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Sep 6, 20164 min read
Dance Macabre: A Review Of Douglas Skelton’s The Dead Don’t Boogie…
If this subject interests you, you can still listen to the full podcast here, but the short version is this; on the one hand, if you can...


Aug 26, 20164 min read
All Mod Cons: A Review of David F. Ross’ The Rise & Fall Of The Miraculous Vespas…
The Rise & Fall Of The Miraculous Vespas. Any one who has been involved in or around the music business will know it’s also fairly apt....


Aug 21, 20164 min read
Caw Canny: A Review Of James Yorkston’s Three Craws…
Equal parts pitch-black comedy and tragedy, Yorkston’s Three Craws concentrates on the intertwining lives of Johnny, Stevie and Mikey....


Aug 13, 20166 min read
Edinburgh Book Festival 2016: The SWH! One-A-Day Guide…
Edinburgh International Book Festival. For 16 days Charlotte Square Gardens becomes an oasis of relative sanity and calm in a city gone...


Aug 4, 20161 min read
Into The Valley: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talk To Pauline Lynch…
It’s a terrific read and the two talk about it at length. For a debut novel from a Scottish writer it is unusual in being set outside of...


Aug 1, 20163 min read
Caledonia Homesick Blues: A Review Of Andrew Crumey’s Sputnik Caledonia…
Parallel worlds, or the Multiverse theory, feature prominently in recent Scottish writing. The best known examples are Alasdair Gray’s...


Jul 23, 20164 min read
There’s No Place Like Home: A Review Of P.K. Lynch’s Armadillos
*You can listen to P.K. Lynch talking about Armadillos on the Scots Whay Hae! Podcast by clicking here… In our recent podcast with...


Jun 11, 20161 min read
Travelling Light: The Scots Whay Podcast Talks To Iain Maloney…
Iain was just about to start a whirlwind tour of the UK to promote his third novel, The Waves Burn Bright, but thankfully took time out...


May 31, 20164 min read
The Northern Delights: A Review Of Stuart Cosgrove’s Young Soul Rebels...
What you want from a music biography is passion, encyclopaedic knowledge and a fresh perspective. Young Soul Rebels delivers on all...

May 19, 20162 min read
Not Burns – Dunbar!: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Roy Moller About The Dunbar CoastWord Festival&
Dunbar CoastWord Festival. Starting in 2013 as Dunbar’s Wee Festival of Words, in just three years it has grown to be an arts festival...

Mar 6, 20165 min read
Wrapped Up In Books: A Preview Of Aye Write! 2016…
Stepping into its second decade with well-earned confidence and style, Glasgow’s Aye Write! festival is a must for all book addicts and...


Feb 4, 20164 min read
Literary Lunches: Glasgow University’s Creative Conversations Series…
Creative Conversations is a new series of Monday lunchtime literary events featuring readings and conversations from internationally...


Jan 13, 20165 min read
When They Ruled The School: A Review of Stuart David’s In The All-Night Café*
Add to this the (fictional?) liner notes which accompanied the early releases, and you couldn’t shake the feeling that this was a band...


Dec 31, 20153 min read
Scots Whay Hae!’s Alternative Hogmanay Night In, 2015…
Once again Mr Scott raises a bottle to see out the old year and ring in the new and that means it’s time for Scots Whay Hae!’s annual New...


Dec 23, 20152 min read
That Was The Year That Was: It’s The Best Of 2015 Podcast…
Willie, Chris, Wesley and Ali For our “Best of 2015” podcast, Ian and Ali were joined by regular pod guest, Chris Ward, and Scottish...


Dec 8, 20152 min read
Contraband Of Brothers: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks to Graham Lironi & Graeme Macrae Burne
Graeme Macrae Burnet & Graham Lironi In the latest podcast, Ali talks to writers Graham Lironi and Graeme Macrae Burnet about their...


Dec 6, 20153 min read
William McIlvanney (1936-2015)
It can be argued, and I would, that William McIlvanney was one of the most influential Scottish writers of recent times. This is partly...


Dec 2, 20156 min read
Word Up!: Scots Whay Hae’s Best Books Of 2015…
You may have had your fill already of ‘Books Of The Year’ lists already, but we like to think that Scots Whay Hae’s selection is small,...


Nov 18, 20152 min read
BAFTAs for Barney Thomson: A Celebration And A Competition…
Undoubtedly a contender for the best Scottish film of 2015 is Robert Carlyle’s The Legend Of Barney Thomson. Scots Whay Hae! said as much...


Nov 16, 20152 min read
A Book At Lunchtime: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Kirstin Innes…
The latest podcast sees Ali in conversation with writer and journalist Kirstin Innes. The primary reason was to discuss her terrific...
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