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Aug 18, 20175 min read
The Road Less Travelled: A Review Of Peter Ross’s The Passion Of Harry Bingo…
What a difference three years makes. Peter Ross’s previous book, Daundlerust: Dispatches From Unreported Scotland was published in the...


Aug 11, 20172 min read
Write On: Scots Whay Hae!’s Top 10 Picks Of The Edinburgh International Book Festival…
We have tried to avoid the already sold-out and high-profile to give you an alternative and achievable schedule. FICTION’S MASTER...


Jul 31, 20173 min read
This Woman’s Work: A Review Of Triona Scully’s Nailing Jess
There are not many things better than a book which completely subverts expectations and takes you places unexpected. Few have done so...


Jul 27, 20173 min read
Closing Time: A Review Of Louise Welsh’s No Dominion…
There are always mixed feelings when a favoured series comes to an end. You want to see how things pan out, but there is also the...


Jul 22, 20173 min read
Going Underground: A Review Of Michael J Malone’s Dog Fight…
Glasgow and violence – writers have played no small part in making sure the two are seen as closely related. The 1935 novel No Mean City...


Jul 20, 20171 min read
Three Is The Magic Number: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Louise Welsh…
The latest podcast is an interview with one of our favourite guests, the writer Louise Welsh. Previously she has been on to talk not only...


Jul 13, 20173 min read
McQueer’s Folk: A Review Of Chris McQueer’s Hings…
Being funny on the page is notoriously difficult to pull off. There are good reasons most comedians don’t write comedy novels, or at...


Jul 6, 20173 min read
American Beauty: A Review Of Helen McClory’s Flesh Of The Peach…
It’s a novel about grief and self-loathing in southwest America, and how dealing with those emotions is as difficult and potentially...


Jun 22, 20173 min read
You’ve Got To Pick A Pocket: A Review Of Louise Hutcheson’s The Paper Cell…
The novella is a form of writing which has fallen out of favour in recent times, and that’s as bewildering as it is unfortunate. We are...


Jun 21, 20171 min read
Spoken Word & Music: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Andrew Greig…
For the latest podcast, Ali headed to Edinburgh to talk to poet, writer and musician, Andrew Greig. The first topic of conversation is...

Jun 9, 20171 min read
A Life In Pictures: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Alasdair Gray & Kevin Brown…
The latest podcast is a fascinating conversation with two previous guests, the writer and artist, Alasdair Gray, and the driving force...


Jun 2, 20174 min read
Principle Players: A Review Of J. David Simons’ A Woman Of Integrity…
Running two narratives throughout a novel can be risky. They have to be distinct and equally engaging or readers will rush through one to...


May 29, 20173 min read
Live & Let Die: A Review Of C.F. Peterson’s Errant Blood…
There are few things better than discovering a new writer who fills a gap in your life and on your bookshelves that you hadn’t realised...


May 24, 20171 min read
Crime Time: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Writer Douglas Skelton…
In the latest podcast, Ali and Ian met up with writer Douglas Skelton, initially to talk about his Dominic Queste novels, The Dead Don’t...


May 17, 20173 min read
La Isla Bonita: A Review Of The Book Of Iona: An Anthology…*
If you didn’t know that Robert Crawford, the editor of The Book Of Iona: An Anthology, was one of the foremost academics in the field of...


May 7, 20171 min read
Lying Live & Singing True: A Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Extra – The Launch Of Ten Writers Tel
The latest podcast is a sister to our recent interview with Pat & Jim Byrne and Samina Chaudry about Ten Writers Telling Lies. It’s a...


May 3, 20173 min read
Return Of The Craic: A Review Of Douglas Skelton’s Tag – You’re Dead…
Among the more welcome returns in 2017 is that of Glasgow detective Dominic Queste in Douglas Skelton’s new novel, Tag – You’re Dead. If...


Apr 27, 20173 min read
Shake, Rattle & Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Review Of Psychedelic Confessions of a Primal Screamer...
Martin St John was on tambourine and psychedelic vibes for the newly formed Primal Scream between 1984 and ’87, and the book relates the...


Apr 24, 20172 min read
The Art Of Deception: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks Ten Writers Telling Lies…
In the latest podcast Ali talks to Jim and Pat Byrne and Samina Chaudry about Ten Writers Telling Lies, Â a music and literary project...


Apr 19, 20172 min read
Future Present Tense: A Review Of Kenneth Steven’s 2020…
I write this review the day a general election has been called, one which promises further division and increasingly extreme reactions to...
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