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...
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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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
