For the latest SWH! podcast Ali caught up with an old friend of the pod, writer and musician Doug Johnstone - the fourth time he's been a...

For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to writer Alan Gillespie whose novel debut The Mash House is out now, published with Unbound. The...

Keira Brown Imogen Stirling The latest podcast is all about the forthcoming Paisley Book Festival, and Ali spoke to co-producer Keira...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

*A version of this review first appeared on the Books From Scotland website. Head there to sign up to their newsletter and never miss an...

*This year’s Aye Write! has been postponed. For full details go to https://www.ayewrite.com/Pages/default.aspx* From today (12th – 29th)...

Today (20/2/20) sees the start of the inaugural Paisley Book Festival, which runs until Saturday 29th Feb. With the theme of ‘Radical...

The popularity of Scottish crime fiction shows no signs of slowing with new titles published weekly, Bloody Scotland becoming one of the...

Arguably Scotland’s two greatest literary exports are poetry and crime so it makes sense for someone to combine the two. For anyone...

For our Best Books of 2019 podcast Ali was once again joined by Publishing Scotland’s Vikki Reilly to have a chat about their year in...

The Glasgow crime novel has a rich, varied and celebrated tradition. Many would cite William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw as the first true...

What is crime fiction? Discuss… It’s a question that has been nagging at me for a few years now. I used to think I knew what it looked...