Here he is, the devil himself. Or looking a bit like it anyway …
Ewan Morrison, author of the novels Swung and Distance, and with a new book Tales from the Mall coming out this year, visited the Scottish Writers’ Centre last week and blew us all away with his talk on The End of Books.
It was sharp, shocking, and it took no prisoners, a dash of icy water in the face of all those who believe in the wonderful new digital age.
Who exactly are the winners of the SOPA defeat and endless free cultural content? Could Google, Apple and Amazon, by any chance, have anything to do with it …?
A great talk by a challenging speaker that set the nerves jangling.
He’s on at Wigtown later in the year. Grab the chance to see him if you can. If you’re an author, a musician or an artist, you’ll never sleep soundly again …
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