Zoë Strachan

Scottish PEN have released a double CD called Departures and Arrivals, featuring specially commissioned work on the theme of ‘departures, arrivals, journeys and homecoming’. Twenty-three Scottish writers read their pieces, including Ron Butlin, Jo Clifford, Linda Cracknell, Christine de Luca, Chris Dolan, Douglas Dunn, Bashabi Fraser, Alexander McCall Smith, Tessa Ransford, Alan Riach, James Robertson and Louise Welsh. There’s also an exclusive extract from a new short story by Margaret Atwood, vice-president of International PEN, about her Scottish roots.

I have a not-quite fiction piece called ‘Coming Home’ on the first CD. You can find out more and order a copy on the Scottish PEN website, from which podcasts will also be available next year.

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