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Top Author Argues Against Academy

Posted at 7:36AM Friday 12 Mar 2010

A report written for the Scottish Government, addressing the future of literature in Scotland, recently called for an academy to be established to give a prestigious new title and a sense of recognition to the country's best writers.

However, speaking at the Aye Write! literary festival in Glasgow, AL Kennedy, the award-winning author of Day and Original Bliss, said she was not keen on the idea.

Herald


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