In conversation with Alistair Heather

Louise Welsh discusses her new book The Cut Up and the ideas behind her latest work.

Talking with Alistair Heather, she’ll reflect on her writing and the development of her fiction, including The Cutting Room and The Second Cut, and explore the stories and themes that continue to shape her work.

Louise Welsh is an award-winning author of ten novels. The Cutting Room, her debut novel, won the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award and the Saltire First Book of The Year Award. In 2018, she was named the Most Inspiring Saltire First Book Award winner by public vote. She is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. In 2022 she published The Second Cut, which was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize for Crime Book of the Year and named by The Times as their Crime Book of the Year.

Alistair Heather is one of the most prominent voices in Scotland’s cultural and historical discourse, through regular columns in newspapers and magazines, and through writing and presenting documentaries on BBC television and Radio 4. He hosts the annual BBC One Burns Night specials on television, and hosts the Scottish Traditional Music Awards on BBC Alba. He shares history and culture stories to his quarter of a million followers via @historic_ally.

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