Building Stories
Building Stories is a new podcast from Edinburgh City of Literature and Historic Environment Scotland. This series celebrates five women writers who lived at various points in their lives in Edinburgh and vitally contributed to literary culture across Scotland, the UK, and the world. The important work of these women has gone under-recognised, so in this podcast we shine a light on their achievements. All of the authors featured in these podcasts have been recognised by Historic Environment Scotland’s Commemorative Plaque Scheme. This podcast is produced by I Am Loud Productions. It was commissioned by Edinburgh City of Literature and Historic Environment Scotland.
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Episodes
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Rebecca West, born Cicily Isabel Fairfield, was a British author, journalist, literary critic, and travel writer.
The Historic Environment Scotland plaque is installed at 2 Hope Park Terrace, where she lived.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Christian Isobel Johnstone was a journalist and author in Scotland in the nineteenth century. She was a significant early feminist and an advocate of other liberal causes in her era.
Her Historic Environment Scotland plaque is installed at 12 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, where she lived.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane was a Scottish author, biographer, philosopher, suffragist, nursing administrator, and social welfare worker.
Her Historic Environment Scotland plaque is a commemoration of her life and work.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Lady Margaret Sackville was an English poet and children's author.
The Historic Environment Scotland plaque is a commemoration of her life and work.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Mary Brunton was a highly acclaimed Scottish novelistof the early 1800s, whose work has been seen as redefining femininity, and whose career rivalled Jane Austen’s.
Her Historic Environment Scotland plaque is installed at 35 Albany Street, Edinburgh, where she lived.