Posts Tagged ‘books’
Book festival hears that death should be celebrated
Scots should be celebrating death and those who give their bodies to medical science, according to a leading crime writer. Professor Dame Sue Black was speaking this weekend at a packed event at the Wigtown Book Festival the forensic anthropologist discussed a range of subjects – from her Scottish upbringing through to the gratitude we…
Read MoreGlasgow is a huge influence on Chris Brookmyre
The Bloody Scotland crime writing festival is taking place in Stirling this weekend. One of the guests this year is the acclaimed Christopher Brookmyre. He tells Scottish Field about his life and influences. As a writer, I’ve always thought Barrhead was a great place to grow up because you got a sense of all of…
Read MoreCrime writers will be murder on the football pitch
Crime writers from all over the country are coming together for the Bloody Scotland festival this weekend – and it will be murder! Bloody Scotland is Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival, providing a showcase for the best crime writing from Scotland and the world, unique in that it was set up by a group of…
Read MoreBook review – Hometown Tales: Highlands & Hebrides
From a series pairing new voices and celebrated writers, this book weaves together two tales of the Highlands and the Hebrides in a celebration of regional diversity. Songwriter Colin MacIntyre’s The Boy in the Bubble is a funny memoir about growing up on Mull, while emerging writer Ellen MacAskill’s A9 is a piece of short…
Read MoreThe V&A is more than just a museum to Dundee
Scottish Field’s Steph Abbot returned to her home town of Dundee this week ahead of the official opening of the new V&A museum. What a strange and glorious feeling it is to realise that the eyes of the world are firmly focused on the city you call home. This week I experienced a mixture of…
Read MoreCelebrating the volunteers at book festival’s heart
A special event has been held to thank the army of volunteers who make the Wigtown Book Festival possible. Ahead of the 20th annual event, around 150 adults and children, aged from under 10 to over 80, give time throughout the year carrying out an enormous range of tasks. Most are from Dumfries and Galloway,…
Read MoreIt’s been a magical 21 years for Harry Potter
It’s been 21 years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first hit bookshelves across the country but the magic of the award-winning series is as alive as ever, and perhaps no more so than in Edinburgh. A castle on the hill, a handful of grand boarding schools, cobbled streets and tales of witches and…
Read MoreNew book marks a lost era in small Scottish town
A new book on a small town in the south of Scotland takes readers back into an almost forgotten era where people were far closer to the land and to each other. Whithorn: An Economy of People by Julia Muir Watt is one of many books about Dumfries and Galloway being celebrated as part of…
Read MoreBook review – Septimius Severus in Scotland
Archeologist Simon Elliott’s romp through the history of Roman Scotland is a hugely enjoyable read. Elliott focuses on Emperor Septimius Severus, who in 208AD led his army of 40,000 men north of Hadrian’s Wall, marching north to take the Antonine Wall and then reoccupying many forts built by Agricola over 100 years earlier following the…
Read MoreTen of the top family friendly hotels in Scotland
Offering a family holiday with traditional values and entertainment, an escape to Scotland with the children is all about discovering the magic of the great outdoors and spending evenings by the fire reading good books and playing games. Offering a family break that takes you far away from an over connected world, here are 10…
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