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Twenty-five years is a long and a short time in the life of the written word. Since Scottish Book Trust was founded in 1998, hundreds of Scottish…

A WRITER has said she is honoured a novel she set in her home town has been named the Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year.

WITH Christmas approaching, it’s a perfect time to support Scottish bookshops by picking up one of these cracking offerings as a gift for a loved…

THE UNTOLD and often hidden histories of women was one of the many threads that ran through this year’s Wordplay book festival which closed on Sunday night with a well-attended event featuring former BBC journalist Gavin Esler. Being interviewed on stage by another former BBC...

LITERATURE lovers are getting ready for the return of Wordplay, which begins next week. The Shetland Arts festival - which runs between 21 and 25 September - is being curated by local writer Malachy Tallack. There will be a mix of in-person guests, workshops, readings and school...

Bookseller Waterstones is recovering from the effects of a Blue Yonder implementation that has seen authors and readers up in arms.

Technical difficulties have led to backlog of unfulfilled orders and stock shortages in store for the bookshop chain

Suzanne McLaughlin serves up a week of delights

With a dose of mystery, music, and crime, Granite Noir will return to Aberdeen. Here's all you need to know about the crime-writing festival.

There was extreme pomp and pageantry, miles of tartan, celebratory bonfires and, at the centre of it all, a portly, not particularly well-loved…