Northern Literary Lights

PART OF THE ScotBookFlood ISSUE

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

‘I drew a little bit from Scandinavian folklore. I have some Norwegian family so that helps.’

‘Reviewing this smörgåsbord of European relationships, where does a post-Brexit Scotland fit in?’

David Robinson Reviews: Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson

‘As I suggested at the start, there’s a whole heap of plot in Our Noble Selves – spies, murders, and …
The Windhover by Lorna Elcock

‘They had spoken perhaps ten sentences each and it had already begun. Moira’s resentments, her preju …
Ayont the Thistle by Jim Mackintosh, Alan Riach and James Robertson

‘Nane ae this then but – ma hert daen its hing/ an yon wee smile ae yours in the saft smir ae the ga …
David Robinson Reviews: This Door of the Seas

‘He sees what he wants to. And it makes a kind of sense too – especially to colonists from Scotland, …
The Broons and Oor Wullie Celebrate their 90th Birthdays!

‘Whatever the future may hold, we can be sure that The Broons and Oor Wullie will always be a part o …
Pretty Valuable Things by A. J. Leslie

Harper considered Charles for a few moments, lit a cigarette, then said ‘we are treating it as murde …