Author Event with Stuart Nisbet
Join the team at Giffnock Library for an illustrated talk by Dr. Stuart Nisbet, based on a personal journey to uncover the truth about Scotland and slavery.
About Author Event with Stuart Nisbet
Over the past year, Scotland’s leading cities have apologised for involvement in slavery. How important was slavery to the development of Scotland? What happened and how do we relate to it today? This illustrated talk looks at slavery through a personal journey.
Dr. Stuart Nisbet is well known in the area for his local history publications. In recent years he has worked as a freelance tutor for East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure. On a wider basis, for more than 20 years, he has been one of the leading researchers on Scotland and slavery. In 2015 Stuart had a chapter on the first book on Scotland and slavery: Tom Devine’s Recovering Scotland’s Slavery Past.
The event also marks the publication of Stuart’s first novel. After the talk, Stuart will be signing copies of The Book of Here and There. Loosely based on the personal detective trail uncovered in the talk. The novel tells the story of the hunt for a Scottish slave owner, through a detective trail, but also through the voice of his enslaved scribe, Cato.
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