Congratulations to Alan Steadman
09 Dec '22
It seems to be the season for Lifetime Achievement Awards. In the same week in which Alexander McCall Smith was recognised by the Saltire Society for...
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Birlinn shortlisted for Publisher of the Year by the Saltire Society!
01 Dec '22
Today, the Saltire Society announced that Birlinn has been shortlisted for their Publisher of the Year Award, celebrating the best in Scottish...
Alexander McCall Smith visits Sweden
24 Nov '22
A visit to Students in Sweden Alexander has just returned from a visit to Sweden. A series of poems he wrote on the subject of trees has been used by...
Birlinn celebrates 6 books shortlisted for Scotland’s National Book Awards!
14 Nov '22
We are thrilled to announce that 6 books published by Birlinn and Polygon have been shortlisted for Scotland’s National Book Awards,...
A Festival Over the Water
07 Nov '22
In the last days of October, we enjoyed the Tobermory Book Festival, ‘West over Sea’. The third outing for this superb small festival put the...
An Autumn Tour with Alexander McCall Smith: Part Two!
20 Oct '22
The next stop on the tour (read Part One of this blog first), travelling this time by train from St Pancras, was Letchworth. The lunchtime event with...
An Autumn Tour with Alexander McCall Smith: Part One!
17 Oct '22
Last week, Alexander McCall Smith (or Sandy) enjoyed his first major October Tour in the UK since Covid restrictions lifted. He flew with his...
Ian Hamilton, a fond farewell
04 Oct '22
Ian Hamilton KC has died. Simply one of Scotland’s good people, Ian was an exceptional lawyer, an inspirational nationalist and a man who lived...
Four Outriders to Cast New Light on Our World
21 Sep '22
The Edinburgh International Book Festival today announced the launch of the third phase of Outriders, an exciting project that will...
The Palace of Holyroodhouse
14 Sep '22
An extract from Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary Queen of Scots by Rosemary Goring A great many of the thousands lining the Royal Mile in...
A Day in September by Alexander McCall Smith
12 Sep '22
A Poem on Loss ‘A Day in September’ is a poem, written by Alexander McCall Smith, to mark the the occasion of the death of Queen...
Launch of Edinburgh’s Greatest Hits
08 Sep '22
On Monday 22nd of August 2022, Born To Be Wide presented the launch of Edinburgh’s Greatest Hits at The Fruitmarket Gallery to celebrate...
