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Events for youngsters at StAnza poetry festival
Mermaids and messages in bottles are on the programme for young poetry fans at this year’s StAnza Festival. StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is serving...

World War I – as seen first hand in the trenches
Mud and Bodies is a fascinating collection of letters and extracts from the war diaries of Captain NAC Weir during the period 1914-1920. The diaries...

Looking for justice in Scotland’s Appeal Court
An inside look at Scotland's criminal justice system in Edinburgh's Appeal Court is coming to our TV screens. David Hayman narrates this documentary, looking at...

Recipient of Next Chapter Award 2020 revealed
A poet from Orkney has been announced as the recipient of Scottish Book Trust’s Next Chapter Award 2020. Olive M Ritch now lives and works...