SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE – Extract from BLOOD AND GOLD by Mara Menzies
15 Oct '21
Blood and Gold is a powerful, dynamic fusion of African and Scottish myth and fantasy which explores the themes of racism, immigration and...
New Writing
FIND YOUR PERFECT GIN – Extract From Ian Buxton’s GIN: THE ULTIMATE COMPANION
01 Oct '21
Leading spirits writer Ian Buxton has renewed his focus on this most fashionable of spirits. In this book he brings his customary wit, industry...
Reappraising the caricature – Extract from Neville Chamberlain: The Passionate Radical
09 Sep '21
Neville Chamberlain is remembered today as Hitler’s credulous dupe, the man who proclaimed in September 1938 that the Munich agreement guaranteed...
‘The Final Before the Final’ – Extract from THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
26 Aug '21
The 1970 World Cup is widely regarded as the greatest ever staged, with more goals per game than any World Cup since. But more than just the...
YOUR FLOWER IS FADING – Extract from The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith
19 Aug '21
It was a case that rocked Victorian society. Emile L’Angelier was a working-class immigrant from the Channel Islands who began a clandestine...
An Invention Two Hundred Years Too Early – Extract from THE STAR DRIVE
11 Aug '21
More than two centuries after it was first patented, the true potential of an engine created by a little-known Scottish minister is finally being...
To the Highlands – Extract from THE HIGHLANDS by Paul Murton
28 Jul '21
Paul Murton, presenter of Grand Tours of Scotland and Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands returns with his latest travel book, this time tackling...
Visiting Dunkeld on a Tricycle – Extract from The Highlands by Paul Murton
26 Jul '21
Paul Murton, a documentary filmmaker known for The Grand Tours of Scotland, journeys the length and breadth of the spectacularly beautiful Scottish...
Polygon to publish debut poetry collection by Alycia Pirmohamed
26 Jul '21
Polygon is delighted to announce a new signing to its poetry list, the debut collection from Alycia Pirmohamed, the winner of the 2020 Edwin Morgan...
Old Sins Cast a Long Shadow – Extract from A RATTLE OF BONES by Douglas Skelton
21 Jul '21
A Rattle of Bones is book three in the Rebecca Connolly Thrillers series – set against the stunning backdrop of the Scottish...
Poem of the Week: Summer by Alexander McCall Smith
20 Jul '21
This poem captures the calm of a perfect summer day – how the sky and sea are so still that time seems to have permanently stopped. This...
The Squirrels’ Return: Extract from A Scurry of Squirrels by Polly Pullar
19 Jul '21
This month we published A Scurry of Squirrels, the new book by Polly Pullar which tells of her work in wildlife rehabilitation, and her lifelong...
