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ANGUS FAROUHAR
A few years back, this magazine stuck a laughing Angus Farquhar on the cover and asked whether he was ‘Scotland’s greatest artist.‘ Whatever your thoughts on the ex-Test Department guy who founded nva in 1992, you can’t deny he would ever shy away from a tough project. From the Glasgow- based Hidden Gardens and Grand Central and on to further fields with. The Path at the Storr (pictured), Farquhar has challenged himself, the critics and his audience in fresh and exciting ways.
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He’s reviewed books in this magazine for a goodly number of years now, so it’s brave of him to put his own work on the line. Literary debutant Doug Johnstone hammers away at our quick Q&A.
5 words to describe Tombstoning
4 authors who you think should be more famous than they are
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3 reasons why you love Edinburgh in August
2 things that bug you about Edinburgh in August
1 thing you’d change about the publishing world
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* James Robertson lhe line FliU'leintl suit re has been i'rrr‘xlurging (lllt: great tome alter another and has been awarded WITH a spot on the Booker longlist With the testament of Gideon lilack. See prewew. page It). 84 Aug, 2pm. in)»; 2’4 Aug (With Helena Ne/som. )‘..’it)prn, {‘6 (513‘). * Seamus Heaney The man they call l'amous Seamus gives us two reasons to he cheerlul as he chats about his latest collection, District and Ciro/e. See preview. page 69. 2/! Aug, 8pm, (5)6), [2:3 Aug, 7 1.30am. £7 (£353).
* Harold Pinter Another of the wordy world's hr-iavyweight talents WI” be giving us all pause for thought as he drops by to astound and amaze his adoring punters. 2:3 Aug, 4.30pm, {7/ (17:3).
* Roddy Doyle And here's our second Irish liVing legend this issue as he unleashes Pair/a Spencer, the sequel to his epic The Woman Who lit/alter} into Doors from way back in 1996. 27 Aug. 77.30am. {‘7 (£5).
* David Mitchell The SOuthport—born author has just been installed as the clear favourite for this year's Booker. Pretty handy that we've got a nice big feature on him then, eh? See prevrew. page 68. 27 Aug (with Co/um McCann). 5pm, [‘7 (£15).
* Billy Collins The ex-US Poet Laureate believes that moving from a poem‘s title to its first line is like stepping into a canoe: a lot of things can go wrong.’ Little ever does in his work. See preview. page 69. 28 Aug. 8.30pm, £8 (£6).
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