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Joining Damian Barr from the Edinburgh Festivals are poet Jackie Kay, comic and writer Julian Clary, novelist Elif Shafak. Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson revisit Victor and Barry.
Damian Barr hosts the new series of Big Scottish Book Club from the Leith Theatre, recorded with a live audience during the Edinburgh Festivals.
Guests in this edition include Jackie Kay, discussing her new poetry collection May Day. Entertainer and children鈥檚 writer Julian Clary celebrates 10 years of The Bolds, his six-book series about a family of hyenas who try to live as humans. International bestselling author Elif Shafak discusses her latest novel, There are Rivers in the Sky.
At the Edinburgh International Book Festival to discuss their new book, Victor and Barry: The Kelvinside Compendium, Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson look back at their much-loved cabaret act and Victor and Barry鈥檚 heyday as Scotland鈥檚 favourite amateur dramatics duo. And there are book picks from the front-of-house staff on the Fringe.
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