Posts Tagged ‘books’
Get ready for the light fantastic to return
SPECTRA, Scotland’s festival of light, returns to Aberdeen with a star-studded line-up in Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022. Featuring a brand-new commission, multidisciplinary collaborations, and multiple premieres, this year’s SPECTRA will not only light up the dark winter nights, it will bring Scotland and it’s stories to life. Taking place from February 10-13 across Aberdeen…
Read MoreRare signed Harry Potter book in Glasgow auction
A rare first edition Harry Potter book is going under the hammer next month. McTear’s in Glasgow is holding a Toys, Models and Pop Culture sale on February 3, and lot number 971 is sure to attract interest from around the world. A sought-after signed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire first edition has…
Read MoreHave you lost a kitten, Daniel Craig or Yoda on a staycation?
Where would you find an Indian wedding necklace made of £50 notes, a tartan wedding dress, a golf buggy, a 5ft wedding cake piñata, two tickets to Houston, Texas, a British shorthair blue kitten called Rocky and a life-size Yoda doll? Where else but Scotland Travelodge Lost & Found offices?! Today, the UK’s first budget…
Read MorePoet releases first collection The Last Days of Petrol
Award winning poet and spoken word artist Bridget Khursheed has published her first full collection of work. Bridget, who is based in Darnick in the Scottish Borders, is delighted with the relase of The Last Days of Petrol, which is available now from Shearsman Books, all good bookshops and online. A poet and self-cponfessed geek,…
Read MoreTen Scottish tales to appeal to children
Acclaimed children’s writer Lari Don retells ten spellbinding fables from across Scotland. She showcase the magic of Scottish storytelling as we meet fairies and selkies, brave warriors and courageous girls, in spellbinding tales from Scotland, from Orkney and Skye to Perthshire and the Borders. The stories included are The Selkie’s Toes, Tam Linn, The Ring…
Read MoreSaving the Leighton Library – Dunblane’s best kept secret
A campaign to help raise £400,000 to help pay for restoration and conservation work at a historic Scottish library has been launched. The Leighton Library building is stood in Dunblane, near Stirling, since the late 17th century, containing some 4500 books dating back to 1504. But the building, opposite Andy Murray’s gold postbox, is in…
Read MoreA detailed look about women in war and science
Many extraordinary female scientists, doctors, and engineers tasted independence and responsibility for the first time during the First World War. How did this happen? Patricia Fara reveals how suffragists, such as Virginia Woolf’s sister, Ray Strachey, had already aligned themselves with scientific and technological progress, and that during the dark years of war they mobilized…
Read MoreWin a chance to discover Edinburgh’s literary heritage
A new competition has been launched offering a pair of literature lovers a once-in-a-lifetime prize – the chance to explore Edinburgh’s literary heritage accompanied by one of the city’s most famous writers, multiple award-winning author Ian Rankin OBE. The competition prize package also includes return travel to Edinburgh, two nights’ accommodation at YOTEL Edinburgh, a…
Read MoreThe Scottish Field Whisky Challenge 2021
The Scottish Field Whisky Challenge is celebrating its 21st Anniversary this year, and it certainly hasn’t disappointed. With Covid-19 putting a stop to any real celebrations last year along with physical tastings, it was with a great deal of excitement that we hosted the Readers’ and Grand Final tastings at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society…
Read MoreA fascinating look around the Scottish coastline
One of the benefits of lockdown was that people who normally struggled to find time to write were finally able to do so. Kevin Scott, from Newton Mearns near Glasgow, took full advantage of this, to write a fascinating insight into Scotland’s many harbours. Volume two runs to 518 pages, covering the area from the…
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