20+ hour, 5+ min ago  (570+ words) 'Compassion and humanity shine through this rich, rewarding Scottish novel'The Herald The Loch of the Bees, Donald S. Murray: A richly rewarding novel The Loch of the Bees, Donald S. Murray, (Saraband, "10.99) A child of Lewis now living in Shetland, Donald S. Murray…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1027+ words) In what he says is his final novel, Departure(S), Julian Barnes is at his playful and brilliant best, says our Writer at Large Neil Mackay JULIAN Barnes approaches fiction like a crab stealing up on its prey: sideways. The style…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (599+ words) Pat Black's second D.I. Lomond thriller makes the avoidance of violent death a trickier goal, by cleverly infusing modern housing developments" Review: Pat Black's second D.I. Lomond thriller is worth exploring Jack-in-the-box, Pat Black, (Polygon, "9.99) After waving her daughter off to school,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (319+ words) Two Edinburgh libraries are finalists in The British Book Awards. Craigmillar and Oxgangs libraries have been shortlisted for the British Book Awards 2026 Library of the Year title. Philip Jones, editor of The Bookseller and chair of the judges for The…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (981+ words) Alasdair Gray never wanted to present himself as a lonesome artist. His collaborative relationships with fellow writers like Agnes Owens helped expand the Scottish literary canon. Now, The Alasdair Gray Archive is'continuing that legacy, and Scottish culture is all the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (136+ words) The Salt Bind Rebecca Ferrier (Renegade, "18.99) Although she now lives in Edinburgh, The Salt Bind sees Rebecca Ferrier making a deep dive into her Cornish roots, setting her debut novel at a time when Christianity grudgingly co-existed alongside ancient pagan…...

2+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (1107+ words) Writer Agnes Owens was once seen as "part of a golden age of Scottish literature," and influenced younger writers, including Janice Galloway, Douglas Stuart and Damian Barr. But she was never accorded the respect given to her male peers, and…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (396+ words) Born: November 23, 1948; Died: October 13, 2025 Writer and academic Zo" Wicomb, who has died aged 76, was an inaugural recipient of the prestigious Windham Campbell Prize (2013) awarded by Yale for a body of work. Its judges praised her "beautifully crafted narratives [which] explore…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (208+ words) Review: A Toast Fae the Lassies, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, is a musical which tells the story of the women who were left holding the baby by" Review: A Toast Fae the Lassies at Pitlochry is a magical musical Theatre review:…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (107+ words) Trauma Industrial Complex: how oversharing became a product in a digital world Darren McGarvey Ebury Press, "22 Frankly Nicola Sturgeon Macmillan, "28 Helm Sarah Hall Faber & Faber, "20 The Ha-Ha Jennifer Dawson Faber & Faber, "9.99 (Image: Faber & Faber) The Diary of Lies Philip Miller…...