Muckle Flugga by Michael Pederson with Michael Pederson

About this episode

Sara and Cariad discuss Muckle Flugga with guest Michael Pederson, exploring various literary themes and figures.

This week's book guest is Muckle Flugga by Michael Pederson. 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! In this episode they discuss Stephen Fry, rivers, vocabulary, Robert Louis Stevenson, writing retreats, Jack Lowden and Salman Rushdie. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Muckle Flugga by Michael Pederson is available here . Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback here now.   Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sara Pascoe, Cariad Lloyd

Guest: Michael Pederson

Topics covered

• Scottish poetry
• literary discussion
• writing retreats
• vocabulary
• book recommendations

Keywords

• Muckle Flugga
• Michael Pederson
• Scottish poet
• literary collective
• writing retreats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The University of Edinburgh, Neu! Reekie!

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