New Releases

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £7.99

    Despite dreaming of fun and adventure, Little Otter likes nothing better than snoozing in the sun. When the rock she falls asleep on turns out to be the head of a Highland cow, a real-life adventure begins as she is carried further and further away,…

  • | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £14.99

    Scotland boasts hundreds of castles from many different periods of history. This 500-piece jigsaw features over 25 famous Scottish castles from all parts of the country, all attractively and realistically illustrated and superimposed on a map of the…

  • | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £14.99

    Scottish folklore, myths and legends feature a rich cast of extraordinary creatures. This 500-piece jigsaw shows over 30 mythical beasts from all corners of the country – from different types of dragons, fairies and giants to water spirits,…

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £12.99

    From the author of the bestselling 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die. Island whiskies have long held a fascination and a powerful emotional draw on whisky drinkers the world over. Their special combination of heritage, mystique and remote location…

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £10.99

    Everything Everyday is a poetic journal of the year that charts winter through to autumn in a richly textured sequence of diary-poems, lyric fragments and a crown of sonnets. Each month’s entry weaves together mythic figures – Tahlequah the…

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £8.99

    ‘It is dark now and my window onto the world is a small one. I do not know how much longer I will be here.’  Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction On 9 July 1857, Angus MacPhee, a labourer from Liniclate on the…

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £16.99

    This 100k (60 mile) walk was opened in 1996 and has rapidly increased in popularity, with thousands of walkers walking all or parts of it every year. Visiting a number of places closely associated with St Cuthbert’s life, the journey is full of…

  • | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £19.99

    Scotland is a country of extraordinary contrasts. Its landscapes range from vertiginous sea cliffs and lonely moorland to misty Highland glens and towering mountains. Its fa-mous landmarks include prehistoric sites, medieval abbeys and castles as…

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £8.99

    Gentlemen of the West, Agnes Owens’ debut novel, was first published in 1984 to wide critical acclaim. The novel follows the humorous exploits of Mac, a young bricklayer, who, along with a colourful cast of characters, seeks solace and escape in…

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £8.99

    The building trade in the west of Scotland has slowed, and Mac leaves his home and his companions in the Paxton Arms for the oil-rich north to seek his fortune. But he soon finds himself out in the wilderness, chasing the promise of a job. In the…

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £8.99

    One of the List‘s Best Scottish Books of All Time Peggy is sixteen, ambitious and wants to get a job to help her rise above her current predicament. Soon, she is employed at Willie Roper’s corner shop. But before long, her situation goes…

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £8.99

    A Working Mother is a perfectly crafted novel that will enthral, entertain and surprise in equal measure. Our unreliable narrator, Betty – arch, witty, clever – is married with children and feels trapped. While her husband, Adam, drinks and…

  • Calendar | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £10.99

    This calendar features distinctive full-colour paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists and is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides throughout the seasons. Mairi Hedderwick’s drawings,…

  • Diary | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £14.99

    This hardback desk diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides through the seasons. Featuring distinctive full-colour paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists, this exquisite…

  • Diary | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £8.99

    This hardback pocket diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides through the seasons. Featuring distinctive full-colour paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists, this exquisite…

  • Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026
    £9.99

    ‘Oh, she hated and loved in a breath!’ Faced with the choice between her harsh farming life and the seductive world of books and learning, the spirited Chris Guthrie decides to remain in rural Scotland. But as the devastation of the…

  • Paperback | Pub: 23 Apr 2026
    £9.99

    Ian Robertson Hamilton was an unknown law student at Glasgow University until Christmas Eve 1950. On that night, assisted by Alan Stewart, Gavin Vernon and Kay Matheson, he took the Stone of Destiny from beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster…

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £30.00

    The essays in this book, all by distinguished historians, illuminate the main activities, preoccupations and aspirations of the families whose territorial power and local leadership made them a central factor in medieval Scottish society. Issues…

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £30.00

    In viewing Galloway from the wider context of the northern British mainland, Irish Sea and wider Hebridean zone, it has been possible to explore the dynamics of state-building, dynastic interactions, and the close inter-relationships of the…

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £30.00

    By comparison with their English counterparts, Scottish nineteenth-century railways have suffered from a degree of neglect by economic historians. Most of the existing literature is written for the railway enthusiast, concentrating mainly on…

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £8.99

    One of very few books available on Moidart in the north-west of Scotland, it evokes the enchanted, magical beauty of this much-loved area of the country. Margaret Leigh was already a successful author when her longing for freedom and independence…

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £9.99

    In May 1933 Margaret Leigh took over the tenancy of Achnabo farm, in a beautiful corner of the West Highlands overlooking the isle of Skye. In this unsentimental yet exquisitely written book, she recounts a year of farming life there, from the…

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £9.99

    Beyond Fort William, on the road to the Isles, lies Morar, the ‘Highlands of the Highlands’ and centre of the ‘Rough Bounds’, that wild, desolate, but uniquely beautiful part of Scotland that was once the homeland of the Clan…

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £12.99

    Arisiag and Morar, Norse and Gaelic, the ‘river-mouth bay’ and the ‘great water’, part of na garbh Chriochan (The Rough Bounds), an area so rugged and desolate it was itself known as the Highlands of the Highlands. From…

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £8.99

    Margaret Fay Shaw’s life spans a century of change. Orphaned at 11 she left home and school in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia aged 16, crossing to Scotland to spend a year at school near Glasgow. It was there that her love for Scotland was born….

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £10.99

    The great travellers of the 17th century – Martin, Penant, Johnson et al – used the word ‘curiosity’ to mean many different things. They labelled as ‘curiosities’ people, plants, legends, historical facts and geological certainties. This…

  • Paperback | Pub: 16 Apr 2026
    £30.00

    Feuding had an effect on the history of most of Europe. Scotland provides a fascinating focus for the study of the bloodfeud because feuding survived until remarkably late there, and thus is much better documented than in other European societies….