Laura Hird

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'Hird controls her material brilliantly. If you like your fiction with razor blades secreted in the soup, then get this, pronto.'

The Scotsman on Hope

Edinburgh-born and based, Hird read a selection of her writing and discussed her work in anticipation of a new short story collection published by Canongate in October of the same year.

Laura Hird's debut novel, Born Free, was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Orange Prize. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. Her latest collection of stories, Hope and Other Urban Tales, was published by Canongate in October 2006. Her latest book is Dear Laura, published in March 2007. She lives in Edinburgh.

Laura Hird's website

Thursday 17 August 2006

Board Room, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

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