Celebrate British Pie Week with a Pure Dead Brilliant Scotch Pie
13 Mar '25
This week is British Pie Week, a perfect opportunity to celebrate the wide variety of pies to be savoured in the UK. Of course in Scotland we have...
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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...
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...
Night Train to Odesa longlisted for the Highland Book Prize
30 Jan '25
We are delighted to announce that Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout has been longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2024! Journalist Jen...
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...
Polygon Signs Oasis Book Deal with Andy Bollen
25 Nov '24
Polygon’s senior editor Alison Rae has acquired World/audio rights for Definitely Maybe: The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Oasis by Andy Bollen....
Polygon Signs Four-Book Deal With Bloody Scotland Debut Prize Winner Allan Gaw
21 Nov '24
Polygon’s senior editor Alison Rae has acquired World rights (including audio) for four novels in a 1920s crime thriller series by Allan Gaw: The...
Polygon Acquires Summer Hours by Alessandra Thom
21 Nov '24
Polygon has acquired World English language rights for Summer Hours by Alessandra Thom, the compelling debut novel from a Scottish Book Trust New...
Celebrating Bookshop Day with the Birlinn team’s favourite bookshops
11 Oct '24
As book lovers, none of us in the Birlinn team really need an excuse to visit a bookshop, but the annual Bookshop Day on Saturday 12th October gives...
Polygon Acquires Andrés N. Ordorica’s New Collection Holy Boys
10 Oct '24
Polygon has acquired UK & Commonwealth (excluding Canada) English language rights for Holy Boys, a new poetry collection from Andrés N....
