Media highlights April-June 2020
29 Jun '20
Enjoy a taste of what you might have missed in the media while the world has been on lockdown. A newsletter with coverage highlights across the...
News
What Does Success Look Like? Like This!
28 Jun '20
Over the last few weeks we have been raising a virtual glass to a number of our authors who are enjoying success on the awards front. Many...
Double the Glory – Poet Roseanne Watt wins Two Major Awards
18 Jun '20
We are delighted to announce that Roseanne Watt is one of the winners of the Eric Gregory Awards, 2020 for her debut collection Moder Dy /Mother Wave...
Hand of Hope – Anthem for the Easing of Lockdown
16 Jun '20
Today heralds the launch of ‘Hand of Hope’, an anthem to commemorate the progressive easing of lockdown in the United Kingdom and...
Raise a Glass – World Gin Day 2020
13 Jun '20
The perfect excuse to try a new gin or enjoy an old favourite – World Gin Day 2020! Whether you preference is for one of the stunning new gins from...
A Double Celebration for a Very Special Book
05 Jun '20
Native: Life in a Vanishing Landscape by Patrick Laurie is LONGLISTED for the WAINWRIGHT PRIZE and sells to Counterpoint in the USA.
What’s in the News (during lockdown)?
01 Jun '20
Birlinn, Polygon and Arena writers have enjoyed widespread coverage over the last month. Here’s a taste of what the media said about our books:...
Getting the story of our plants out there – Scottish Plant Lore
27 May '20
Gregory Kenicer, author of Scottish Plant Lore : An Illustrated Flora has created two quirky and stylish little videos to make you smile. You can see...
Polygon team ‘over-the-moon’ as the publisher signs a second novel from crime writer Morgan Cry
27 May '20
Polygon delighted to sign second novel from Thirty-One Bones author, Morgan Cry (Gordon Brown)
Moder Dy by Roseanne Watt JOINT WINNER of the Highland Book Prize
10 May '20
2019 Highland Book Prize awarded collectively to short-listed authors as 'a celebration of life, literature and community'.
Liberation Day in Jersey as we mark Publication of Hedy’s War
09 May '20
A captivating, heartfelt and rewarding debut based on true events that began in 1940 when Nazi Germany invaded Jersey …. a stimulating,...
Cooking up a Storm… in Lockdown
05 May '20
It is always a thrill when new books arrive from the printer. The boxes are delivered, the editors hover nervously, you run a knife along the tape…...
