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20 – 21 Mar 2021, Big Book Weekend
A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
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A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
15:00 Sun 21 Mar 2021 Â鶹ԼÅÄ Arts

Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart explains what it was like to grow up gay in 1980s Glasgow, explores why working-class stories matter, and discusses the power of a good teacher to save a lost kid’s life.

Douglas is in conversation with journalist Alex Clark.

Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart explains what it was like to grow up gay in 1980s Glasgow, explores why working-class stories matter, and discusses the power of a good teacher to save a lost kid’s life.

Douglas is in conversation with journalist Alex Clark.

A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart at Big Book Weekend 2021

"I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
03:33
"I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
Douglas Stuart spent 10 years working on writing that would became his novel Shuggie Bain
Mar '21Â鶹ԼÅÄ Arts
"I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
01:13
"I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
Growing up in the 1980s, Douglas Stuart had little access to the wider gay culture
Mar '21Â鶹ԼÅÄ Arts
A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
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A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart talks to Alex Clark about sexuality, class, and the power of good teachers.
Mar '21Â鶹ԼÅÄ Arts