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The first step on the road to change is to imagine possibility.
Imagine A Country offers visions of a new future from an astonishing array of Scottish voices, from comedians to economists, writers to musicians. Edited, curated and introduced by bestselling author Val McDermid and geographer Jo Sharp, it is a collection of ideas, dreams and ambitions, aiming to inspire change, hope and imagination.
Featuring:
Ali Smith, Phill Jupitus, A.L. Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Kerry Hudson, Greg Hemphill, Carol Ann Duffy, Chris Brookmyre, Alison Watt, Alasdair Gray, Leila Aboulela, Ian Rankin, Selina Hales, Sanjeev Kohli, Jackie Kay, Damian Barr, Elaine C. Smith, Abir Mukherjee, Anne Glover, Alan Bissett, Louise Welsh, Jo Clifford, Ricky Ross, Trishna Singh, Cameron McNeish, Alexander McCall Smith, Carla Jenkins, Don Paterson, and many more . . .
Jo Sharp
Jo Sharp is Professor of Geography at the University of St. Andrews with expertise in geopolitics, global health, feminism, and international development. She has over 100 publications, including 13 books. Jo has been awarded medals from both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She was named the Geographer Royal for Scotland in 2022 – the first woman to hold this title – and it was her investigation into the first person to hold this role, Sir Robert Sibbald in 1682, that led her to This Door of the Seas.
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