Donald Smith
Donald Smith is a storyteller, novelist, playwright and performance poet. He has been Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre since 2001 and of its predecessor, the Netherbow Arts Centre, from 1983. He chaired the Committee which established the National Theatre of Scotland and became a founding Director. He was also first Chair of the Literature Forum for Scotland.
Donald is the author of numerous books and publications including: The English Spy (Luath Press, 2007), Jekyll and Hyde: A Specimen (Edinburgh City of Literature, 2008) and Between Ourselves (Luath Press, 2009) a novel set in Edinburgh at the time of Robert Burns.
Donald Smith
This is the story of a fascinating life lived fast, shedding new light on Robert Burns's beliefs, politics, social interactions and the great contradiction between this deeply moral man and his notoriously libertarian lifestyle.