The Year of Open Doors

By Rodge Glass

2011

First Published

3.56

Average Rating

234

Number of Pages

7H09M

Audio Length

An exciting assembly of Scotland's most promising new writers, with a foreword by Irvine Welsh and exclusive artwork by Aidan Moffat of Arab Strap Such authors as Saltire First Book award-shortlisted Sophie Cooke, James Black Tait Memorial Prize nominee Suhayl Saadi, acclaimed novelist and poet Kevin MacNeil, and renowned performer and novelist Alan Bissett all contribute stories on contemporary Scotland. Throw in renowned international authors like Kapka Kassabova and Jason Donald and renowned figures of Scottish literature like Duncan McClean and you have a collection that aims to show a changing and dynamic new Scotland. Brand new, unpublished authors are also featured; quite simply if you want to read the best new talent in Scottish fiction, you've come to the right place.

Avg Rating

3.56

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

19%

4 STARS

38%

3 STARS

31%

2 STARS

1 STARS

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Author

Rodge Glass

Author · 6 books

Rodge Glass is the author of the novels No Fireworks (Faber, 2005) and Hope for Newborns (Faber, 2008), as well as Alasdair Gray: A Secretary’s Biography (Bloomsbury, 2008), which received a Somerset Maugham Award in 2009. Recently, he was co-author of the graphic novel Dougie’s War: A Soldier’s Story (Freight, 2010), which was nominated for several awards. He is currently a Programme Leader in Creative Writing at Edge Hill University, and was Associate Editor at Freight Books. His novel, Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs, was published in April 2012 by the multi-award winning Tindal Street Press, then as a paperback by Serpent’s Tail, and it appeared as Voglio la testa di Ryan Giggs in April 2013 (66thand2nd, Roma). His latest book, LoveSexTravelMusik, was published by Freight Books in April 2013 and was nominated for the International Frank O’Connor Award. His fiction has been published in Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Danish and Italian. (from http://rodgeglass.com/ )