Aye Write: John Mackay – The Books That Made Me – 18 April, 2015
John MacKay: The Books That Made Me
Aye Write
18th Apr 2015 • 12:00PM – 1:00PM
The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow
One of STV’s most familiar faces talks about the books which have most inspired him throughout his life
Journalist, broadcaster and novelist, John MacKay has been a familiar face on our TV screens for more than twenty years. Along with Scotland Today and Scotland Tonight, he has also presented and produced non-news programming for STV including the one-off documentary Sir Alex Ferguson: How to Win Games and Influence People and the popular video blog The Real MacKay.
John has written three books all based in the ‘Isle of Lewis; The Road Dance’, ‘Heartland’ and ‘The Last of the Line’, and joins us today to talk about the books which have most inspired him throughout his life.
John will be in discussion with Clare English
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