A Land Won from Waste nominated for the Current Archaeology Awards
03 Dec '25
We are delighted to share the news that Richard D Oram’s brilliant book on environmental history, A Land Won from Waste: Scotland AD...
Award
The Caledoniad wins The Frank Watson Prize 2025
23 Oct '25
We are delighted to share the lovely news that The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History by Catriona M.M. Macdonald is the winner of the 2025...
Breathe by Mollie Hughes shortlisted for Boardman Tasker Award
15 Sep '25
Some fantastic news to start the week! We are delighted to share that Breathe: Life Lessons from the Edge of the World by Mollie Hughes has been...
Two Polygon books shortlisted for The List Festival Awards!
19 Aug '25
We’re thrilled to have two of our brand new fiction titles shortlisted for The List Festival Awards 2025 in the Best Rising Scottish Author...
Top Tripadvisor Award for The Great Tapestry of Scotland
31 Jul '24
Today, Tripadvisor recognised The Great Tapestry of Scotland in Galashiels as one of travellers’ favourite businesses around the world, based on...
Mountain Guru scoops major award
27 Mar '24
Mountain Guru: The Life of Doug Scott by Catherine Moorehead is the winner of the prestigious Kekoo Naorogi Award, 2024. Congratulations Catherine....
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...
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....
