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Douglas Skelton discusses A Rattle of Bones in the latest episode of the Birlinn Podcast

10 Aug '21

In our most recent episode of the Birlinn Podcast, we welcomed Douglas Skelton, author of the acclaimed Rebecca Connolly thriller series, to discuss...

28 Jul '21

I’m a bit hit and miss with BBC Radio 4 these days. Some of the programmes are truly world class, others leave me cold and struggling to understand...

01 Jul '21

Today is publication day for A Scurry of Squirrels: Nurturing the Wild by Polly Pullar! Polly has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As...

23 Jun '21

Sit back with a dram and enjoy this beautiful video with voice-over from none other than David Monteath, the hugely popular narrator of the audio...

18 Jun '21

Over the midsummer weekend the St Magnus Festival will be broadcasting music and arts around the world from Kirkwall in Orkney. A special thread of...

04 Jun '21

Within 24 hours of publication, For Any Other Truth topped the Audible Audiobook Chart at No. 1 over ALL audiobooks available! It also smashed the...

03 Jun '21

Scotland has its rugged Hebrides; Ireland its cliff-girt Arans; Wales its Island of Twenty Thousand Saints. And what has England got? The isles of...

03 Jun '21

Tennis, golf, hockey, toboganning, skating, archery: not many sports stars these days could claim such a wide variety of sporting prowess, but the...

31 May '21

Escape to the islands this sunny Bank Holiday Monday with a podcast introduction to Fringed with Mud and Pearls: An English Island Odyssey by Ian...

16 Mar '21

A cosmic alignment sees World Poetry Day coincide with the first day of Spring on Sunday 21st March 2021. That said, this week’s poem is a...

08 Mar '21

Roseanne Watt rewrites the myth of the bringer of fire in this short poem. In Shaetlan, kishie is a woven basket. In this instance, it is one worn on...

12 Feb '21

Alexander McCall Smith woke up one morning – about a week ago – with a new poem fixed firmly in his mind. It had revealed itself to the...

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Douglas Skelton discusses A Rattle of Bones in the latest episode of the Birlinn Podcast

10 Aug '21

Have you heard it? The Parting Glass on BBC Radio 4

28 Jul '21

Celebrate the launch of A Scurry of Squirrels by Polly Pullar

01 Jul '21

A Narrator at the Height of His Powers tells Denzil Meyrick’s Story

23 Jun '21

About George: a new film for GMB 100 by Orkney’s St Magnus Festival

18 Jun '21

Smashing the Bestseller lists on DAY ONE!

04 Jun '21

A Journey of Recovery: Ian Crofton on his book Fringed with Mud and Pearls

03 Jun '21

The World’s First Female Sports Superstar: Learn more about Lottie Dod in Little Wonder

03 Jun '21

A Bank Holiday Treat: Listen to Ian Crofton introduce Fringed with Mud and Pearls

31 May '21

World Poetry Day: Somewhere / Today by Nadine Aisha Jassat

16 Mar '21

Poem of the Week: Kishie Wife by Roseanne Watt

08 Mar '21

A Valentine’s Day Gift from Alexander McCall Smith

12 Feb '21

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