BOOKS

Authors pick top lockdown crime novels
Ahead of the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival, which begins online on 18 September, authorsĀ Alex Gray andĀ Gordon Brown - who writes asĀ Morgan Cry -...

Borders Book Festival unveils virtual programme
PERFORMANCE poet Joseph Coelho, illustrator Fiona Lumbers and author Jill Calder lead the line-up of online children's events at this month's Borders Book Festival. Coelho...

Irish author scoops Walter Scott Prize
A NOVEL that explores the marriage of artists Edward and Jo Hopper has been awarded the Walter Scott Prize For Historical Fiction. Irish author Christine...