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Online bookshop helps local stores

AN ONLINE bookshop has raised more than Ā£122,000 for local bookshops. Bookshop.org donates most of its profits to bookshops, authors, and other groups involved in...

A crime thriller on a Scottish island

We didn't have to wait long for the next instalment of Inspector Angus Blue's whodunnits, and it doesn't disappoint. Called to Jura after an attempted...

‘Frank – get the book!’

COMEDIAN Janey Godley is among presenter Damian Barr's guests in the first episode ofĀ The Big Scottish Book Club, which returns to the BBC Scotland channel...

Winners of writing awards unveiled

A POET based in Newcastle was last night named as the winner of the Ā£1,500 Wigtown Prize. Anna Woodford, whose work was entitled Portrait of...

Alexander McCall Smith shares writing secrets online

AUTHOR and Scottish Field columnist Alexander McCall Smith will lead the second in a series of free online workshops hosted by James MacMillan for The...

Wider audience for Wigtown young adult books

WIGTOWN YA, the UKā€™s largest young adult literature festival, continues this week as part of the wider online Wigtown Book Festival. This week's virtual speakers...