Celebrating Cassius X: Playlists and Podcasts on Launch Day
03 Sep '20
A new book from Stuart Cosgrove is always cause for celebration, and under normal circumstances we’d be taking Stuart out on tour to perform in...
Podcasts
Relive the launch of Riders on the Storm by Alastair McIntosh
31 Aug '20
Listen back to the book launch to celebrate the publication of Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being by Alastair...
Riders on the Storm – A Video Introduction to an Essential Book
20 Aug '20
Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being is an essential, urgent book from one of the most influential writers on the...
Tune In! To a Moving Podcast Interview with Wainwright Prize Shortlisted Author, Patrick Laurie
18 Aug '20
Tune in now to listen to an interview with author Patrick Laurie as we celebrate his shortlisting on the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.
Stuart Cosgrove Speaks Out on Cassius X, Soul Music and Social and Political Change
17 Aug '20
Author of the best-selling soul trilogy – Detroit 67, Memphis 68, Harlem 69 – Stuart Cosgrove has turned his attention to the story of Cassius X....
The Pocket Guide to Whisky: Podcast Episode
23 Jul '20
This week we’re launching the new edition of The Pocket Guide to Whisky by Blair Bowman and Nikki Welch. As a wee taster, tune in to our latest...
In Praise of Booksellers and Booklovers Everywhere
23 Jun '20
This is Independent Bookshop Week in the UK and to celebrate, the author Alexander McCall Smith has written a short poem, ‘Getting Lost in a...
Scottish Plant Lore – Tune In!
16 Jun '20
BBC Radio Scotland have recorded a really powerful podcast interview with Gregory Kenicer, author of our Scottish Plant Lore. Greg is a researcher...
Listen to Chapter One of Whisky Galore… Read by Birlinn Staff
16 May '20
To celebrate World Whisky Day 2020, here's a recording of the first chapter of Whisky Galore, Compton MacKenzie's classic tale of wartime rationing,...
Isla Dewar Reading from A Day Like Any Other
14 May '20
To celebrate the publication of Isla Dewar's gorgeous new novel A Day Like Any Other, we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive podcast episode...
Plug in the Headphones… and Walk
11 May '20
Richard Fraser reads from Travels with a Stick: A Pilgrim's Journey to Santiago de Compostella.
Giving voice to the Lost Poets
24 Feb '20
Creativity in the Library… On a cold February lunchtime, the legendary Lost Poets gathered at the National Library of Scotland for a 40th...
