Essayist Chris Arthur and artist Graham Johnston talk about workspaces.

A conversation about who and what were influences for Arthur’s and Johnston’s artistic practice.

This is an edited recording of a conversation for imaginedspaces.org between artist, Graham Johnston, and essayist, Chris Arthur, which took place in the spring of 2024, on finding inspiration and sources for making art and writing.

This is an edited recording of an event, "Essaying across the Hemispheres" that took place at the University of Dundee, June 24th, 2024.

Gail Low in conversation with Kirsty Gunn about Gunn’s new short story collection, Pretty Ugly at the Belfast Book Festival.

Jess Chandler of Prototype Press introduces the novel and Amy Arnold reads from a section of Lori & Joe. Both take questions about the writing and publication of the novel. The ensuing discussion touches on the form of the novel, on the attentiveness to ordinary domesticity, on life-writing and fiction, and on music.

Annalee Davis is a visual artist, cultural activist and instigator, educator and writer. She works at the intersection of biography and history, focusing on post-plantation economies by engaging with a particular landscape on Barbados. In this event, Davis presents her work, after which there is a more informal discussion and Q&A . The conversation is chaired by Professor Alison Donnell.

Clare Hunter talks about and reads from her book, Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power, with Loretta Mulholland.