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The People's City
One City Trust
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See moreTo celebrate Edinburgh, its literature, and more importantly, its people, Polygon and the One City Trust have brought together writers established and emerging to write about the place they call home. Based around landmarks or significant links to Edinburgh each story transports the reader to a different decade in the city's recent past.
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Edinburgh, the world's first UNESCO City of Literature, is steeped in literary history. It is the birthplace of a beloved cast of fictional characters from Sherlock Holmes to Harry Potter. It is home to the Writer's Museum, where quotes from past writers pave the steps leading up to it. A city whose beauty is matched only by the intrigue of its past, and where Robert Louis Stevenson said, 'there are no stars so lovely as Edinburgh's street-lamps'.
To celebrate the city, its literature, and more importantly, its people, Polygon and the One City Trust have brought together writers โ established and emerging โ to write about the place they call home in The People's City.
Based around landmarks or significant links to Edinburgh, each story transports the reader to a different decade in the city's recent past. Through these stories, each author reflects on the changes, both generational and physical, in the city in which we live.
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The People's City is praised for its diverse and entertaining collection of resonant stories, featuring contributions from some of Edinburgh's finest contemporary writers. The book is noted for having no weak links among its five stories and draws richly from Edinburgh's literary heritage.
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ISBN: 9781846976018
Publisher: Birlinn General
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 January 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Contributors:
- Introduction by Irvine Welsh
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 195.0mm
Weight: 164g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Nadine Aisha Jassat is the author of poetry collection Let Me Tell You This (404 Ink) and was named in Jackie Kay's International Literature Showcase Selection of 10 Compelling ethnic minority writers working in the UK.
Anne Hamilton is the author of the travel memoir, A Blonde Bengali Wife. She lives in Edinburgh with her young son.
Alexander McCall Smithis the author of the highly successfulNo. 1 Ladies' Detective Agencyseries, which has sold over twenty-five million copies. Since then he has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world.
Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Sara Sheridan is the author of the Mirabelle Bevan Murder Mysteries and Where are the Women.
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