http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The Idea of Canada - Golden Hare Books en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:37:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18384#post-267200 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:20:50 +0000 unhurt 267200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dangerous to finances bookshop... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18384#post-267178 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:57:39 +0000 gembo 267178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great wee book shop </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18384#post-267169 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:00:48 +0000 LaidBack 267169@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Canada is lot more complex though than just the Scottish 'Anglo' connections - certainly from reading Michael Ignatieff's book <em>Blood &amp; Belonging</em> (Bought £1 at charity bookshop on Pitlochry Station waiting for train!)</p> <p>I've just finished the Canadian / Scottish special issue of <em>The Geographer </em> quarterly magazine of RSGS. (With contributions from RCGS / La Société Géographique Royale du Canada)</p> <p>Now looking for Quebec authors - so many Scottish sounding names but less of French origin. First nation is in of course. So Canada is bi/multi ethnic with two nations / three if you include Cree / First Nation.</p> <p>SRD - expect this will be of interest? As Newfoundlander your view will be also quite different no doubt. Michael Ignatieff's book looks at what were called 'separatists'. He thinks that a nation doesn't need to be a state and is trying to find out why some countries thought they were 'beyond nationalism' etc (Book is from 1994 so some things have changed of course).</p> <p><em>Thread drift lock needs applied warning...!</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18384#post-267166 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:17:55 +0000 unhurt 267166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://goldenharebooks.com/event/idea-canada-evening-granta-magazine/">Publication event for Granta 141: Canada. 6pm Tuesday 5th December. £3 (redeemable against a copy if you incline that way):</a></p> <p>"Our special guests will be in conversation to discuss the new issue, the history, current state and future directions of Canadian Literature including the relationship between Scottish and Canadian literature. </p> <p>Alexander MacLeod, Canadian author and contributor to Granta 141 and Professor Rob Dunbar, Chair of Celtic Studies at the University of Edinburgh and Canadian expat."</p> <p>(I was too germy for geopoetics, but this is nice and central.) </p>