A visual snapshot of some of our favourite Scottish-Nordic books for Book Week Scotland 2017.
Enjoying our ScotBookFlood Issue and want to find out more? This specially curated Pinterest board presents some top titles from non-fiction to fiction for adults, young adults, and children for furthering your Scottish-Nordic reading.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Solitude, Swimming and Sheep by Kirsty Logan
‘Climb volcanoes and swim in hot springs, write stories weirder and darker and more magical than you …
Matt Haig: Father Christmas Q&A
‘I drew a little bit from Scandinavian folklore. I have some Norwegian family so that helps.’
ALSO ON BOOKS FROM SCOTLAND
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Lee Randall Reviews: Motherwell by Deborah Orr
‘We’re a funny old family, heightened self-love in a constant battle with exaggerated self-loathing. …
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Scots Whay Hae! It’s the Best of Scottish Books 2019 Podcast
‘As well as discussing in detail their personal favourites they look at the writers who have left th …
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Book Week Scotland: Hannah Lavery Talks Poetry
‘We will dance to The Specials in our sock feet before we open the back door and yell it to the sky. …
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A Year of Conversation: Keep Blethering!
‘As a translator, you are constantly practising this art of conversation by not imposing your own th …
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Happy Halloween! Things We Say in the Dark
‘She needed to be able to touch the sides of her world. Everything was so vast and she felt that her …
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‘It is a day to think twice about the colour of your footwear, nail varnish, contact lens.’
FEATURED AUTHOR:
Donald S. Murray
Donald S. Murray was a teacher of English for 30 years. Since leaving that profession, he has written full-time. His non-fiction work includes ‘The Guga Hunters’, ‘Italian Chapel, Orkney’, (Birlinn) and ‘Herring Tales’ (Bloomsbury). The latter was wide …
FEATURED PUBLISHER:
404 Ink
404 Ink is an alternative book and literary magazine publisher based in Edinburgh. Established in mid 2016 we sought to provide an alternative literary magazine for the Scottish reader market and beyond by publishing unusual fiction, non-fiction, poetr …