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    That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2019 Podcasts – Books…
    • 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 books. As well as discussing in detail their personal favourites they look at the writers who have left their mark, awards and award winners, festivals old and new, the healthy state of Scottish poetry, the continuing prosperity of crime fiction, what’s happening in the publishing world, the prevailing trends and themes of 2019, what to look fo
    The Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2019…
    • Dec 12, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2019…

    I know 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 Whay Hae!’s selection is one for the more discerning book lover with something for everyone. It’s a good old-fashioned Top Ten which has short stories, sci-fi, historical fiction, crime, non-fiction, noir, comedy, and tragedy. There’s even some music to soundtrack your reading! These are the publications which stood out against the stiff
    Being Boiled: A Review Of Alan Trotter’s Muscle…
    • Feb 13, 2019
    • 4 min

    Being Boiled: A Review Of Alan Trotter’s Muscle…

    One of the joys of reviewing on these pages is that every now and again you are sent a novel about which you know nothing, and it doesn’t just take you by surprise but makes you rethink what fiction can do. That was the case with Alan Trotter’s Muscle and even having read it twice now I’m still not entirely sure what it is or exactly what I have read. Is it Samuel Beckett meets Mickey Spillane? Is it noir as imagined by Neil Gaiman? Is it Pinter and Bukowski having a tear up

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