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‘Nane ae this then but – ma hert daen its hing/ an yon wee smile ae yours in the saft smir ae the ga …
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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, …
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The Broons and Oor Wullie Celebrate their 90th Birthdays!
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Pretty Valuable Things by A. J. Leslie
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Shadow of Madness: A Q & A with D. V. Bishop
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FEATURED AUTHOR:
Val McDermid
Crime novelist Val McDermid grew up in Kirkcaldy, and spent a lot of her childhood with her grandparents in East Wemyss. At High School she was placed in an experimental high-IQ stream, taught separately from the other children; the Prime Minister Gord …
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Birlinn
Birlinn Ltd is an independent publishing house based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company is built on traditions of the written and spoken word and is constantly looking to the future. Established by Hugh Andrew (2022 recipient of the Royal Scottish Geo …