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From: Colin Wilson [lcwilson at iee.org]
Subject: New novel in Scots comin oot suin

A got this fae the Luath Press, an A thocht that fowk here micht
be interestit tae ken.

A'm tellt there micht be anither ane o this events in Aiberdein,
bit thon's nae richt shuir yet.

Colin Wilson.

Matthew Fitt's eagerly awaited novel in Scots, But n Ben A-Go-Go, is to
be published by Luath on Monday 11 September. Set in a distinctly unbonnie
future-Scotland, it was picked by Scotland on Sunday as one of the best
books of the year (10 months before publication!) & momentum has been
growing by word of mouth ever since.

Do come along to the launch in Edinburgh, or one of the subsequent
events, & do enjoy the book. Details follow. Please forward to all & sundry.

>>>>>>>>
LAUNCH

EDINBURGH

Monday 11 September, 7pm, Caffé Pivo (formerly St James Oyster Bar),
Calton Rd. In association with Waterstone's Edinburgh

(also Waterstone's West End, forenoon and Waterstone's East End,
afternoon for invited school groups only)

0131 556 3034

TOUR

GLASGOW

Wednesday 20 September, 7pm, Waterstone's Bookshop, 153 Sauchiehall St.,
Glasgow

0141 332 9105

DUNDEE

Thursday 21 September, 7pm, Dundee Central Library, in association with
Thin's Bookshop

01382 223999

INVERNESS

Saturday 23 September, SNP Conference. In association with SAC

All welcome at all events - for more information or to reserve free
tickets or a signed copy of But n Ben A-Go-Go (HBK £10.99), please contact the
relevant number above. Further events yet to be confirmed include:
Biggar Corn Exchange, in association with Atkinson-Pryce Bookshop 15
September; A K Bell Library, Perth; Waterstone's Inverness 22 September. For
mail order and trade enquiries, or to arrange an event (shop, museum, library,
school, rotary club, after dinner etc) featuring Matthew Fitt, please contact
Gavin MacDougall or Allison Stewart at Luath Press.

BUT N BEN A-GO-GO is Word Power book of the month for October 2000

'Matthew Fitt will do for prose in Scots what Hugh MacDiarmid did for
poetry in Scots' JAMES ROBERTSON, Edinurgh International Book Festival 2000

'A cracker' GERALDINE BRENNAN, Times Educational Supplement

'Going where no man has gone before' STEPHEN NAYSMITH, Sunday Herald

'...will wean young Scots off reading Harry Potter and is skelping
bookshop shelves at just the right time' RODDY MARTINE, DAILY MAIL

'After an initial shock, readers of this sprightly and imaginative tale
will begin to relish its verbal impetus, where a standard Lallans, laced with
bits of Dundonian and Aberdonian, is stretched and skelped to meet the demands
of cyberjannies and virtual hoorhooses . I recommend an
entertaining and groundbreaking book.' EDWIN MORGAN

'Matthew Fitt's instinctive use of Scots is spellbinding' ELLIE McDONALD

'Easier to read than Shakespeare - twice the fun' DES DILLON

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