Bloody Scotland is Under Way
18 Sep '20
Scotland’s Crime Writing festival, Bloody Scotland, has moved online and is under way. Popcorn, beer/coffee, screen – you are sorted. As with...
Lifestyle
Let Tiny Tales Dance on Your Mind
01 Aug '20
Alexander McCall Smith and his great friend, the illustrator Iain McIntosh have together created something new, surprising, gloriously fun-filled...
Recommended Reading in the Time of Coronavirus
24 Jul '20
Our own Alexander McCall Smith is amongst 100 of the world’s favourite writers to reveal what they have been reading during quarantine. Taken...
Media highlights April-June 2020
29 Jun '20
Enjoy a taste of what you might have missed in the media while the world has been on lockdown. A newsletter with coverage highlights across the...
Cooking Up a Storm… in Lockdown
05 May '20
It is always a thrill when new books arrive from the printer. The boxes are delivered, the editors hover nervously, you run a knife along the tape…...
Home Schooling Headaches? Can we help?
21 Apr '20
Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions Michael Morpurgo Upper primary and early secondary: If history is a subject on...
Meet Polygon author Sandra Ireland
17 Apr '20
Sandra Ireland was born in Yorkshire, lived for many years in Limerick, and is now based in Carnoustie. She began her writing career as a...
What to Grow in your Garden in Scotland
15 Apr '20
Whatever you do in the garden, the key is to enjoy it. Don’t try to do too much so you resent the time spent. Make your gardening activity fit your...
Behind the Scenes of “Death Insurance” by Morgan Cry and Douglas Skelton
14 Apr '20
We chatted to authors Morgan Cry (aka Gordon Brown) and Douglas Skelton about their Lockdown collaboration, the novella Death Insurance.
Meet our Home Office Assistants
08 Apr '20
Working from home can be a bit lonely. However, some of us are fortunate to be sharing our workspace - please meet our home office assistants.
Let your mind Escape to the Pilgrim Routes this Easter Weekend
03 Apr '20
The real miracle of the Camino is the journey itself… ‘home is the journey’ as many have said’ If you are finding the sofa a little hard...
Easter Weekend is Fast Approaching
03 Apr '20
Fancy cooking up something a little different with the kids? Fast-Food Falafel go down a storm! (from Mary Contini and Prue Irvine’s Easy...
