BOOKS

Book Festival sends ‘Outriders’ on their way
FOUR Scottish writers are teaming up with a quartet of their European contemporaries for Edinburgh International Book Festival's third "Outriders" project. The programme was launched...

Wigtown Book Festival inspires Irish book town
IRELAND could soon get its first "book town" thanks to inspiration from Wigtown Book Festival. Granard in County Longford aims to raise £20,000 for its...

Winners revealed at Bloody Scotland book festival
TWO crime writers carried off the top prizes last night as the Bloody Scotland book festival got underway in Stirling. Alan Parks won the McIlvanney...