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The Saltire Sessions: Michael Pedersen

A sit-down with cultural programmer, poet and writer Michael Pedersen

About the Saltire Sessions

The Saltire Sessions are free-to-access online discussions with the creators and thinkers shaping the cultural landscape of Scotland today. We hope these conversations will offer you food for thought, signpost you to new and thought-provoking books, events and other cultural activity, and perhaps inspire you in your own creative pursuits. Each is designed to slot into a lunchbreak or similar time in your day.

In this Session, we sit down with poet, writer and cultural programmer extraordinaire Michael Pedersen. Michael shares his inspirations, the power of collaboration and his Saltire-shortlisted novel Muckle Flugga.

It was really words, being ensorcelled by words and what they meant.

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