Andrew Crummy dons the Coat of Hopes
11 Sep '23
Have you heard of the Coat of Hopes? It was the vision of one person during lockdown and created by many hands on the long walk to Cop26, each person...
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Edinburgh International Book Festival
06 Sep '23
… until next year August is an energising, exhausting month in Edinburgh. Make of that what you will but if you live in Edinburgh or have...
Polygon Acquires Beyond Summerland by Jenny Lecoat
05 Sep '23
Polygon has acquired World rights for Jenny Lecoat’s second novel, Beyond Summerland, in a deal brokered by Lisa Highton of Jenny Brown Associates....
The Hidden Fires shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker
01 Sep '23
We are thrilled to share the news that The Hidden Fires by Merryn Glover has been shortlisted for the Boardman TaskerAward for Mountain Literature...
Mara Menzies on stage at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023
24 Aug '23
As part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Outrider project, performance storyteller and award-winning writer Mara Menzies (author of...
A Country of Eternal Light goes on a whirlwind tour round Scotland
17 Aug '23
Over the past two weeks, Paul Dalgarno has travelled with us around Scotland, visiting 15 bookshops, taking part in three book launches, signing...
Polygon Acquires World English Language Rights to Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout
10 Aug '23
Polygon will publish a deeply reported, deeply human book of stories shedding new light on the Russian invasion of Ukraine – Night Train to Odesa:...
Another Way to Split Water longlisted for TWO poetry prizes
10 Aug '23
It’s a fantastic week for Alycia Pirmohamed and her debut poetry collection Another Way to Split Water, which has been longlisted for not one,...
Calling Occupants… of Rum!
10 Aug '23
Who knew? The Isle of Rum has interplanetary significance On a planet far, far away, NASA’s Perseverance Rover is currently collecting rocks...
A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno Chosen as Waterstones’ Scottish Book of the Month
03 Aug '23
Paul Dalgarno was born and raised in Aberdeen, and now he has returned to Scotland to promote his hugely successful novel, A Country of Eternal...
Poem of the Week: ‘The Sun on Princes Street’ by Alexander McCall Smith
26 Jul '23
Our poem of the week is ‘The Sun on Princes Street’, taken from the new collection of poetry by Alexander McCall Smith, I Think of You....
