It’s either a Caledonian McSweeneys or a Scottish Laurence Sterne. I’m the author of The Book of Lost Books and Scott-Land: The Man Who Invented A Nation, as well as a literary editor, cultural critic and book reviewer. I’ve published essays on Edwin Morgan, Alasdair Gray, the lack of Scottish decadence, Kenneth White and contemporary Scottish writing, for the European Year of Culture and the International Journal of Scottish Literature. I’m a regular broadcaster on radio and festival chair, have written introductions to Buchan’s Midwinter and Scott’s Highland Widow, and edited a collection of new Scottish writing, Headshook.
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February 25, 2010 at 4:49 pm
And it’s very good to see you here in the blogosphere! It had to happen one day. We’ll get you on Twitter yet. Or, don’t tell me…?
February 27, 2010 at 8:46 pm
[...] 27, 2010 by christinams I provided the link but forgot to make the introduction. See the link to McShandy’s blog on your right, the online home of our reader in residence, Stuart Kelly. Make sure to ask him [...]
February 28, 2010 at 2:11 pm
So glad to have found this blog….why, I’m not entirely sure but sense it is something I will return to for critical refreshment, and good craic – like having a drink in Sandy Bell’s.
Thank you ( esp for piece Feb 26th 10 on Critics)