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Extract from Scotland: Her Story – The Long Journey Towards Myself, Jo Clifford

28 Jun '22
Playwright and performer Jo Clifford was born in Stoke-on-Trent in the early 1950s, studied Spanish and Arabic at university, and earned a PhD in the...
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Poem of the Week: ‘The Callanish Stones’ by Nikki Robson

20 Jun '22
The Callanish Stones in Lewis are one of Scotland’s oldest manmade structures, and many people visit them at sunrise on the summer solstice in...
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Summer Solstice: Extract from Native by Patrick Laurie

20 Jun '22
Summer Solstice – the Longest Day Extract from Native: Life in a Vanishing Landscape by Patrick Laurie Battering heat and a dry wind to take your...
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The Best Books to Take with you on your Summer Holiday

13 Jun '22
There’s hardly anything better than stretching out on a lounge chair on the beach, feeling the sun on your face, and losing yourself in the perfect...
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TAKING THE VERY BEST OF THE HIGHLANDS TO THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN

10 Jun '22
‘A TASTE OF THE HIGHLANDS‘ BY GHILLIE BAŞAN, SHORTLISTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS AWARD Just two weeks to go until the announcement of the winner...
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ALL TOGETHER NOW… Edinburgh International Book Festival is Back (let summer begin)

09 Jun '22
2022 Programme announced and live for ticket booking! All Together Now is the rallying call from the Edinburgh International Book Festival which...
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HOORAH for the MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR CRIME FICTION!

08 Jun '22
TWO POLYGON BOOKS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR’S LONGLIST FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2022 Sponsored by The Glencairn Glass In Bloody Scotland’s 10th...
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Excerpt from Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin

07 Jun '22
“I never had a childhood,” James Baldwin told a French interviewer in 1974. To a journalist ten years earlier, he proclaimed, “I did not have...
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The Case of the Missing Pound Note: A Daniella Coulstoun Short Story

06 Jun '22
The following short story plunges readers into the gritty crime and blazing sun of the Daniella Coulstoun series, and offers a taster of what to...
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Picnic season is here: Black pudding sausage rolls from The Stornoway Black Pudding Bible

31 May '22
Most in Scotland are familiar with black pudding, but in The Stornoway Black Pudding Bible, author Seumas MacInnes challenges us to look beyond the...
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Ghillie Başan – SHORTLISTED for THE FOOD WRITERS’ GUILD AWARDS

17 May '22
We are delighted to report that A Taste of the Highlands by Ghillie Başan has been shortlisted for a prestigious Food Writers’ Guild Award,...
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MacGregor’s Mussels in Chunky Tomato Sauce from A Taste of the Highlands

17 May '22
Want to get creative in the kitchen this week? Try this recipe from Ghillie Basan’s acclaimed cookbook, A Taste of the Highlands!...
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