Anne Donovan Scottish Writers Centre
Image credit: Alan Dimmick.
Tuesday, 4 June, 2019, 7 – 9 p.m.
Scottish Writers Centre, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD
Anne Donovan will read from her work and talk about the importance of voice in her fiction, and the process of writing in different Scots voices.
Anne Donovan is the author of the short story collection, Hieroglyphics and other Stories (2001), and the novels, Buddha Da, Being Emily and Gone Are The Leaves, all published by Canongate. Her short story All That Glisters won the prestigious Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Award. Buddha Da was shortlisted for many prizes including the Orange Prize and the Dublin International IMPAC Award, and won Le Prince Maurice Award in Mauritius. Gone Are The Leaves was shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish Literary Book of the Year Award.
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