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21 Feb 2025

Andrew O’Hagan

in conversation with Alan Cumming

WINTER WORDS FESTIVAL

In conversation with Alan Cumming

The multi-award-winning literary legend discusses his gripping new state-of-the-nation book Caledonian Road and his previous novels including The Guardian, Sunday Times and Financial Times Book of the Year Mayflies.

Born in Glasgow, Andrew O’Hagan has been nominated for the Booker Prize three times, was voted one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists in 2003, and won the E. M. Forster Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is Editor-at-Large of the London Review of Books and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His latest novel, Caledonian Road was nominated for the Orwell Prize, a Saltire Award, and the Blackwell’s Book of the Year 2024.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Venue: Studio

Date: 21 Feb

Time: 7-8.30pm

Tickets: from £30

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