Pippa Goldschmidt

  • I’m spending the summer here at home in Edinburgh trying to finish a short story collection, and a holiday seems unlikely, at least for the next few months. I read a lot when I write, with a sort of desperation to remind myself what I should be striving towards. So, my desk is covered in

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  • If I was to have a holiday, which is always my intention but I never seem to get around to it, I would take my usual six pack of books. They are made up of one novel, one biography/autobiography, one classic and three books of poetry. I will quickly run through my non-poetry books: The

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  • I had a whale of a time at Linlithgow Book Festival this past weekend. The Saturday was particularly busy but hugely rewarding. I worked out that I must have done almost a 13-hour day, starting with the final prep for my poetry workshop through to leaving the Masonic Hall after the open mic at nearly

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