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LIN ANDERSON
| EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK
FESTIVAL11th August
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Anna Burkey and Lin
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Celebrating the
short story and its compact beauty, the 2007 EIBF has a
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of readings of
'micro stories' at the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature
information desk in the Bookshop, every day from Saturday 11th to
Sunday 19th August at 4pm.
It was my turn on the opening day, and I ready one of my African
short stories SAVING MR UGWU. The story, which was broadcast on BBC
radio some years ago, features the arrival of the rainy season in
northern Nigeria. It was all-too appropriate on the wettest-ever
first day of the Edinburgh book festival. |
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Are my books on the top
shelf because I'm tall, or are
they just keeping them out of reach of the children? |
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I am a member of
Scottish PEN,
and I was happy to be able to join with other writers Bernard Crick,
Mark Leonard, and Daljit Nagra in reading letters written by writers
who have been imprisoned, often for expressing their views on political and
human rights issues.
The work of Scottish and International PEN is vital in generating
support and publicity for imprisoned writers, often helping to keep
them alive, and hopefully playing a part in securing their release.
http://www.scottishpen.org
http://www.internationalpen.org.uk
http://www.amnesty.org
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