Extract from Hedy’s War by Jenny Lecoat
22 Feb '21
Hedy’s War by Jenny Lecoat is a gripping WWII novel based on the true story of Hedwig Bercu, a Jewish girl who finds herself on Jersey when...
New Writing
Jimmy in Paris, 1948
16 Feb '21
To celebrate publication of the new edition of James Campbell’s essential biography of James Baldwin, Talking at the Gates, here is an extract...
The Light Comes Back: ‘The white bird’ by Norman MacCaig
16 Feb '21
‘Every year, in the third week of February,’ Kathleen Jamie writes in her collection Sightlines, ‘there is a day, or, more usually...
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...
Poem of the Week: Landscape with the Fall of Icarus by Jim Carruth
01 Feb '21
Jim Carruth is Glasgow’s Poet Laureate, but don’t let images of that city dominate your sense of his work. He’s also the poet of...
Poem of the Week: Jenni Fagan, Spell for Hope and Renewal
26 Jan '21
Jenni Fagan has brightened the start of 2021 with the January publication of her novel Luckenbooth, which she describes as a “love letter to...
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...
