ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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‘It’s light that tells the green birch leaves to fade to soft ochre, tells the robin which song to sing, that touches these Scottish mountai …
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David Robinson Reviews: This G...
‘Since the Bronze Age, much of Britain’s wealth has come from sheep’s fleece.’
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‘Our books are leading a double life. As well as being containers of words, they are things imbued with their own significance.’
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‘The sea on one side, fields on the other. I’d been daydreaming, but I came to my senses to notice that a shining spread of sea had appeared …
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Kristian Kerr Reviews: To Cala...
‘When travelling towards the pestilence was a theoretical possibility, I had fortitude. Now I may actually go, I am terrified.
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Scottish Art in an Age of Radi...
‘We wanted to experiment, try things out and see where they might lead. We still don’t know if what we do is art. That issue seems superfluo …
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The Boy With The Butterfly Min...
‘Maybe I’ll be able to have an operation to fix my brain so I can concentrate and think like normal people.’
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‘All of a sudden, the age-old relationship between the subject and the artist’s representation of it has been turned upside down and inside …
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A HarperCollins History of Cri...
‘Due to the unwavering popularity of crime stories, Collins have amassed a collection of some of the greatest writers in history.’
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‘Found guilty, the doctor was forbidden to preach for three years, his sermons being burned by the common hangman, but it was a Pyrrhic vict …
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‘Balme’s pinch saved countless Allied ships and lives, and brought about the end of numerous U-boats and their crews.’
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‘Gail fought to make her legs move faster but the shadow was always ahead of her.’
ALSO ON BOOKS FROM SCOTLAND
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‘To my mind, whisky is a drink of dreams and it makes me smile from my heart.’
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Time for the Dead by Lin Anderson
‘I specialize in hidden and buried bodies, remember?’
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Translation as Conversation: Alastair Reid
‘When I look back on the whole business of translating, now that I have left it behind…I realise t …
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Happy Birthday Edinburgh University Press!
‘2018 was a milestone year for us – we published 200 new books for the first time and reached £3 mil …
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Vagabond Voices: Why Do We Need Translated Literature?
‘Literatures are at their best when they have an ear for what other literatures are doing.’
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‘Positioning queerness in time is a creative act.’
FEATURED AUTHOR:
Polly Clark
Polly Clark was born in Toronto and lives in Helensburgh on Scotland’s west coast, close to where W.H. Auden wrote The Orators. She is Literature Programme Producer for Cove Park, Scotland’s International Artist Residency Centre, and the author of thre …
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Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public body for Scotland’s historic environment: a charity dedicated to the advancement of heritage, culture, education and environmental protection. Our books tell the stories of …