely personal to the universal. Drawing on visits to archaeological sites and to her own memories, Jamie explores what connects us to our own pasts in these luminous and beautiful essays.Kathleen will be in conversation with Heather Parry, editor of the new literary magazine Extra Teeth, about drawing on the past to illuminate the present, nature writing in a time of ecological crisis, and more, in what will be a thrilling and fascinating discussion!
Kathleen Jamie joins us to launch our Scottish Book of the Month for May, Surfacing, her essay collection roaming from the Alaskan tundra to the Scottish coast, from the distant past to the immediate moment, from the intensely personal to the universal. Drawing on visits to archaeological sites and to her own memories, Jamie explores what connects us to our own pasts in these luminous and beautiful essays.Kathleen will be in conversation with Heather Parry, editor of the new literary magazine Extra Teeth, about drawing on the past to illuminate the present, nature writing in a time of ecological crisis, and more, in what will be a thrilling and fascinating discussion!
