CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
"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.
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."
(I was too germy for geopoetics, but this is nice and central.)
Canada is lot more complex though than just the Scottish 'Anglo' connections - certainly from reading Michael Ignatieff's book Blood & Belonging (Bought £1 at charity bookshop on Pitlochry Station waiting for train!)
I've just finished the Canadian / Scottish special issue of The Geographer quarterly magazine of RSGS. (With contributions from RCGS / La Société Géographique Royale du Canada)
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.
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).
Thread drift lock needs applied warning...!
Great wee book shop
Dangerous to finances bookshop...
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