Muckle Flugga by Michael Pederson with Michael Pederson
Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club 
About this episode
<p>This week's book guest is<em> Muckle Flugga</em> by Michael Pederson.</p><br><p>Sara and Cariad are joined by prize-winning Scottish poet and author, Michael Pederson. Michael is the current Edinburgh Makar and Writer in Residence at The University of Edinburgh, he also co-founded the prize-winning literary collective Neu! Reekie!</p><br><p>In this episode they discuss Stephen Fry, rivers, vocabulary, Robert Louis Stevenson, writing retreats, Jack Lowden and Salman Rushdie. </p><br><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><br><p><em>Muckle Flugga</em> by Michael Pederson is available <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/muckle-flugga-michael-pedersen/7812104?ean=9780571387724&next=t" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub</p><br><p>Tickets for Sara's tour show<em> I Am A Strange Gloop </em>are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sarapascoe.co.uk</a></p><p>Cariad's children's book <em>Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish</em> is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> now.</p><p> </p><p>Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plosive</a>.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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