The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 2 - Nan Shepherd - The Living Mountain

In the second episode of a new podcast about Scottish books, Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd discuss Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain. We continue to celebrate the Cairngorms with Patrick Baker, author of The Cairngorms: A Secret History, and the marvellous Andrew Greig shares a couple of his mountain poems. Poems by permission of Andrew Greig from Getting Higher: The Complete Mountain Poetry (Polygon); ‘The Loch of the Green Corrie’ recorded at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh (2015); ‘Knoydart Revisited’ from the forthcoming CD Clean By Rain (SoundMagic Productions), lyric Andrew Greig, music Brian Michie. Out March 2017 and for sale via Andrew-greig.weebly.com or Birnam CD Online Shop. Join in the conversation on Twitter: @BirlinnBooks And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/birlinnbooks/?fref=ts#