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Bloody Scotland 2025 Launch - Day of the Deid and Sir Ian Rankin

Sir Ian Rankin shortlisted for major crime writing award for latest Inspector Rebus book

Sir Ian Rankin has been shortlisted for major crime writing award the McIlvanney Prize for his latest book featuring Inspector John Rebus. Previous winners Callum...
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The Good Books, L. V. Matthews: ‘Charlotte’s Web had a deep impact on me, it posed such a big moral issue from the opening chapter’

L. V. Matthews on the best book she has read this year, the novel she always recommends and her biggest writing inspiration.    The first...
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Milldust and Dreaming Bread: Inside the magical world of Scottish folk tales

Scotland is a nation rich in history, folk tales and folk magic. Author Scott Richardson-Read spent many years collecting and investigating these tales and traditions,...
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The Good Books, Chris Barkley: ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea is the first book I remember reading’

Chris Barkley on the book he is most looking forward to this year, the author who has inspired him and Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner....
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The Good Books, Neil Ansell: ‘It was a revelation to discover that nature writing could also be literature’

Neil Ansell on the books of his childhood, the best book he has read this year, and the book that has been his 'north star'...
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The Good Books, Kristie De Garis: ‘If I like the sound of a book I’ll either buy it in the next six minutes or not at all’

Drystone waller Kristie De Garis on the books of her childhood, her love of O’Brother by John Niven and why life is too short to...


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