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StAnza poetry festival will enchant all

Young poetry fans are in for a treat with enchanted rhyme and nonsense verse at this year’s StAnza Festival. StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is...
Stuart MacBride and Susan Calman hold a discussion at Granite Noir in the Aberdeen Music Hall

Granite Noir’s biggest crime writing festival to date

Aberdeen’s crime writing festival Granite Noir was held at the weekend - with organisers hailing it the biggest and best since its launch in 2017....

Bringing Scotland to the world’s TV screens

A new collaboration which aims to put Scotland’s television industry on the world stage between has been announced by the BBC and Screen Scotland. BBC...

Robert Burns’ great love poem is brought to life

My Luve's Like A Red, Red Rose is an illustrated version of Burns’ famous poem, re-created to depict maternal love. The power of Burns’ words are...
The wreck of the Queen of Sweden

Views wanted on 18th century Scottish shipwreck

A consultation has been launched seeking views from the public on the designation of the site of an 18th century merchant ship which sunk off...

Debut author embarking on store book signing tour

A Scots-based author is touring the country to sign copies of his acclaimed debut novel. Jeremy Welch is the Edinburgh-based writer and author of Chrysalis....