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An Interview with Moira Forsyth of Sandstone Press

[iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y3VL5UfQuEY?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe] Moira Forsyth, Editorial Director at Sandstone Press talks to Gail Low about the history of the press, independent publishing, publishing in Scotland, submitting manuscripts and more. This edited transcript and interview, recorded 11 November 2015 at the University of Dundee, is part of a joint enterprise by MLitt in Read More

Writers Read: Kirsty Gunn in conversation with Chris Powici

[iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/SenY0ZqGUk4″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe]   Click on the above image to view Writers Read: Kirsty Gunn in conversation with Chris Powici. Powici is a poet and academic, and also the editor of literary magazine Northwords Now. His latest poetry collection is This Weight of Light (Red Squirrel, 2015). You can read a new Read More

An Interview with Colette Bryce

I was born between the Creggan and the Bogside, To the sounds of crowds and smashing glass… “Derry”, The Whole and Rain-domed Universe To enter into conversation with Colette Bryce is to be drawn into a life marked not only by an Irish Catholic childhood, with its pleasures as well as its vivid memories of Read More

An Interview with Jim Hinks of “MacGuffin”

On the 11th November 2015, I was fortunate enough to interview Jim Hinks, who is Project Lead at Comma Press for their latest piece of software, MacGuffin – available as an App for iOS or Android, as well as a website.  As the press release says: “The MacGuffin App has a simple, yet revolutionary, innovation: Read More

An Interview with Peter Davidson

[iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ybLYbfVQtYQ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe] This is an edited transcript of an interview conducted by Jim Stewart 22nd October at 2015 Dundee Literary Festival for DURA. The interview can be viewed by clicking on the image above. Jim Stewart: It’s a pleasure to introduce Peter Davidson – a fellow of Campion Hall, University of Read More

An Interview with Kevin Barry

[iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/wKdxoeQuORU” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe] This is an edited transcript of an interview conducted by David Graham, MLitt Writing Practice and Study student at 2014 Dundee Literary Festival for DURA. The editing was undertaken by Jérôme Cooper; the full interview can be accessed by clicking on the image above. David Graham: Well, I’m delighted Read More

An Interview with Neil Broadfoot

[iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/K7EwRikgf4o?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe]This is an edited transcript of Alex Henry in conversation with Neil Broadfoot for DURA conducted at the Dundee Literary Festival, 24 October 2014. The full audio recording can be heard by clicking on the video image. Reviews of Neil Broadfoot’s two novels, Falling Fast and The Storm can also Read More