Poem of the Week: ‘Autumn’ by Norman MacCaig
21 Oct '22
Leaves are turning golden and there is a distinctly autumnal chill in the air. It is no surprise that many poets find inspiration in this season of...
Tea Time Treat
Get cosy with an extract from Ghosts in the Gloaming by Denzil Meyrick
11 Oct '22
Ghosts in the Gloaming is the latest Tale from Kinloch from Denzil Meyrick, author of the bestselling DCI Daley series. It is the perfect cosy read...
Landfall on South Georgia – an extract from The Two-Headed Whale
06 Oct '22
The story of whaling is a sensitive subject. Sandy Winterbottom handles it beautifully in her mix of historical narrative, the fictionalised, tragic...
Poem of the Week: ‘Morning Rituals’ by Jenni Fagan
06 Sep '22
From her newly published collection The Bone Library, our poem of the week is ‘Morning Rituals’. Read the poem, and listen to Jenni...
Wee Jam Tarts from The Scottish Baking Bible
17 Aug '22
Our recipe of the week is the simple but delicious Wee Jam Tarts from The Scottish Baking Bible by Liz Ashworth. Wee jam tartsMakes 12 tarts Sweet...
Millionaire’s Shortbread Recipe – Scottish Baking by Sue Lawrence
05 Jul '22
In honour of World Chocolate Day, check out this easy and delicious recipe for millionaire’s shortbread from Sue Lawrence’s wonderful...
Poem of the Week: ‘The Callanish Stones’ by Nikki Robson
20 Jun '22
The Callanish Stones in Lewis are one of Scotland’s oldest manmade structures, and many people visit them at sunrise on the summer solstice in...
Summer Solstice: Extract from Native by Patrick Laurie
20 Jun '22
Summer Solstice – the Longest Day Extract from Native: Life in a Vanishing Landscape by Patrick Laurie Battering heat and a dry wind to take your...
Excerpt from Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin
07 Jun '22
“I never had a childhood,” James Baldwin told a French interviewer in 1974. To a journalist ten years earlier, he proclaimed, “I did not have...
The Case of the Missing Pound Note: A Daniella Coulstoun Short Story
06 Jun '22
The following short story plunges readers into the gritty crime and blazing sun of the Daniella Coulstoun series, and offers a taster of what to...
Picnic season is here: Black pudding sausage rolls from The Stornoway Black Pudding Bible
31 May '22
Most in Scotland are familiar with black pudding, but in The Stornoway Black Pudding Bible, author Seumas MacInnes challenges us to look beyond the...
Poem of the Week: ‘A Year, Aye?’ from Oyster by Michael Pedersen
10 May '22
Our poem of the week is ‘A Year, Aye?’ taken from Michael Pedersen’s dazzling collection Oyster. You can see Michael performing...
