Neil Gunn is the author of more than 20 works of fiction and memoir. He was born in Dunbeath, Caithness and lived, worked, and wrote about life in the Highlands. Alan Riach, Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, is a poet, critic, and has contributed widely to newspapers, debates, and public discussions, championing the role of the arts in shaping Scotland's sense of self and one of the leading interpreters of Scotland’s cultural imagination.

'One of the most important Scottish writers of the twentieth century'

Neil Gunn is the author of more than 20 works of fiction and memoir. He was born in Dunbeath, Caithness and lived, worked, and wrote about life in the Highlands. Alan Riach, Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, is a poet, critic, and has contributed widely to newspapers, debates, and public discussions, championing the role of the arts in shaping Scotland's sense of self and one of the leading interpreters of Scotland’s cultural imagination.

'One of the most important Scottish writers of the twentieth century'

Neil Gunn is the author of more than 20 works of fiction and memoir. He was born in Dunbeath, Caithness and lived, worked, and wrote about life in the Highlands. Alan Riach, Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, is a poet, critic, and has contributed widely to newspapers, debates, and public discussions, championing the role of the arts in shaping Scotland's sense of self and one of the leading interpreters of Scotland’s cultural imagination.

'One of the most important Scottish writers of the twentieth century'