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Jun 7
28m 18s

Kirstin Innes

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

The award-winning Scottish writer, Kirstin Innes, speaks to Bookclub, presented by James Naughtie, about her second novel, Scabby Queen. The book, published in 2020, explores the life of one-hit wonder and political activist, Clio Campbell, who is found dead three days before her fifty-first birthday.

Producer: Dominic Howell Editor: Gillian Wheelan This was a BBC Audio Scotland production.

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