James Robertson
Poet and author James Robertson tells Stuart Cosgrove about books he loves including his favourite reference book. From July 2011.
James Robertson is a poet, editor, novelist and publisher and was the first Writer-in-Resident at Hugh MacDiarmid's cottage at Brownsbank near Bigger in Lanarkshire.
James explains to Stuart how he first discovered MacDiarmid and how his book of Collected Poems is his life changing book. They also discuss James's favourite reference book, the volume he has looked at most often and the title he'd most like to re-read.
Books chosen: .
1: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
2: Collected Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid.
3: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by the Reverend Dr. Ebenezer Cobham
4: At Swim-Two-Bird by Flann O'Brieny
5: Bleak House by Charles Dickens.
Producer Mike Walker
Presenter Stuart Cosgrove.
First broadcast on Radio Scotland in 2011.
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