There are few things I look forward to more than a new Doug Johnstone novel. Over the last decade, beginning with 2006’s Tombstoning, he...

Iain Maloney risks similar strong reaction to his latest novel The Waves Burn Bright which has 1988’s Piper Alpha North Sea oil platform...

The Last Days Of Disco and The Rise & Fall Of The Miraculous Vespas and the forthcoming The Man Who Loved Islands, but the conversation...

A defining feature of 2016 has been the quality of debut fiction on offer. As November hoves into view people start to enquire as to your...

One of those questions you are asked to ponder every now and then is, “Who would you invite to your perfect dinner party”. Well, it looks...

Kellan MacInnes’ novel, The Making Of Mickey Bell, is a heart-felt missive to Scottish literature, referencing many of its best writers...

For a long time the short story collection was perceived by many readers either as a stop-gap between a writer’s novels, or a cash-in...

Songs For Scotland 2. Even if you’re aware of the original Bella Caledonia: Songs For Scotland you’ll find the story behind the sequel...

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...

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....

Equal parts pitch-black comedy and tragedy, Yorkston’s Three Craws concentrates on the intertwining lives of Johnny, Stevie and Mikey....

Edinburgh International Book Festival. For 16 days Charlotte Square Gardens becomes an oasis of relative sanity and calm in a city gone...

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...

Parallel worlds, or the Multiverse theory, feature prominently in recent Scottish writing. The best known examples are Alasdair Gray’s...

*You can listen to P.K. Lynch talking about Armadillos on the Scots Whay Hae! Podcast by clicking here… In our recent podcast with...

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...

What you want from a music biography is passion, encyclopaedic knowledge and a fresh perspective. Young Soul Rebels delivers on all...

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...

Stepping into its second decade with well-earned confidence and style, Glasgow’s Aye Write! festival is a must for all book addicts and...

Creative Conversations is a new series of Monday lunchtime literary events featuring readings and conversations from internationally...