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:
Mary Paulson-Ellis
Mary Paulson-Ellis was born in Glasgow and studied Politics and Sociology at Edinburgh University. She worked for several years in arts administration before giving it all up to become a writer. She began with an evening class as part of the Edinburgh …
FEATURED PUBLISHER:
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland has been an active publisher of Scotland’s history and archaeology since 1792. We publish beautifully illustrated volumes covering the entire range of Scotland’s past, helping to bring it to life for future genera …