After the high-security excitement of Gordon Brown's visit, the fourth day of the Edinburgh International Festival of Theatre began on a literary note with a breakfast-time discussion of genre and influence involving the rising star of English fiction, Ned Beauman. Here, he reads from The Teleportation Acccident, explains his fascination with the Weimar period, the appeal of loathsome characters and the influence of HP Lovecraft. Plus, Alasdair Gray considers his own predicament in verse, and muses about the vote for Scottish independence.
Reading list
The Teleportation Accident, by Ned Beauman
Every Short Story by Alasdair Gray
