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Recipe of the Week: Smoked Haddock Baked with Rosemary and Chickpeas

06 Dec '23

This delicious recipe from Ghillie Basan’s new book Seafood Journey is perfect as a winter warmer. This book includes almost a hundred recipes...

04 Dec '23

December has landed and the season of giving is upon us! We have lots of fantastic gift recommendations which you can find across our social media...

03 Dec '23

Enjoy this poem ‘Winter’ by Alexander McCall Smith, taken from his debut poetry collection In A Time of Distance. Click the link at the...

01 Dec '23

We are delighted to share the news that two brilliant Polygon authors have been included in The List Magazine’s annual Hot 100! Congratulations...

01 Dec '23

We are launching an exciting new initiative today for book content creators and bloggers. The Birlinn Creator Community is an exclusive programme for...

13 Oct '23

Today is Bookshop Day! We are particularly excited to celebrate Scottish bookshops this year as we have recently launched a brand new app that...

18 Sep '23

Officially launching on 15 September 2023, Scotland by-the-Book is a brand-new free app which brings books on history, geology, mapping, cooking,...

05 Sep '23

Polygon has acquired World rights for Jenny Lecoat’s second novel, Beyond Summerland, in a deal brokered by Lisa Highton of Jenny Brown Associates....

01 Sep '23

We are thrilled to share the news that The Hidden Fires by Merryn Glover has been shortlisted for the Boardman TaskerAward for Mountain Literature...

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