This is an edited recording of an event, "Essaying across the Hemispheres" that took place at the University of Dundee, June 24th, 2024. Part One contains a conversation between Kirsty Gunn, Graeme Morton and visiting New Zealand writer, Lynley Edmeades, about links between New Zealand and Scotland, and about the literary life. In Part Two Edmeades reads an essay from her new book. Part One contains only the preface to Part Two but you can hear Edmeades reading her work by clicking the link to Part Two. You can also read workshop participants creative responses HERE.