Mayflies centres on a powerful friendship, fuelled by teenage rebellion and the unforgettable soundtrack of late 80s British music. A captivating study of adolescence becoming adulthood. Find out more about the book and pre-order your copy now.
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BOOKS: LOOKING THROUGH YOU BY GERALD DAWE
Taking its bearings from Belfast in the 1960s, The Beatles’ Rubber Soul album and the energising shock of reading the great American poets Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath, Dawe’s engagingly lyrical style has produced an evocative and memorable record of the music, poetry and culture of growing up in the northern capital.
TWO RIVERS – THE LEVEN AND THE CLYDE – A POEM BY BILLY SCOBIE
Balloch writer Billy Scobie has produced some remarkable books and poems which have a special resonance here in West Dunbartonshire.
EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL
You’ll even have the opportunity to chat to audience members in the digital chatroom and take part in author Q&A sessions (for selected events only) from 30 minutes before the event starts. To ensure your Festival viewing experience is as pleasant as possible, make sure you are using an up-to-date browser – we recommend Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Safari, which are all downloadable for free online.
Tribute to Donald John Macinnes
When the enterprise network was reorganised, Donald John became chief executive of Dunbartonshire Enterprise and made a notable success of that role, winning investment and jobs for the area.
BOOKS: SHAPESHIFTER by IAN PENMAN
Later that afternoon, on a road near the Grand Canyon, everything tilted on its axis. Elvis grabbed Geller’s arm and pointed out of the bus at some distant clouds, shouting: ‘Look! There’s Joseph Stalin in the clouds! What is he doing up there?’ He had the bus stop, and ran into the desert. ‘Oh my God, Larry, follow me!’ Elvis was babbling, tears running down his face.