Fully Booked: A Preview Of Aye Write! 2020…
*This year’s Aye Write! has been postponed. For full details go to https://www.ayewrite.com/Pages/default.aspx* From today (12th – 29th)...
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- Feb 20, 2020
- 4 min
Rebel Ink: A Preview of the Paisley Book Festival…
Today (20/2/20) sees the start of the inaugural Paisley Book Festival, which runs until Saturday 29th Feb. With the theme of ‘Radical...
- Jan 24, 2020
- 3 min
What Lies Beneath: A Review Of Helen Sedgwick’s When The Dead Come Calling…
The popularity of Scottish crime fiction shows no signs of slowing with new titles published weekly, Bloody Scotland becoming one of the...
- Jan 9, 2020
- 3 min
A Town Called Malice: A Review Of Stephen Watt’s Fairy Rock…
Arguably Scotland’s two greatest literary exports are poetry and crime so it makes sense for someone to combine the two. For anyone...
- Dec 13, 2019
- 2 min
That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2019 Podcasts – Books…
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...
- Oct 10, 2019
- 4 min
His Bloody Valentine: A Review Of Alan Parks’ February’s Son…
The Glasgow crime novel has a rich, varied and celebrated tradition. Many would cite William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw as the first true...
- Aug 2, 2019
- 4 min
Where Extremes Meet: A Review Of Helen’s Fitzgerald’s Worst Case Scenario…
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...
- Jun 21, 2019
- 3 min
The Ties That Bind: A Review Of Doug Johnstone’s Breakers…
As Scots Whay Hae! moves towards its 10th year one writer in particular has been with us most of the way – the estimable Doug Johnstone....
- Apr 29, 2019
- 3 min
Storm Warning: A Review Of Douglas Skelton’s Thunder Bay…
A new novel from Douglas Skelton is always reason for cheer so the recent publication of his latest, Thunder Bay (Polygon Books) was...
- Dec 17, 2018
- 2 min
That Was The Year That Was: It’s The Best Of 2018 Podcasts – Part 1 (Books)…
For our Review of the year in Scottish writing and all things bookish Ali was once again joined by Booky Vikki herself, Publishing...
- Oct 31, 2018
- 3 min
Heart of Darkness: A Review Of Liam McIlvanney’s The Quaker…
The city of Glasgow has a complex relationship with real crime, one which probably explains the popularity of crime fiction not only in...
- Oct 23, 2018
- 3 min
Begin Again: A Review Of Douglas Skelton’s The Janus Run…
As regulars to SWH! will know, crime-writer Douglas Skelton is one of our favourite novelists. He has been a guest on our podcast, and...
- Sep 26, 2018
- 4 min
Old Morality: A Review Of Charles E. McGarry’s The Shadow Of The Black Earl…
One of the most welcome literary surprises of last year was Charles E. McGarry’s novel The Ghost Of Helen Addison. It introduced the...
- Sep 19, 2018
- 3 min
Holiday From Hell: A Review Of Jonathan Whitelaw’s Hellcorp…
If it’s true that the Devil has all the best tunes, He (and it’s almost always a He) tends to get all the best films, plays and books as...
- Aug 17, 2018
- 2 min
American Horror Story: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Andy Davidson…
For the latest podcast Ali met up with the American novelist Andy Davidson before his event at The Edinburgh International Book Festival....
- Aug 8, 2018
- 4 min
Black Magic: A Review Of Robin Robertson’s The Long Take…
There are regularly heated discussions about the worth of prizes in art and culture. Recently announced, the Scottish Album of the Year...
- May 17, 2018
- 3 min
Pyroclastic Fantastic: A Review Of Doug Johnstone’s Fault Lines…
Let’s lay our cards on the table before we begin – Doug Johnstone is not only one of SWH!’s favourite writers, but among our favourite...
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