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...
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Isla Dewar, Novelist, “19–(I forget)” – 2021
28 Jun '21
Novelist Isla Dewar lived in Fife with her husband of more than fifty years, Bob, an artist, illustrator and cartoonist. She had pheasants outside...
Two Cracking Reviews for Denzil Meyrick’s ‘For Any Other Truth’
24 Jun '21
The Irish Independent love our chart topping new novel from Denzil Meyrick, ‘For Any Other Truth’: ‘This latest DCI Daley thriller,...
An Exciting Announcement: Riders on the Storm longlisted for Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation
24 Jun '21
We are delighted to share with you that Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being by Alastair McIntosh has been longlisted...
About George: a new film for GMB 100 by Orkney’s St Magnus Festival
18 Jun '21
Over the midsummer weekend the St Magnus Festival will be broadcasting music and arts around the world from Kirkwall in Orkney. A special thread of...
Daily Mail Pays Tribute to Lockerbie Victims
07 Jun '21
On Saturday, in a double page spread, the Daily Mail (London) paid tribute to Dr Jim Swire and his daughter, Flora, a victim of the Lockerbie...
Smashing the Bestseller lists on DAY ONE!
04 Jun '21
Within 24 hours of publication, For Any Other Truth topped the Audible Audiobook Chart at No. 1 over ALL audiobooks available! It also smashed the...
NEW FROM MASTER OF CRIME FICTION, DENZIL MEYRICK
18 May '21
We are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of a gangland thriller Terms of Restitution by Denzil Meyrick: September 2021 From the...
Your Chance to Join the Team
13 Apr '21
Birlinn Ltd, Scotland’s largest independent publishing house, is seeking to employ a full-time Events Co-ordinator and Campaign Assistant – come...
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...
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 Lesson in the Value of Perseverance: NASA and the Stirling Engine
23 Feb '21
In the week NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars, Birlinn MD Hugh Andrew looks at another case of long-range perseverance with a NASA...
