Arcadia Scotland

As part of our lecture series, award-winning author Kevin MacNeil joined us at the Arcadia Edinburgh Center to talk about his recent novel, The Brilliant & Forever. The book follows a small Hebridean island’s annual literary festival, The Brilliant & Forever, as thirteen performers – local residents and visiting tourists, the middle-class whitehousers and the traditional blackhousers, and even talking alpacas – tell their stories. Described as a whip-cracking, energetic, laugh-out-loud satirical book on what we value in culture and in our lives as well as a moving exploration of integrity, friendship and belonging, we were thrilled to have Kevin give a talk at the centre.

Discussing not only his own work and background but also prose, poetry and creativity, you can watch Kevin's talk in its entirety below:

"There are so many people in the world that the chances of someone breathing in absolute unison with you right now are very high indeed. Feel synchronised."

About

Kevin MacNeil is an award-winning writer from the Outer Hebrides. He is a novelist, poet, editor and screenwriter. His previous novels, A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde and best-selling debut, The Stornoway Way (Arcadia Scotland Bookclub Novel Fall 2011) were both published to widespread critical acclaim.

A review of The Brilliant & Forever is available from The Guardian. If you would like to learn more about Kevin and his work, please visit his website.