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...
New Writing
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,...
The Elephant in the Room – Morgan Cry
26 Jun '20
PREQUEL SHORT STORY TO THIRTY-ONE BONES by MORGAN CRY ‘Let me get this straight, Mr Calderwood,’ I say, the noise of the insurance claim floor...
Dryburgh (Part 5)
12 Jun '20
Dryburgh – a novel in parts (read part 4 here) 5. Reivers. “Christ all bloody mighty, Wilson!” Just as I began to exert pressure on the...
Dryburgh (Part 4)
05 Jun '20
Dryburgh – a novel in parts (read part 3 here) 4. Dark Moon. 21st December, 1944. A slow, pink dawn crept over the snow-covered landscape, the...
Dryburgh (Part 3)
08 May '20
Dryburgh – a novel in parts (read part 2 here) 3. The Wasteland Disobedience of a direct order from a superior officer had only one...
