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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*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...

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....

A new novel from Douglas Skelton is always reason for cheer so the recent publication of his latest, Thunder Bay (Polygon Books) was...

For our Review of the year in Scottish writing and all things bookish Ali was once again joined by Booky Vikki herself, Publishing...

The city of Glasgow has a complex relationship with real crime, one which probably explains the popularity of crime fiction not only in...

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...

One of the most welcome literary surprises of last year was Charles E. McGarry’s novel The Ghost Of Helen Addison. It introduced the...

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...

For the latest podcast Ali met up with the American novelist Andy Davidson before his event at The Edinburgh International Book Festival....

There are regularly heated discussions about the worth of prizes in art and culture. Recently announced, the Scottish Album of the Year...

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...