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The Good Books, Angie Spoto: ‘I re-read The Hobbit and fell in love with it all over again’

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Angie Spoto on the book she recommends to everyone, reading the books of her childhood to her son, and her favourite place to read.Ā   ...
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The couple who gambled everything to become Wigtown bookshop owners

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Joyce Cochrane had just discovered she was pregnant when she and her partner Ian gave up their jobs and moved from Edinburgh to revive a...
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The Good Books, J.D. Oswald: ‘Realising you can stop reading something you don’t enjoy and pick up something else is liberating’

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J.D. Oswald on his memories of reading as a child, how he doesn't enjoy Dickens and becoming addicted to audiobooks.Ā    The first book I...
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Shortlist announced for Bloody Scotland 2024 McIlvanney Prize

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The shortlist for the 2024 McIlvanney Prize at Stirlingā€™s crime writing festival has been revealed. The prestigious award, named in honour of the iconic late...
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The Good Books, Catherine Hokin: ‘I come from a working class background which prized education, our house was full of books’

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Catherine Hokin on the books of her childhood, her best books of the year so far, and reading in rainy Glasgow.   The first book...
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The Good Books, Damian Barr: ‘James Baldwin’s voice is as urgent now as it ever was’

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Damian Barr on reading for the Big Scottish Book Club, his love of Jackie Kay's latest poetry and being inspired by James Baldwin.Ā    The...
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