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Tune In! To a Moving Podcast Interview with Wainwright Prize Shortlisted Author, Patrick Laurie

18 Aug '20

Tune in now to listen to an interview with author Patrick Laurie as we celebrate his shortlisting on the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.

01 Aug '20

Alexander McCall Smith and his great friend, the illustrator Iain McIntosh have together created something new, surprising, gloriously fun-filled...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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Tune In! To a Moving Podcast Interview with Wainwright Prize Shortlisted Author, Patrick Laurie

18 Aug '20

Let Tiny Tales Dance on Your Mind

01 Aug '20

Join us for the Launch of Ardnish by Angus MacDonald

06 Jul '20

In Praise of Booksellers and Booklovers Everywhere

23 Jun '20

Scottish Plant Lore – Tune In!

16 Jun '20

Hand of Hope – Anthem for the Easing of Lockdown

16 Jun '20

Celebrating the publication of Jeremiah’s Bell by Denzil Meyrick

04 Jun '20

Iain Maloney’s Spotify Playlists

28 May '20

Getting the story of our plants out there – Scottish Plant Lore

27 May '20

Listen to Michael Pedersen on Music Matters

26 May '20

Birlinn Virtual Book Festival: The Unremembered Places by Patrick Baker

21 May '20

Listen to Chapter One of Whisky Galore… Read by Birlinn Staff

16 May '20

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