Beyond Noir: Zoe Strachan & Louise Welsh May 15, 2010

Two of Scotland’s most popular novelists get together to read their darkly imaginative new work. Louise Welsh’s first book The Cutting Room, a crime novel with a literary edge became an award-winning success. Here she reads from her latest, Naming the Bones. Zoe Strachan established her own fictional territory with Spin Cycle, set in a Glasgow laundrette, Negative Space, and her soon-to-be published third novel, Play Dead. A great double-act, Zoe and Louise discuss their books and talk about the writing life. In Partnership with Woodend Barn

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