A Scottish novel where pals who have known each other from school fight, drink, and take drugs together, with a central character who...

Usually for SWH! August means Edinburgh, and especially the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Of course this year there will be no...

Pic credit: Becky Duncan For the latest podcast Ali spoke to writer Kirstin Innes about her acclaimed novel Scabby Queen. The two discuss...

To call Kirstin Innes’s Scabby Queen one of the most eagerly awaited novels of 2020 is a sizeable understatement. She had the not...

The story of life on, and the leaving of, St Kilda is one which has been told in a number of different ways over the years. There have...

For the latest podcast Ali spoke to the writer Tom Gillespie about The Strange Book of Jacob Boyce, which is published today (21st July,...

Successful long-running series have a fine balancing act to pull off. Each book should work as a standalone read, with a plot which has a...

For the latest podcast Ali spoke to writer Reyah Martin, who was the winner of the Canada & Europe region of the 2020 Commonwealth Short...

For the latest podcast Ali spoke to author, poet, and academic Mandy Haggith about The Lyre Dancers, the third and final novel of the...

Last weekend we lost one of Scottish literature’s greatest champions. Professor Douglas Gifford was an academic who made it his life’s...

For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to writer and journalist Olga Wojtas about her novels Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar...

For the latest podcast, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we spoke to journalist and writer Joe Donnelly about his book...

Aleister Crowley John D. Burns For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast we welcome back writer, storyteller, and mountaineer John D. Burns...

If only everything in life was as dependable as a Doug Johnstone novel. Over the years he has become a writer whose books you can open...

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For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to writer Alan Parks about his latest Harry McCoy thriller, Bobby March Will Live Forever. The two...

It can be difficult for a writer to make their mark in the crowded, thriving, marketplace that is Scottish crime fiction. Tartan Noir, as...

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For the latest podcast we caught up with writer Vicki Jarrett to talk about her latest novel Always North (out now, published by Unsung...

As I began reading Douglas Skelton’s latest novel the film Multiplicity popped into my head, a movie I haven’t thought about since it...