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...
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In Praise of Booksellers and Booklovers Everywhere
23 Jun '20
This is Independent Bookshop Week in the UK and to celebrate, the author Alexander McCall Smith has written a short poem, ‘Getting Lost in a...
Scottish Plant Lore – Tune In!
16 Jun '20
BBC Radio Scotland have recorded a really powerful podcast interview with Gregory Kenicer, author of our Scottish Plant Lore. Greg is a researcher...
Hand of Hope – Anthem for the Easing of Lockdown
16 Jun '20
Today heralds the launch of ‘Hand of Hope’, an anthem to commemorate the progressive easing of lockdown in the United Kingdom and...
Celebrating the publication of Jeremiah’s Bell by Denzil Meyrick
04 Jun '20
Today we are thrilled to launch Jeremiah’s Bell, the brand new novel in the DCI Daley series by bestselling author, Denzil Meyrick. He was...
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...
Getting the story of our plants out there – Scottish Plant Lore
27 May '20
Gregory Kenicer, author of Scottish Plant Lore : An Illustrated Flora has created two quirky and stylish little videos to make you smile. You can see...
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...
Birlinn Virtual Book Festival: The Unremembered Places by Patrick Baker
21 May '20
We might still be in lockdown, but Scotland’s wildest places have just got a little bit closer with the launch of Patrick Baker’s...
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,...
Isla Dewar Reading from A Day Like Any Other
14 May '20
To celebrate the publication of Isla Dewar's gorgeous new novel A Day Like Any Other, we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive podcast episode...
Plug in the Headphones… and walk
11 May '20
Richard Fraser reads from Travels with a Stick: A Pilgrim's Journey to Santiago de Compostella.
