Come and join the debate at the launch event or on the website…Look out for Scotland’s Bookshelf - Aye Write!’s free city read in March.
The Mitchell Library is a wonderful home for Aye Write! and when the iconic North Street building celebrated its centenary in November 2011, it seemed a good time to look back at Scottish writing of the last 100 years. Mitchell librarians scoured the shelves for great Scottish books covering the period 1911-2011.
Our panel - made up of The Herald’s Rosemary Goring, Karen Cunningham, Head of Glasgow Libraries and Director of Aye Write! and Professor Willy Maley of Glasgow University - had the unenviable task of settling on two books for each decade, to come up with 20 titles for Scotland’s Bookshelf.
From
Peter and Wendy in 1911 to
Girl Meets Boy in 2008, with masterpieces of fiction, poetry and history in between, we think these 20 books deserve a place on every Scottish bookshelf.
But what do you think? What’s been missed off the list? Why are there so few women writers? How has Scottish writing changed over the century, and which current books will stand the test of time?
The official launch event of Scotland's Bookshelf takes place at Aye Write! on Saturday 10 March. For full details click here. Scotland’s Bookshelf Titles