In the Shade of the Peepal Tree by Selinder Narwan
‘I stepped back, holding my chunni over my mouth. Panic started to build up inside me; I needed to g …
‘It is the same with his poems and short stories, the crystalline and precise language; the way they …
Flight Patterns by Lorna J. Waite: An Appreciation by Janette Ayachi
‘I’ve recently heard poetry archives described as ‘fugitive, ephemeral’, but here the wish of collec …
The Scottish Colourists: Art & Life by Alice Strang
‘Together the quartet embodied a new spirit in Scottish art and they are celebrated as Scotland’s le …
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 …
‘They had spoken perhaps ten sentences each and it had already begun. Moira’s resentments, her preju …
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 …
Curly Tale Books was launched in May 2013 with the publication of author Alan Grant’s first story for young children The Quite Big Rock. We publish illustrated children’s books with a focus on Scotland and in particular the Belted Galloway breed of cat …
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