Did you know that in Edninburgh, Scotland, something occurs each year called “Edinburgh Spy Week”? Well, I didn’t until I was just looking at some recent email I saved.
According to an article in The Herald, “It was a talk by a modern day spy novelist, who just happened to be former head of MI5, that inspired Edinburgh Spy Week, the week-long event organised by three dedicated academics at the University of Edinburgh, that examines not only spy fiction but the history of spying, real life espionage and how the genre has seen crossover with detective and science fiction.”
This year’s Spy Week ran from April 5 to April 12.
There’s more information at http://www.spyweek.ed.ac.uk. As explained on the website:
“Edinburgh Spy Week focuses on espionage literature, history and film and the ways in which secrecy and spying run through our history and culture. We bring together creative practitioners and academic researchers to talk about books, films and ideas in public and accessible ways. Spy Week is organised by the English Literature and Film Studies departments at the University of Edinburgh and we work with other cultural bodies in Edinburgh to bring the very best of contemporary spy fact and fiction to the city.”
- Ray Keating
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