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Glasgow Womenā€™s Library announces fifth literary festival

Glasgow Womenā€™s Library has announced its 2021 Open the Door programme, the literary festival that puts women to the fore. Inspired by Glasgowā€™s long history...
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Aye Write announces its full cast for digital book festival

The Aye Write book festival has announced its full programme of online events featuring 140 authors from Scotland and around the world, over two weekends...

Hearts that vie for the hearts and soul of Scotland

In the last instalment of a weighty trilogy that attempts to give John Knox a Hilary Mantel-style makeover, we see the Protestant firebrand return to...

The story of the woman behind Peter Rabbit

The story of the creator of Peter Rabbit is an interesting one that says much about the unquenchable creative spirit of a sad little girl...

Weaving fact and fiction to create a thrilling read

Delving more into historical fiction, The Kingā€™s Beast: A Mystery of the American Revolution weaves facts and fiction seamlessly. We journey across the Atlantic with...

Celebrating love and friendship in poetic verse

Alexander McCall devoted a recent column in Scottish Field to to the joys of poetry (especially Auden, who he reveres). This collection, which examines the...