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Ten Best Scottish Books of 2024

2024 has been another year of notable publications. There have been delightful debuts, memorable ...

RACHELLE ATALLA Book: The Salt Flats

Rachelle Atalla’s previous novels, The Pharmacist and Thirsty Animals, introduced readers to a writer ...

MALACHY TALLACK on distance and difference between life and song.

Author and singer/songwriter Malachy Tallack brings both those creative roles to That Beautiful Atlantic ...

A Case of Matricide – Graeme Macrae Burnet (book review) Final instalment of Gorski trilogy

Graeme Macrae Burnet is best known by readers for his Booker-listed novels His Bloody ...

MARGARET MCDONALD on chasing the feeling, exploration, and life-changing connections.

With the success of Yorgos Lanthimos’ screen adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things and ...

NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 42: Don’t. Even. Ask. Too. Hot. (Book Review)

The Association of Scottish Literature’s New Writing Scotland, published annually, is one of the ...

Best Bookshops SNACK Student Guide 2024

One of the best ways to get to know a place is to visit ...

Ten picks of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024

This year sees the Edinburgh International Book Festival (10–25th August) move to its new ...

How Sara Sheridan’s new novel The Secrets of Blythswood Square explores 19th century Glasgow

Sara Sheridan’s novel The Secrets of Blythswood Square does for Glasgow what The Fair ...

Graeme Thomson ‘Under The Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush’ (Book Review)

Revised and updated as part of Omnibus Press’ Remastered series, Graeme Thomson’s Under The ...

Genevieve Jagger on confession, weird sex, sin, vampire mythology, and secrets

Among the most eagerly awaited debut novels of recent years, Genevieve Jagger’s Fragile Animals ...