ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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Bird Summons by Leila Aboulela
‘A yearning for a home that would be more than a physical space.’
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‘There’s an effortless joy in just standing still and letting the landscape – weird and familiar at the same time – seep into us.’
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The Whale, The Sea and the Sta...
‘You have shores to discover and creatures to meet.’
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David Robinson Reviews: The Wo...
‘The real underlying strength of this book is in the quality of its cliche-free, unsentimental reportage from this occasionally brave new wo …
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‘A great warming but fresh soup: you can eat it chunky, but if you blend it then you will really taste the nutty flavour of the chickpeas.’
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All Creatures Great and Small ...
‘This is not just another Nessie tale, it’s a MONSTER story…’
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‘Heady Hendricks looked like a million dollars … and he smelled like he had just bathed in Hai Karate.’
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The Animal Adventure Club: The...
‘There, almost hidden in the long grass, was a tiny golden fawn. Its head was caught in the wires and it was crying pitifully.’
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On the Ocean: Mandy Haggith on...
‘What sort of culture clash, I wondered, would have existed between a Greek scientist and his Celtic hosts? The seed of a novel was sown.’
ALSO ON BOOKS FROM SCOTLAND
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International Women’s Day: Let Me Tell You This by Nadine Aisha Jassat
‘I’ll take them with me, as I use my words in protest. As I forge ahead. As we forge ahead.’
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New Writing: Linda Cracknell’s When Tumblers Turn
‘A scent of expectation hung in the room, an assumption that she should care or feel something after …
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Alistair Braidwood Reviews: For the Good Times by David Keenan
‘I mean, we all went to see Bill Haley when he played Belfast. That was just an excuse to rip out th …
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A Perfect Stocking Filler: How to Get Into Fashion by Eunice Olumide
‘I feel that this will help people and that’s the only purpose.’
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Scots Whay Hae! It’s The Best Of Books 2018 Podcast
‘There’s a lot of love for writers and publishers alike, and although we didn’t manage to cover it a …
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Rebel Yell! Scotland’s Herstory
‘I soon realised that I was becoming a ‘marked’ woman.’
FEATURED AUTHOR:
Doug Johnstone
Douglas Johnstone is a writer and freelance journalist, based in Edinburgh. Originally from Arbroath, he studied physics at University, and has a PhD in experimental nuclear physics. Johnstone spent four years designing radar and missile guidance syste …
FEATURED PUBLISHER:
Luath Press
Luath Press takes its name from Robert Burns, whose little collie Luath (Gael., swift or nimble) tripped up Jean Armour at a wedding and gave him the chance to speak to the woman who was to be his wife and the abiding love of his life. Burns called one …