Best non-fiction and memoir to give for Christmas!
12 Dec '22
Take full advantage of free first class delivery on all UK orders until 14th December, and make your loved ones’ Christmas extra special with a...
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Celebrations for Birlinn at Scotland’s National Book Awards
09 Dec '22
Last night was a highlight of the Scottish literary calendar with Scotland’s National Book Awards, hosted by the Saltire Society. The ceremony...
Stocking Filler Gift Ideas for the Book Lover in Your Life
07 Dec '22
Although we may be biased, we think books make perfect stocking fillers, and we have selected here some of the best small-format books for every type...
Birlinn celebrates 6 books shortlisted for Scotland’s National Book Awards!
14 Nov '22
We are thrilled to announce that 6 books published by Birlinn and Polygon have been shortlisted for Scotland’s National Book Awards,...
Siccar Point: Read about James Hutton’s ground-breaking discovery
28 Oct '22
It was reported in the news this week that Siccar Point has been selected as one of the world’s most internationally important geological...
“By candlelight it was all different”: Extract from Bitterhall by Helen McClory
24 Oct '22
Bitterhall by Helen McClory is a haunting gothic novel that is breathtakingly ambitious in scope, questioning the notion of objective reality and...
Celebrate National Poetry Day with ‘Autumn’ by Alexander McCall Smith
05 Oct '22
In Celebration of National Poetry Day, we are sharing a timely poem from Alexander McCall Smith’s collection In A Time of Distance....
Ian Hamilton, a fond farewell
04 Oct '22
Ian Hamilton KC has died. Simply one of Scotland’s good people, Ian was an exceptional lawyer, an inspirational nationalist and a man who lived...
Author Ian Williams Warns that Scottish Universities are Dangerously Dependent on Chinese Funding
29 Sep '22
China has been making global headlines recently with its increasingly hostile actions towards Taiwan, a topic covered at length in Former Channel 4...
‘Soo-go’ from Easy Peasy: Real Cooking for Kids
21 Sep '22
Our recipe of the week is ‘Soo-go’ from Easy Peasy: Real Cooking for Kids, perfect to use up those late-summer tomatoes....
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...
A Royal Visit to The Great Tapestry of Scotland
01 Sep '22
A Royal visit to The Great Tapestry is planned, where kings and queens from our past are on display. We are excited and delighted to announce that...
