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A journey through life in a collection of poetry

Alexander McCall Smith takes readers on a journey through the Scottish landscape in A Gathering: A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems. In choosing the Scottish...

Corrie’s Capers are the best in the Westie

The Westie Fest: Corrie's Capers is a beautifully illustrated book with lots of information about things to see and do on the Isle of Arran,...

Scotland in the 19th century lives on in 3D

Most people assume that 3D imaging and virtual reality are relatively modern technologies. However, they were developed in St Andrews 170 years ago. Peter Blair...
Nicola Sturgeon has a love of books

Granite Noir Festival to welcome First Minister

Granite Noir ā€“ Aberdeenā€™s crime writing festival ā€“ has revealed Scotlandā€™s First Minster as chair for one of the festivalā€™s opening events. A voracious reader...

Plans for defending the nation are mapped out

Two map experts explore the extraordinarily rich legacy of Scottish military mapping over the course of the last five centuries in Scotland: Defending the Nation....
Writers Tweet Pitch 2019

Tweet yourself a literary agent in 280 characters

After the astonishing success of the last three years, XpoNorthā€™s Writersā€™ Tweet Pitch is back. On Friday 11 January, from 9am-9pm, writers from across Scotland...