Saltire Celebrations
26 Oct '23
Huge and sincere congratulations to our shortlistees for the Saltire National Book Awards 2023 (announced today). The members of the Birlinn team are...
Award
The Goldenacre scoops major award
06 Sep '23
Phil Miller’s novel The Goldenacre has won the Shamus Award for the Best First P.I. Novel, in the Private Eye Writers of America Awards. This is an...
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...
Ghillie Başan – SHORTLISTED for THE FOOD WRITERS’ GUILD AWARDS
17 May '22
We are delighted to report that A Taste of the Highlands by Ghillie Başan has been shortlisted for a prestigious Food Writers’ Guild Award,...
Hugh Andrew – THE VITAL SPARK OF SCOTTISH PUBLISHING
05 May '22
Hugh Andrew, Founder and Managing Director of Birlinn Ltd, has been awarded the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Shackleton Medal, for leadership...
One Author, One Week, THREE MAJOR AWARDS
08 Oct '21
Over the last week, our beloved author Alexander McCall Smith has received not one, not two but THREE major awards for his writing and wider work....
Alexander McCall Smith to receive 2020 Edinburgh Award
22 Dec '20
Internationally-admired Edinburgh-based author Alexander McCall Smith CBE has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the...
2020 Highland Book Prize Longlist Announced
10 Nov '20
We are delighted to announce that Alistair Moffat’s new book, In Search of Angels, is one of the 13 books selected for the 2020 Highland Book...
Double the Glory – Poet Roseanne Watt wins Two Major Awards
18 Jun '20
We are delighted to announce that Roseanne Watt is one of the winners of the Eric Gregory Awards, 2020 for her debut collection Moder Dy /Mother Wave...
Blogger’s Choice – Denzil Meyrick’s DCI Daley series
13 Dec '19
Denzil Meyrick’s terrific DCI Daley series has been selected as Best Detective Series of 2019 by influential blog –...
Saltire History Book of the Year, 2019
02 Dec '19
Alexander III, 1249-1286: First Among Equals by Norman H Reid has been announced as Saltire History Book of the Year, 2019. The Birlinn team...
