John Burnside

John Burnside's memoirs, novels and poems make him one of Scotland's most prolific and excellent writers. His latest, A Summer of Drowning, is a terrifying and dream-like suspense novel. Set in the white nights of an Arctic summer, it is intensely imagined and exquisitely written, and will hold and haunt every reader. He talks about his recent work. Part of Aye Write!

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