Best Laid Schemes – Dexter Gordon Place
Two Novellas – Crimes for our Times Donning another hat, Ian R Mitchell who has written several books on mountaineering and on Glasgow history, turned during the years of Covid to writing a couple of crime stories which he has published pseudonymously – with the new name to go with the new hat. Tales for […]
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers
Mongrel: Donna Campbell debut poetry collection
‘Not only are these poems formally elegant, punchy, compassionate, witty and heart-breaking, but they have a self-honesty that is as hard to master in life as it is in poetry… Mongrel is a luminous addition to Scottish poetry.’ Tracey Patrick Following a particularly difficult time in her life, Donna, who is from Clydebank, has created […]
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Monday, April 12, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers, Zoom and online events
Book Launch: The Stone in My Pocket by Matthew Keeley
Launch on YouTube Sunday 28th February 4pm Join the book launch on You Tube The Stone in My Pocket ‘Powerfully evokes all of the emotions you want when you read a good novel.’ – The Independent A poignant coming-of-age story following a teenage journey into mediumship, independence, 90s pop culture, and a new millennium. The […]
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Sunday, February 14, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers, Zoom and online events
Book Launch: Weird Pleasure by Jim Ferguson
On Zoom Friday 11 December, 2020 at 6 p.m. Dr Ferguson will read a selection of poems from his new collection and possibly answer a question or two about his work. (Leamington Book Publishers) Join Zoom Meeting See Event on Facebook for Meeting ID and Password Podbean: Jim and Pat’s West End Chat: Jim Ferguson […]
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers, Zoom and online events
Payback Claire MacLeary
When police are called to a murder scene at the home of Aberdeen socialite Annabel Imray, they are under pressure to get a conviction, and fast. The last thing they want is the distraction of a series of baffling break-ins. The victims, all of them women, are terrorised: just how did the intruder know so […]
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Saturday, July 18, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers, Pat's Home Page Blog, People: Local Glasgow West End Characters, Podcast: JIm and Pat's West End Chat
Starchild: a memory of Adoption, Race and Family by Michaela Foster Marsh
“The story of Starchild is extraordinary in every way: heartbreaking, profound, personal, brave, hopeful and deeply inspiring.” — Helen Sedgwick, author of The Comet Seekers and The Growing Season Michaela Foster Marsh and her brother Frankie grew up as “twins” in Glasgow, Scotland in the sixties. Born only weeks apart, Michaela was white and Frankie was black, and […]
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Sunday, July 5, 2020 | Filed under: New Books by Scottish Writers, Starchild, Writing
Murder at the Mela by Leela Soma
Available to Pre-Order from Ringwood Publishing Newly appointed as Glasgow’s first Asian DI, Alok Patel’s first assignment is the investigation of the brutal murder of Nadia, an Asian woman. Her body was discovered in the aftermath of the Mela festival in Kelvingrove Park. During the Mela, a small fight erupted between a BNP group and […]
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Bloody Scotland 2020 – Debut Shortlist and McIlvanney Prize Longlist
Debut shortlist & McIlvanney Prize longlist 2020 announced! 23rd June, 2020 There will be no Bloody Scotland gathering in Stirling in September but the prizes must go on! The shortlist for the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the Year and the longlist for the McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year […]
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Saturday, July 4, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, New Books by Scottish Writers
Anna (Young Adults Book) by Laura Guthrie
Anna by Laura Guthrie (YA Paperback 13+) £8.99 Thirteen-year-old Anna has Asperger’s. When her father dies she moves to Scotland to face her reclusive mother, her past, and the challenges of a new life in this life-affirming debut ‘Anna is on the Scottish Book Trust’s ’30 novels to look out for in 2020’ and Books from Scotland’s ‘Who we’re […]
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Friday, June 26, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Kids and young people, New Books by Scottish Writers
‘Doors tae Naewye’ poetry by Christie Williamson
Doors tae Naewye by Christie Williamson (published by Luath Press) £8.99 (Available to buy at Luath Press) Supported by the Scottish Book Trust ‘Doors tae Naewye’ is a book of broken sequences, with nearly three quarters of the poetry being in Shetlandic, and the rest in English. ‘My first collection was the result of over […]
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Monday, June 15, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers
Blessed Assurance by Stewart Ennis
Published by Vagabond Voices, November, 2019 Blessed Assurance is a coming of age novel. It is set against the backdrop of a small close-knit evangelical community in the fictional Scottish village of Kilhaugh one fog bound December in the late nineteen sixties when the Cold War was on the brink of turning hot. The […]
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Sunday, June 14, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers, Pat's Home Page Blog
‘the lactic acid in the calves of your despair’ poetry collection by Ali Whitelock
New poetry collection from Scottish Poet Ali Whitelock based in Sydney, Australia. ‘the lactic acid in the calves of your despair’ published by Wakefield Press, Adelaide. ‘The poems in Ali Whitelock’s the lactic acid in the calves of your despair are packed with hilarity and gut-wrenching and everything in between. For anyone who ever made […]
Thursday, March 26, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers
cocoon by Russell Jones – collection of poems and comic poems
A new full-length collection of poetry by Edinburgh-based writer & editor Russell Jones. Features comic poems illustrated by Sara Julia Campbell, Caroline Grebbell, Aimee Lockwood, Edward Ross & Mark Toner. To be published on 1 April, 2020. About cocoon cocoon is a unique collection of poems that explores the worlds we create, the transformations we […]
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020 | Filed under: New Books by Scottish Writers
New Collection of Poems: Poor Wurld by Jim Ferguson
Poor Wurld by Jim Ferguson Published by Speculative Books. “Each one of these poems is a tribute to the 99% of people struggling to get by and deal with the psychological stress of life on the poverty margins.’ Tracy Patrick. Read ‘growin pains” a poem from the collection Jim Ferguson New Poetry – Poor Wurld […]
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Monday, March 23, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers
The Clearing: A memoir of art, family and mental health by Samantha Clark
This house has been a regular presence in my life for as long as I can remember. My heart has sunk a little every time I walk in . . . Samantha Clark enjoyed a busy career as an artist before returning home to Glasgow to take care of the house that her parents had […]
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David Craig, Scottish Writer – free book offer
(Cover Design by Alison Buck) David Craig has three novels published by a small press publisher Elsewhen Press. Given the current Covid-19 crisis and calls to self-isolate, He would like to contribute something to the community to help pass the time and ease boredom. David will ‘gift’ via Amazon Kindle ten copies each of his […]
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The Siren Awakes – memoir by Linda Jackson
Linda Jackson’s ‘The Siren Awakes’ is a haunting, heartbreaking and often hilarious dissection of the author’s own childhood and early adulthood; a real world of monster masks, dark closes, dazzling sunlight, love, fear, and, particularly, music. Gentle innocence and sudden cruel violence exist side by side. (Graham Fulton, Poet) To buy the book please email [email protected] […]
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers
Keeping Time novel by Thomas Legendre
A crumbling marriage. An ancient mystery. And a way to change the past . . . Thomas Legendre is assistant professor at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of the novel The Burning, as well as Half Life, a play performed with the National Theatre of Scotland, and the radio drama Dream Repair, aired by BBC4. £16 Available to […]
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers
Much Left Unsaid by Finola Scott – poetry
Debut Pamphlet Published by Red Squirrel Press £6 – buy online Glaswegian Finola Scott’s poems can be found on posters, postcards and tapestries. Her work has been anthologised in many publications including Gutter, New Writing Scotland, The Fenland Reed, Lighthouse and The Ofi Press. She was commissioned by StAnza International Poetry Festival for inclusion in a multimedia installation issued as a […]
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