Marking Earth Hour with Alexander McCall Smith
29 Mar '21
To mark Earth Hour 2021, Alexander McCall Smith wrote a poem, ‘Only One Home’, about Climate Change for environmental charity WWF...
New Writing
Forager’s Frittata from The Scottish Brunch Bible
29 Mar '21
This Thursday is publication day for The Scottish Brunch Bible by Ghillie Basan, which contains a trove of recipes inspired by Scottish cuisine, both...
Spring Comes, Even This Year
19 Mar '21
This weekend we mark the Spring Equinox and International Day of Happiness on Saturday (20 March), and World Poetry Day on Sunday (21 March). It...
A Valentine’s Day Gift from Alexander McCall Smith
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...
2021 Preview: History and Current Affairs
22 Jan '21
From books exploring the interwoven history of tea and Scotland to the rise of China’s surveillance state, we have a range of brilliantly...
2021 Preview: Crime Writing from Polygon
19 Jan '21
At Polygon we are proud to publish a wide range of crime writing from bestselling authors and exciting new voices. Our 2021 line-up includes...
2021 Preview: Nature and the Outdoors
15 Jan '21
While we spent a great deal of 2020 staying at home, many of us also took the opportunity to connect more with nature and explore our local...
2021 Preview: Literary Fiction, Literary History, Poetry Highlights
14 Jan '21
Our programme of publishing for 2021 is full of remarkable books that will take you all over the world, propel you back and forward in time, bring...
Harper’s Bazaar Welcomes Fine Writing
07 Dec '20
Three months ago, prestigious monthly magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, invited four of their favourite writers to contribute a short, uplifting story...
New Writing from… Alexander McCall Smith
30 Nov '20
The following extract is taken from a new collection of short stories and graphic tales, Tiny Tales, from one of the world’s most popular...
In Praise of Bookshops and Booksellers – Alexander McCall Smith in Book Week Scotland
16 Nov '20
As Book Week Scotland opens, booksellers and librarians across the UK are in a state of, well… flux! Bookshops and libraries in England remain...
Award-Winning New Writing from Argyll and Bute
13 Oct '20
Over lockdown, an all-age creative writing project has been running in the area of Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland. Our own Denzil Meyrick,...
