Damian Barr talks to Anna Burnside about the success of Scottish writers in 2020 and picks his favourite books of last year and 2021.
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Damian's debut novel, You Will Be Safe Here, has been shortlisted for the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award! Many thanks to the judges Lesley McDowell, Rosemary Ward, Ali Bowden, Ken Cockburn and Alasdair McKillop! And huge congratulations to fellow shortlisted authors Lucy Ellmann, Ruairidh MacIlleathain, Leila Aboulela, Polly Clark and Ewan Morrison. So many fine books!
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Damian Barr’s Literary Salon is coming to a small screen near you this Autumn! 'The Big Scottish Book Club', commissioned by BBC Scotland, is a new arts series celebrating literature and Damian is so excited that more people are going to get to share in the Salon. There will still be events at the Savoy and other lovely venues too.
The show's format is inspired by the Salons you know and love. Each week Damian will meet a trio of acclaimed writers from the worlds of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. The show will be filmed live in front of a studio audience in two different locations in Scotland. The Big Scottish Book Club shines a spotlight on Scottish writers while celebrating books and authors from around the world. We're announcing our guests soon and they will be as diverse and exciting as ever.