Notes from the Basement – 23 February 2021 24 Feb '21 NASA landed on Mars this week, and we have a related story of scientific perseverance on the books for later this year. MD Hugh Andrew gives... Read More
Notes from the Basement – 16 February 2021 17 Feb '21 It’s the third week in February, and the snows have fled. The light is coming back – read Norman MacCaig’s poem ‘The white bird’, which... Read More
Notes from the Basement – 2 February 2021 03 Feb '21 Signs of spring are appearing. Not only are deliveries of our first spring titles just round the corner, but other cycles of regeneration are working... Read More
Notes from the Basement – 26 January 2021 26 Jan '21 Will we finish previewing 2021 before the month (or year) is up? Yes, indeed. The final whistle blows this week: here’s what’s coming from... Read More
Notes from the Basement – 19 January 2021 20 Jan '21 THE DYSTOPIAN MASTERPIECE NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR We are proud to announce the publication of our brand new edition of George Orwell’s 1984.... Read More
Notes from the Basement – 12 January 2021 12 Jan '21 New year, same as the old year? When we wrapped 2020, exhausted but proud, we didn’t expect to begin 2021 in another strict lockdown. Nevertheless... Read More
Birlinn Books – Notes from the Basement, 15 December, 2020 15 Dec '20 First of all, tomorrow (16th December) is the last day orders from our website can be processed for Christmas delivery. So if you’ve been... Read More
Birlinn Books – Notes from the Basement, 24 November 2020 24 Nov '20 There is light in this late-November darkness. Here’s a beautiful, short poem from the wizardrous Roseanne Watt, about light shows of... Read More