2026-10-28 14:19 UTC
Nan Shepherd & Jessie Kesson: an uncommon friendship
“The two women first met in April 1941, on a train. Kesson was on her way to visit her dying mother in Elgin. Shepherd was escaping to the hills. For Kesson the meeting was momentous.”
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https://charlottepeacock.co.uk/2021/02/19/nan-shepherd-jessie-kesson-friendship/
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot 2026-10-28 14:21
“Beg, borrow, or steal this book” —Norman MacCaig 3 of Kesson’s novels – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘎𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘢, & 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, introduced by Linda Cracknell, Jenni Fagan, & Candia McWilliam – are currently available as ebooks 4/8 https://uk.bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=Jessie+Kesson #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #workingclass #workingclasswriters #NormanMacCaig