S7 EP1 Michael Pedersen - ‘ a beautiful thing happened, after the shaming, it was accepted I wrote ‘

Sarah Wylie In Conversation is back for Season 7! ( & to mark the new, I have decided to write in 1st person! )I’m so excited to share my first guest of the series with you. For episode one, I got to chat to award winning poet, writer & Edinburgh’s Makar, Michael Pedersen. We talk the power to embrace who you are from a young age, Michael’s upbringing in Portobello, being outed as a writer & we reminisce the bus routes we shared too. Michael shares on the themes of wonder & friendship throughout his work and how he is using these themes to inspire young people to write, in his role as Edinburghs Makar. We ofcourse talk his latest novel Muckle Flugga, the wonderful characters, his current book tour & we are even treated to an expert recited by Michael justo for us! This programme is sponsored by the Old Post Office Cafe Gallery.