Books! Books! Everywhere!
21 Nov '20
In the last few years there has been a true resurgence of not only bookshops (Edinburgh has gained four new bookshops in the last five years) but...
Blog
Birlinn Books – Notes from the Basement 17 November, 2020
18 Nov '20
Welcome to our weekly newsletter – this is sent direct to subscribers’ in-boxes every Tuesday with news, coverage, events and book chat. Our...
Polygon Authors Look to the Future for Book Week Scotland 2020
16 Nov '20
Here at Birlinn, we love Book Week Scotland. A whole week celebrating the wonderful world of Scottish books, authors, libraries, bookshops,...
Scottish Football: The Home Front Stoics
13 Nov '20
Scottish football is in the limelight, with the national team going all the way to Euro 2020, against all the odds. After so many years of waiting,...
RLS Day 2020: ‘Ordinary Case of RLS and RLS’ by Kevin MacNeil
13 Nov '20
Robert Louis Stevenson Day (#RLSDay) takes place every year on 13th November to mark the great Scottish author’s birthday, and this year is no...
RLS Day 2020: On reading
09 Nov '20
‘I like hourglasses, maps, eighteenth-century typefaces, etymologies, the taste of coffee, and the prose of Robert Louis Stevenson’ –...
A Poem for Remembrance
07 Nov '20
Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day look somewhat different this year, with the commemorations at the Cenotaph scaled back and distanced....
November is the new December – start your Christmas shopping early!
04 Nov '20
In what has been a strange and challenging year for all, the prospect that it is already time to start Christmas shopping is enough to strike fear...
All Saints Day – But we are In Search of Angels
01 Nov '20
The end of October ushers in colder days as we sit at the start of winter. And this year, more than most, we are looking at difficult months ahead....
#solwaybore with Ann Lingard
27 Oct '20
Last week, residents along the Solway Firth were lucky enough to witness a tidal bore, an infrequent phenomenon where the leading edge of the...
Tam o’Shanter: A Poem for All Hallows
23 Oct '20
IN AN EDITION THAT WILL GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS Tam o’ Shanter usually gets an annual outing on Burns Night in darkest January, but this year I submit...
Spooky Books for Dark Nights
22 Oct '20
As the nights stretch out and we approach Halloween, we’ve selected six books that we think you might enjoy. Click on any cover to find out...
