Experiences.

At Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2025. Interviewed by the brilliant Halla Mohieddeen, with family and friends in attendance.

Listened to one of the world’s greatest news correspondents / journalists; Channel 4’s Lindsey Hilsum at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2025 where she appeared to promote her book, I Brought the War with Me: Stories and Poems from the Front Line.

Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival, 2025. Appeared on a couple of panels involving fellow writers Callum McSorley, Marion Todd, Claire Wilson, David Goodman, Richard Strachan and Natalie Jayne Clark.

Black British Book Festival, 2025. Appeared on a panel alongside three phenomenal crime writers: Nadine Matheson (who chaired the event), Remi Kone and Paula Sutton.

With the phenomenally talented Callum McSorley, at programme launch ceremony for The Edinburgh Book Festival, June 2025.

With the exceptional Sir Ian Rankin, icon of crime fiction, at the Bloody Scotland Festival Programme Launch, June 2025.

Bloody Scotland Festival Programme Launch, June 2025. With fellow shortlisted writers for the debut prize.

Waterstones – Livingston.

Bloody Scotland Podcast

https://bloodyscotland.podbean.com/e/ep-8-%e2%80%93-caro-ramsay-foday-mannah/

Waterstones – Edinburgh, West End.

Met the brilliant Aminatta Forna at The Edinburgh Book Festival in 2018. She read from and spoke about her excellent novel Happiness.

       

A once in a lifetime experience; listened to the living legend Ngugi wa Thiong’o at The Edinburgh Book Festival in 2018. He spoke about his riveting prison memoir Wrestling with the Devil in addition to discussing language, politics and identity.

With the amazing Colson Whitehead at The Edinburgh Book Festival in 2019, where he appeared to promote his novel The Nickel Boys.

With my good friend, Anne Hart, and the brilliant Candice Carty-Williams at The Edinburgh Book Festival in 2023, where she appeared to promote and discuss her novel People Person.

With 2019’s Booker Prize Winner – the awesome Bernardine Evaristo in Edinburgh. (August, 2023.)

With the brilliant Lauren Beukes, who was in Edinburgh to promote her enthralling sci-fi novel, Bridge. (April, 2024)

With the exceptional Carol Ann Duffy. Particularly significant because her brilliant poems are a mainstay of Scottish classrooms. 🙂

With the brilliant Chigozie Obioma, twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for his stunning novels, The Fishermen and An Orchestra of Minorities.

With Namwali Serpell, who appeared at The Edinburgh Book Festival to promote her riveting debut novel, The Old Drift.

With the iconic Gary Younge at Edinburgh Book Festival, where he appeared to discuss his amazing book – Dispatches From The Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter.

With the exceptional Marlon James in Edinburgh where he appeared to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his Man Booker Prize winning novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings.

With Matt Haig at Edinburgh Book Festival, 2024, where he appeared to promote his book The Life Impossible.

With Alvaro Enrigue who appeared at Edinburgh Book Festival to discuss his brilliant novel, You Dreamed of Empires.

With the exceptional Kit de Waal in Edinburgh (April 2025) where she appeared to talk writing and promote her new novel, “The Best of Everything.”