![]() ![]() I find myself on the wrong side of the castle, and Holyrood Park is 30 minutes away. I’m working my way towards Arthur’s Seat, the main peak of a group of hills in Edinburgh, but I haven’t got my bearings yet. He suggests we meet for a drink in the Writer’s Yurt before our event. He tells me his theories about the great Scottish diaspora, and waiting for the day when a kilt shop opens on Mars. Someone fetches Joe from the basement where he reviews comics and science fiction, Old Town’s ghosts spell-checking over his shoulder, and he emerges pale-skinned and pirate-scarfed. Pushing past Pop! toys and superhero comics, I am reminded that my kind of books are in the long tail of the comics business. ![]() I walk down South Clerk Street towards Forbidden Planet Comics where Joe, the chair of my festival panel, works. Here's her week of bagpipes, Zadie Smith, comic books, cowboy boots and more in the bonnie city. Sarah Laing, author of Mansfield and Me, was one of four writers to represent Aotearoa at the 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival. ![]()
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