For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali caught up with previous guest, writer Andrew Meehan to talk about his new novel Hey Man, which is published with Muswell Press.

Andrew gives the first of two readings before he gives an overview of the book, why he is drawn to the theme of friendship in all its forms, gives a brief outline of his central characters Ian and Tommy, and explains the novel’s three-part structure.

The two then talk about the ways friendships can change over the years, the nature of the ones which can come to change and define us, ageing and the perspective it (hopefully) brings, contemplating and better understanding the person we used to be, and the lives of fictional characters beyond the page.

This episode was recorded at the beginning of the recent run of good weather, when grass is there to be cut, and you may hear some evidence of this in the background but hopefully it won’t affect your enjoyment of what is an honest and insightful conversation about the fellowship of friendship and those bonds which bind.

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