Melbourne International Arts Festival: Voices of Scotland
The Spiegeltent
Melbourne, Australia
3pm
Voices of Scotland is a series of literary, poetic and music events at the 2006 Melbourne International Arts Festival.
The events will start off with Writing the City: Edinburgh in Poetry, Prose and Song, hosted by the UNESCO Edinburgh City of Literature Trust, staring writer Susie Maguire, actor Crawford Logan, musician Rod Paterson and Gavin Wallace of the Scottish Arts Council. Look out for the free BooksfromScotland.com bookmarks!
On Tuesday 24th, at 3pm, author Andrew O'Hagan will be joined by Australian journalist Romana Koval to discuss his latest novel, Be Near Me, which was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize.
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Add to BasketBe Near Me - Hardback -
£16.99
In a small Scottish parish, an English priest is stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred and lost ideals. As he looks back on his childhood, Father David begins to reconsider the central events of his life, and to see what may have happened to the political hopes of his generation. -
Add to BasketMisery Guts: Two Plays By Molière -
£8.99
In Misery Guts Liz Lochhead transposes the setting of Molière's most famous play, Le Misanthrope, to present-day Scotland - and instantly injects the zest and vigour of her own comedies. -
Add to BasketTheatrebabel's Medea - Paperback -
£7.99
Medea is a blazing new version of Euripides' searing drama of infanticide. Following well received performances in Glasgow's Tramway in March, Medea comes to the Edinburgh Festival in the Theatre Babel production starring Maureen Beattie
In In Fragrant Delicht, on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th, poets Michael Marra and Liz Lochhead will be joined by Romana Koval to share their passion for poetry.
And Liz Lochhead will return on Friday 27th, at 3pm, to discuss her award winning plays Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, Medea and Misery Guts.