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Iona Fyfe

Celebrate the Scots language online today

 People are being urged to take part in an online event to celebrate the Scots language. Building on the success of the Scots Language Awards,...
Piping Live returns in August (Photo: Elaine Livingstone)

Piping Live returns with a nine-day festival

Glasgow's Piping Live! is back for 2021 with a nine-day festival packed full of world-class performances, music sessions, recitals, competitions, book launches, workshops and so...

Discover life in the Granite City in wartime

A comprehensive historical treasure chest is what awaits in Craig Armstrong’s Aberdeen at War 1939-45. Black and white photographs are interspersed with detailed explanations of...

Blasted Things is more than a historical novel

The 16th novel from award-winning Edinburgh author Lesley Glaister, Blasted Things deserves to be read by all. Set just after World War One, not only...

A strange tale which will have you gripped

From an author whose favourite TV shows include Twin Peaks, it is no surprise that Happiness is Wasted on Me is a strange book. But,...
Westie Fest Front cover

Corrie’s Capers books help feed starving children

Alison Page, a children’s author and Isle of Arran resident, published her first picture book “The Westie Fest” three years ago. It was reviewed by...


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