2025 Festival Season well under way
24 Apr '25
Alistair Moffat from the Borders Book Festival launched this year’s programme at Marmions Place on the Wynd in Melrose this week. Events to...
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Congratulations to Dr Andrew Crummy MBE on his first TEDx TALK, delivered in Mexico
16 Apr '25
Is it ok to be a wee bit proud? We think so. Dr Andrew Crummy, the artist behind The Great Tapestry of Scotland, has delivered his first TEDx Talk...
Perfect Books for Perfect (and slightly imperfect!) Mothers
28 Mar '25
It is Mother’s Day this coming Sunday. For mothers at every stage of life it is a day to remember and to be remembered. Motherhood transcends...
Today is World Sleep Day: Make Sleep Your Priority with the help of a Good Book
14 Mar '25
Do you remember the days of childhood when you would pull the covers over your head and read by torchlight until sleep took over? Blissful times and...
We’re hiring a new Administrative Assistant!
13 Mar '25
An opportunity has arisen for a highly organised and detail-oriented person to join the Birlinn team as Administrative Assistant to support...
Polygon Acquires Prodigy by Lynsey May
13 Mar '25
Polygon has acquired World English Language and US/Canada audio rights for Lynsey May’s second novel, Prodigy, which will be published in Spring...
As Ukraine marks a third, terrible anniversary…
24 Feb '25
In the week in which Ukraine marks the third anniversary of the invasion of their country by Russia, a short and poignant extract from award-winning...
Denzil Meyrick: the Scottish novelist whose character DCI Daley made him friend to all who loved the very best in crime fiction, has died.
18 Feb '25
Denzil Meyrick, one of the finest Scottish crime writers of his generation, has died. His passing at the age of fifty-nine was announced today by his...
Polygon Acquires Next Darkland Tale – Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet
13 Feb '25
Polygon has acquired Benbecula by Booker Prize-shortlisted author Graeme Macrae Burnet. Benbecula will be the sixth title in Polygon’s acclaimed...
The Silent House of Sleep makes a splash as Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month
09 Jan '25
It’s been so exciting to see stacks of The Silent House of Sleep by Allan Gaw in Waterstones shops up and down Scotland, as they promote it as...
Colin Firth stars in Lockerbie: A Search for Truth based on Jim Swire’s book
09 Jan '25
Now airing on Sky TV is Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, the powerful story inspired by the account of Jim Swire in our book Lockerbie: A...
A HEARTY welcome to St Andrew’s Book Festival, London
06 Dec '24
There’s a new kid on the block, or at least on the very busy calendar of book festivals taking place annually across the UK. The inaugural St...
