‘Leave to live’: Nan Shepherd, landscape, language and community

Scottish writer Nan Shepherd hit the headlines this year when it was announced she would feature on the new Royal Bank of Scotland £5 note.

Born in 1893, Nan spent all her life in Aberdeen and had a life-long love of the Cairngorm mountains, which she beautifully evoked in her classic text, The Living Mountain.

“Nan Shepherd’s prose is as bracing as water from a mountain stream” The Guardian

‘Leave to live’: Nan Shepherd, landscape, language and community, Saturday 26th November, 2pm to 3.30pm

We’ll be celebrating her life, her love of the Scottish landscape, and exploring the relevance of her work today. Often described as being ahead of her time, her writing raises questions about wilderness, community and our own place in the world.

Part of Book Week Scotland 2016.

Booking

This event is open to all (16+) and we prefer for tickets to be booked in advance whenever possible. This event costs £2 full price. Select the number of tickets you want to book below, or come in to the Library to book. We offer subsidised free places for students, people on a low income, unemployed or those in receipt of benefit and Friends of GWL. If you are eligible for a subsidised place select the subsidised ticket below, or come in to the Library to book.

If you have booked a place and are no longer able to attend please let us know so that we can make your place available to someone else.