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...
New Writing
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...
Seven Hills – Alexander McCall Smith joins forces with St Mary’s Music School
14 Jul '21
Best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith is joining forces with St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh to spearhead a major two-year music, literary...
Poem of the Week: Beachcomber by George Mackay Brown
13 Jul '21
Alexander McCall Smith selected George Mackay Brown‘s poem ‘Beachcomber’ for his anthology of Scottish poems, A Gathering. He...
The Gift of Golf – Extract from MONARCH OF THE GREEN by Stephen Proctor
07 Jul '21
Young Tom Morris, born on 20 April 1851, was golf’s first superstar. Almost single-handedly he changed the way the game was played, and...
Celebrate the launch of A Scurry of Squirrels by Polly Pullar
01 Jul '21
Today is publication day for A Scurry of Squirrels: Nurturing the Wild by Polly Pullar! Polly has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As...
The Killing That Shook a Nation – Extract from James Hunter’s THE APPIN MURDER
30 Jun '21
On a hillside near Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands in May 1752 a rider is assassinated by a gunman. The murdered man is Colin Campbell, a...
