West Port Book Festival Podcasts
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 14 years ago -The West Port is Edinburgh’s Soho, a heady mix of booze, bosoms, bespoke tailoring and books. We run an annual book festival that plays out over 11 wonderful West Port venues, ranging from singular second-hand bookshops to crisp art spaces and whisky-scented pubs.
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[West Port] Kei Millar
June 27, 2010 19:38 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBKei Miller reads from his astonishing new collection of poems A Light Song of Light, and from his latest novel, The Last Warner Woman. Kei is a Jamaican poet and novelist who combines a velveteen voice with a playful imagination. His first collection was There is an Anger that Moves and he is editor of New Caribbean Poetry (both Carcanet, 2007).
[West Port] Ewan Morrison
June 27, 2010 15:32 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBEwan Morrison reads a brilliant short story from his new project, Tales from the Mall. He has worked as a film director before making his authorial début with the short story collection, The Last Book You Read and Other Stories, in 2005. His first novel, Swung, was published in 2007. Other novels are Distance (2008) and Ménage (2009).
[West Port] Chloe Morrish & Jim Carruth
June 27, 2010 10:19 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBFarmer poet Jim Carruth grew up on his family’s farm near Kilbarchan. His poems have been widely published and anthologised and his debut collection, Bovine Pastoral, was runner-up in the Callum Macdonald Memorial award. He curates St Mungo’s Mirrorball, a Glasgow poetry project, and created and is currently coordinating the Clydebuilt poetry mentoring programme for supporting developing poets in Glasgow. Chloe Morrish was one of the first mentees of Clydebuilt 1. She was born in Br...
[West Port] Frank Quitely
June 27, 2010 09:34 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBWe were very chuffed to announce our mystery guest was the fantastic Scottish comic book artist Frank Quitely. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as New X-Men, WE3, All-Star Superman, and Batman and Robin, as well as his work with Mark Millar on The Authority. In this event in the book lined surrounds of Edinburgh Books, Frank chats with former editor of 2000 AD, author and screenwriter David Bishop.
[West Port] Scott-land
June 26, 2010 15:46 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBNo-one has been as famous as Walter Scott and become as forgotten. He was so popular that, if you could read in the early 19th Century, you had read Scott. And yet nowadays nobody reads him. Nor do we really respect him. Literary editor and author Stuart Kelly reads from his new book "Scott-land" which deals with the man who invented a nation. By parts witty and touching, Stuart Kelly will have you rushing out the door to brush up your Ivanhoe or revisit the classic Old Mortality. ...
[West Port] Collective Nouns with Stuart Kelly
June 26, 2010 06:12 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBAuthor and literary editor Stuart Kelly is a closet fan of collective nouns, those brilliant and brain-bending terms that allow us to junk a dullard 'group' or 'flock' for many more interesting and apt alternatives. Author of upcoming "Scott-land" (Birlinn) and veteran of West Port 09 with his wonderful "Book of Lost Books", Stuart's event appeals to those who appreciate the linguistic greatness of a murder of crows, or the disparity between Sir Walter Scott's influence and his statu...
[West Port] Living legend Jim Haynes
June 20, 2010 10:46 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MBJim Haynes is a living legend. Flâneur, writer, publisher, former book shop owner and host to many hundreds of thousands over the years he’s spent welcoming strangers to his Parisian atelier for Sunday dinner, his is a life more spectacular than most. Join him for an hour of scintillating conversation, chaired by Edinburgh flâneur Ryan Van Winkle.
[West Port] The Book of Lost Books with Stuart Kelly
June 15, 2010 17:19 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBIn The Book of Lost Books, Stuart Kelly reaches into the recesses of history to trace books, great or perhaps otherwise, that have been lost, stolen, incinerated, abandoned or mutilated through the ages.
[West Port] "The Canterville Ghost": A Dramatic Recitation by Owen Dudley Edwards
October 29, 2009 12:05 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBA dramatic recitation of Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost by multi-talented literary historian Owen Dudley Edwards. An expert on fellow Irish wit Wilde, the quintessential rationalist Sherlock Holmes, and the inimitable P.G. Wodehouse, Owen's many works include a book and play on the West Port’s very own Burke and Hare. Featuring the track "Trouble Scene" from MWD, http://www.budabeats.com/bube007.htm
[West Port] Douglas Dunn
October 27, 2009 07:22 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBLibrarian by training, poet by vocation, Professor Dunn’s many achievements in poetry include the Somerset-Maugham Award winning Terry Street, Love or Nothing and the acclaimed Elegies. Reading from poems new and old, with some classic West Port accompaniment from builders outside and the odd fire engine, join Douglas as he entertains a crowded Edinburgh Books. Incidental music is the track "Trouble Scene" from MWD, http://www.budabeats.com/bube007.htm
West Port Book Podcast 2: A Journey Through Crisps
October 25, 2009 16:12 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBOur second podcast features Peter Burnett, who takes us on an entertaining and illuminating trip through the curious world of crisps, inspired by his master work "The Supper Book", an annotated list of everything he ate and drank in one year. The West Port is Edinburgh’s Soho, a heady mix of booze, bosoms, bespoke tailoring and BOOKS. It would almost be churlish not to celebrate this profusion of pages so we run an annual book festival that plays out over 11 wonderful West Port venue...
West Port Book Podcast 1: Eleanor Thom
October 24, 2009 13:48 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBEleanor Thom’s debut novel, The Tin-Kin, is a fictional story based on photos, artefacts and memories of Eleanor’s mother’s travelling family. Eleanor tells us about the story behind the book and the travelling culture, blending a mixture of readings, audio and chat. Featuring the track "Trouble Scene" from MWD, http://www.budabeats.com/bube007.htm