Northern Literary Lights

PART OF THE ScotBookFlood ISSUE

A visual snapshot of some of our favourite Scottish-Nordic books for Book Week Scotland 2017.

‘One of the most striking similarities between Edinburgh and Reykjavik is the collective spirit of t …

‘Climb volcanoes and swim in hot springs, write stories weirder and darker and more magical than you …

Winter Round Up of New Scots and Gaelic Books

‘what would happen if someone really scrieved in thir ane langwij / didn’t turn on their mouth lit i …
David Robinson Reviews: Blurred Faces by Allan Radcliffe

‘Radcliffe writes with an enviably economical and engaging style.’
Alfred Buckham: Daredevil Photographer

‘ALFRED BUCKHAM (1879–1956) was a daredevil photographer. A maverick of early aviation, he created h …
Badlands by Deirdre Chapman

‘She is still walking but he has stopped. She turns to find that he is waiting for a response to som …
David Robinson Reviews: Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross

‘Ross is always lucid, almost reverent, about the whole process of archaeological discovery.’
Abdullah’s Bear Needs a Name! by Yasmin Hanif

‘”Why don’t you guess?” said Abba. “You’ll know in your heart when you’ve found the right one.”‘