Scottish Writers Talking II

This volume is a collection of five verbatim, in‐depth interviews conducted by the editor, Isobel Murray, occasionally accompanied by her husband, Bob Tait. Murray, Professor of English at the University of Aberdeen, is also the editor of Scottish Writers Talking I. The aim of these interviews, and subsequently this whole volume, is to provide insights into each writer’s thoughts and writings.

The authors interviewed are Iain Banks, Bernard MacLaverty, Naomi Mitchison, Iain Crichton Smith and Alan Spence. The interviews were held over a period of 16 years – the earliest being with Naomi Mitchison in 1984 and the most...