Just A Boy’s Game: A Review Of David F. Ross’s There’s Only One Danny Garvey...
Most of my favourite writers manage to both meet and confound expectations, offering style and substance which is reassuringly familiar,...
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- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
Boxing Clever: A Review of Stuart Cosgrove’s Cassius X: A Legend In The Making…
Stuart Cosgrove’s ‘Soul Trilogy’ (Detroit 67, Memphis 68, Harlem 69) offered readers an alternative history of the USA in the late 60s...
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
2020 Vision: Looking Back At The Cultural Year…
A wee bonus SWH! podcast for the end of the year… Earlier this year we recorded podcasts with Ali and his brother Andy (right) where they...
- Dec 8, 2020
- 2 min
That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part II)…
This year was such a great one for Scottish writing that we had to split our Best Books of 2020 podcast into two parts to fit in...
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part I)…
This year was such a great one for Scottish writing that we had to split our Best Books of 2020 podcast into two parts to fit in...
- Dec 3, 2020
- 8 min
The Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2020…
There are plenty of ‘Books Of The Year’ lists around this time competing for your time and attention, but we like to think that Scots...
- Dec 2, 2020
- 4 min
Young Guns: A Review Of Andrew O’Hagan’s Mayflies…
With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
Obsessive & Compulsive: A Review Of Tom Gillespie’s The Strange Book Of Jacob Boyce…
With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
- Nov 27, 2020
- 3 min
Daydream Believer: A Review Of Stewart Ennis’s Blessed Assurance…
With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
Ballads For The Bereaved: A Review of Peter Ross’s A Tomb With A View…
With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
Real Life Story: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Angela Hughes & Paul Docherty…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to writer Angela Hughes and husband Paul about her memoir My Heart’s Content: A Journey to Transplant....
- Oct 23, 2020
- 1 min
The Big Scottish Book Club: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Damian Barr…
For the latest podcast Ali caught up with writer and presenter Damian Barr to talk all about the second series of The Big Scottish Book...
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
Spanish Fly: A Review Of Morgan Cry’s Thirty-One Bones…
Over the years I have spent more than a few holidays in that part of Southern Spain which stretches from Malaga to Puerto Banus, an area...
- Oct 20, 2020
- 2 min
The Sensual World: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Jenny Sturgeon…
Image credit: Anne Campbell For the latest SWH! Podcast Ali spoke to Jenny Sturgeon about her latest project The Living Mountain, which...
- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
Intimate Voice: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Graeme Armstrong…
Pic Credit – Robin Farquhar-Thomson For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to writer Graeme Armstrong about his novel The Young Team and a...
- Sep 2, 2020
- 2 min
A Matter Of Death & Life: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Peter Ross…
For the latest SWH! podcast Ali was joined by writer and journalist Peter Ross to talk about his latest book A Tomb With A View. It was...
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
Talk The Walk: The SWH! Podcast Talks To John Scott…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to writer John Scott about his re-published memoir To The Woods: A Journey Along The Appalachian Trail,...
- Aug 18, 2020
- 3 min
Growing Up: A Review Of Graeme Armstrong’s The Young Team…
A Scottish novel where pals who have known each other from school fight, drink, and take drugs together, with a central character who...
- Aug 14, 2020
- 5 min
The Write Stuff: Scots Whay Hae!’s Top 10 Picks Of The Edinburgh International Book Festival…
Usually for SWH! August means Edinburgh, and especially the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Of course this year there will be no...
- Aug 11, 2020
- 2 min
Holding Court: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Kirstin Innes…
Pic credit: Becky Duncan For the latest podcast Ali spoke to writer Kirstin Innes about her acclaimed novel Scabby Queen. The two discuss...
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