Lynsey May and Hannah Lavery featured in The List Hot 100
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...
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Apply to join the Birlinn Creator Community!
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...
Exploring Scotland’s bookshops with our new app
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...
Val McDermid to write Polygon’s next Darkland Tale
29 Sep '23
Polygon’s celebrated Darkland Tales series will continue to expand with the latest novel to be authored by renowned Scottish crime writer Val...
Birlinn Launches New App Scotland by-the-Book
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,...
Polygon Acquires Beyond Summerland by Jenny Lecoat
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....
The Hidden Fires shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker
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...
A Country of Eternal Light goes on a whirlwind tour round Scotland
17 Aug '23
Over the past two weeks, Paul Dalgarno has travelled with us around Scotland, visiting 15 bookshops, taking part in three book launches, signing...
Polygon Acquires World English Language Rights to Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout
10 Aug '23
Polygon will publish a deeply reported, deeply human book of stories shedding new light on the Russian invasion of Ukraine – Night Train to Odesa:...
Another Way to Split Water longlisted for TWO poetry prizes
10 Aug '23
It’s a fantastic week for Alycia Pirmohamed and her debut poetry collection Another Way to Split Water, which has been longlisted for not one,...
A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno Chosen as Waterstones’ Scottish Book of the Month
03 Aug '23
Paul Dalgarno was born and raised in Aberdeen, and now he has returned to Scotland to promote his hugely successful novel, A Country of Eternal...
