One O'Clock Gun Anthology by Alasdair Gray
Distributed free in Edinburgh's bars and bookshops the One O'Clock Gun began in 2004 as a thought provoking, ballsy and often irreverent paper with a humble few followers. Distributed from handmade wooden boxes, the One O’Clock Gun appears to be an A4 sheet but in fact folds out to a double-sided A2 broadsheet, both sides crammed with stories poems and illustrations. Although the Gun began with a handful of writers penning their stories under pseudonyms, it wasn’t long before amateur and professional authors alike were attracted, and slowly as its reputation grew, submissions came in from farther afield. CONTRIBUTORS: Andy Anderson; Raymond Bell; Don Birnam; Graham Brodie; Robin Cairns; Angus Calder; Paul Carter; Reggie Chamberlain-King; Sandy Christie; Michael Conway; Gav Duvet; Keith Farquhar; Craig Gibson; Peter Burnett; Alasdair Gray; Rodge Glass; Martin Hillman; Gavin Inglis; Robert Alan Jamieson; Will Lawson; Jenny Lindsay; Barry McLaren; Steve McLellan; James Mooney; Marc Phillips; Karl Plume; Jim Ritchie; Suhayl Saadi; Eoin Sanders; Cathy Scrutton; Andrew Smith; Robin Vandome; Kevin Williamson; Andrew J Wilson; Ross Wilson; Kirsti Wishart; James Wood"This small serving allows the complex mish mash of modern literature to be understood as a unified bodyOne O’Clock Gun is one of the few anthologies where so many different types of writing; poetry and prose, fact and fiction, pessimism, optimism, tales of home and abroad sit so easily together. Whether reading from cover to cover or dipping in and out, it is this variety, held together by strong themes that make this book great."
Gutter Magazine
"This anthology gathers together material from each of the Gun's 17 published issues, including essays by the late Angus Calder, and work by Alasdair Gray, Suhayl Saadi and then-newbies like Rodge Glass, Peter Burnett and Jenny Lindsay (whose poem, In Scotland We Know We're Fucked, shines brightly even in the eyes of a confirmed anti-poetry barbarian like myself). Not everything here is (to paraphrase Calder) witty and/or beautiful (the early fondness for archaic prose was thankfully dropped after the first year), but there are enough gems to ensure this is a fitting tribute to the Capital's literary grassroots."
The Skinny
"There is too little free speech in newspapers nowadays, when even professedly liberal publications soften down hard facts that their owners and advertisers find inconvenient. Free newspapers, of course, have to be paid out of somebody’s pocket … the owners of the One O’Clock Gun are free enough to say what they like."
Alasdair Gray
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| ISBN 13 | 9780955488559 |
| ISBN 10 | 0955488559 |
| Title | One O'Clock Gun Anthology |
| Author | Alasdair Gray |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Leamington Books |
| Year published | 2010-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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