Today is the first ever Gray Day, a celebration of writer and artist Alasdair Gray. To celebrate, this is a special broadcast, hosted by Neu Reekie, with the Alasdair Gray Archive & Canongate Books.

Featuring guests: Ali Smith, Yann Martel, Alan Cumming, Ian Rankin, Denise Mina, Irvine Welsh, Gemma Cairney, Chitra Ramaswamy, Alex Kapranos, Ewen Bremner, Louise Welsh, Salena Godden, Gavin Mitchell, Bernard MacLaverty, Rodge Glass, Eugene Kelly, Liz Lochhead, Hollie McNish, and more.

Special thanks to the Òran Mór in Glasgow.

For more information about Gray Day: https://grayday.info