Film writing, film history, film love. Bylines include @SightSoundmag, @WSJBooks, @noircitymag, @Criterion. Substack: Self-Styled Siren
I got teary-eyed over @LanceMannion reading The Heart of Midlothian out loud to Stephen Kuusisto. Who else but Lance could bring out the glories of Sir Walter Scott? He was always reading and writing about the deepest cuts in English literature. https://t.co/JdwTgaZALk
We're the world's foremost literary prize for historical fiction & run the Young Walter Scott Prize where entries are now open: ↘️
Relive the bookish buzz of this year's #WalterScottPrize and Young Walter Scott Prize -- the first time we were back together at the @BordersBookFest since 2019 -- in this look back at a wonderful weekend, complete with video: https://t.co/7m3zZLRU8W #ywsp https://t.co/YZskWybBJK
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"But we are to hold in remembrance that Scotland, though it be our native land...is not like Goshen, in Egypt, on whilk the sun of the heavens and of the gospel shineth allenarly, and leaveth the rest of the world in utter darkness." Walter Scott, 'The Heart of MidLothian,' 1818