Promoting and supporting the teaching and study of Scottish literature and language
Scott Hames
Lecturer in English Studies
University of Stirling
scott.hames@stir.ac.uk
At the risk of blowing my own cover, James Kelman doesn’t really belong in the company of spies, murder and intrigue in this issue of The Bottle Imp. In fact, he defines his work against the phony excitements of genre fiction: I think the most ordinary person’s life is fairly dramatic; all you’ve got to do […]
In October 2013 I received a flurry of messages informing me that James Kelman had changed his position on Scottish independence. (Big news in my world.) Speaking at the Radical Book Fair in Edinburgh, Kelman was quoted as follows: No, I’m not voting. I’m in solidarity with those who want to change things by voting Yes […]