Out there - Zoe Strachan

Bold new writing from Scotland's leading and emerging gay writers, including Ali Smith, Louise Welsh, Jackie Kay, Ronald Frame, and Toni Davidson

With 24 pieces that as a whole provide an important snapshot of gay writing in the 21st century, this is adefinitive anthology of prose writing from Scotland's leading and emerging gay writers. The collection includes thelikes of Ali Smith, whose The Accidental wasnominated for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes, and winner of Whitbread Novel of the Year; Louise Welsh, whose The Cutting Room was nominated for the Orange Prize and won the Creasey Dagger; Jackie Kay, winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize and shortlisted for PEN/Ackerley and Costa prizes;Ronald Frame, author of Havisham;Toni Davidson, author of Scar Culture; and many exciting new voices. The writing is as provocative, thoughtful, moving, and fully-charged with energy as one would expect from the country's celebrated community of LGBT artists.