Recommended Reading in the Time of Coronavirus
24 Jul '20
Our own Alexander McCall Smith is amongst 100 of the world’s favourite writers to reveal what they have been reading during quarantine. Taken...
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The Pocket Guide to Whisky: Podcast Episode
23 Jul '20
This week we’re launching the new edition of The Pocket Guide to Whisky by Blair Bowman and Nikki Welch. As a wee taster, tune in to our latest...
Join us for the launch of Ardnish by Angus MacDonald
06 Jul '20
We’re delighted to celebrate the launch of Ardnish by Angus MacDonald with an exclusive online event between Angus and fellow Birlinn author Polly...
Raise a Glass – World Gin Day 2020
13 Jun '20
The perfect excuse to try a new gin or enjoy an old favourite – World Gin Day 2020! Whether you preference is for one of the stunning new gins from...
A Double Celebration for a Very Special Book
05 Jun '20
Native: Life in a Vanishing Landscape by Patrick Laurie is LONGLISTED for the WAINWRIGHT PRIZE and sells to Counterpoint in the USA.
What’s in the News (during lockdown)?
01 Jun '20
Birlinn, Polygon and Arena writers have enjoyed widespread coverage over the last month. Here’s a taste of what the media said about our books:...
Iain Maloney’s Spotify Playlists
28 May '20
We love it when books and songs come together, and The Only Gaijin in the Village by Iain Maloney is a prime example. In this charming memoir of a...
Listen to Michael Pedersen on Music Matters
26 May '20
BBC Radio 3's Music Matters programme featured our very own Polygon Poet Michael Pedersen on Saturday 23rd May as part of their Postcards from...
Listen to Chapter One of Whisky Galore… read by Birlinn Staff
16 May '20
To celebrate World Whisky Day 2020, here's a recording of the first chapter of Whisky Galore, Compton MacKenzie's classic tale of wartime rationing,...
Meet Polygon author Isla Dewar
07 May '20
Isla Dewar’s first book, Keeping Up with Magda, was published in 1995. Dewar found success with her second novel, Women Talking Dirty, the film of...
Cooking up a Storm… in Lockdown
05 May '20
It is always a thrill when new books arrive from the printer. The boxes are delivered, the editors hover nervously, you run a knife along the tape…...
Liz Lochhead reads ‘The People’s Poet’, inspired by Edwin Morgan
29 Apr '20
Liz Lochhead reads her poem 'The People's Poet', which is dedicated to and inspired by poet Edwin Morgan. Recorded at the "Lost Poets" event at the...
