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Imagine a country : ideas for a better future / edited by Val McDermid & Jo Sharp.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forecasting.
- Scotland--Forecasting.
- Scotland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Canongate Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- 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...
- Contents:
- Intro
- 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 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
- Marilyn Imrie
- Carla Jenkins
- Doug Johnstone
- Phill Jupitus
- Pat Kane
- Jackie Kay
- Stuart Kelly
- A.L. Kennedy
- Debbie King
- Sanjeev Kohli
- Marc Lambert
- Mariot Leslie
- Carey Lunan
- Fred MacAulay
- Stuart MacRae
- 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
- Andrew O'Hagan
- Geoff Palmer
- Don Paterson
- Michael Pedersen
- Frank Quitely
- Ian Rankin
- Eddi Reader
- Seona Reid
- Lesley Riddoch
- James Robertson
- Robin Robertson
- Peter Ross
- Ricky Ross
- James Runcie
- Sara Sheridan
- John Gordon Sinclair
- Trishna Singh
- Ali Smith
- Elaine C. Smith
- Lisa Smith
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781838851705
- 1838851704
- OCLC:
- 1143391146
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