
Our parent organisation Publishing Scotland is organising a petition to protest the proposed closure of the Chambers Harrap offices in Edinburgh...

One of the strengths of Scotland is its diversity of language, from Scottish English (you know, where outwith is a word), to Gaelic, from dialects to Doric. Indeed, the range of Scotland's languages is a part of our very identity...

Calling all aspiring poets! We are delighted to offer a new Poetry Workshop service this year with the help of award-winning poet and Poetry School tutor Kona Macphee. Every month BooksfromScotland.com will select one unpublished poem, which Kona will read and critique...

BooksfromScotland.com Does anyone else agree - or disagree - with Jonathan? Is Burns over-rated and over-exposed? Or does his poetry still stand once you strip away all the hype and hyperbole?

To celebrate Robert Burns' 250th anniversary, BooksfromScotland.com has five copies of Ian Rankin's The Poems of Robert Burns to give away...

In 2009, Scotland will host its first ever Homecoming year which has been created and timed to mark the 250th anniversary of Scotland’s national poet, the international cultural icon Robert Burns. ...

In 2007, Scottish publishers Waverley Books produced a graphic novel of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped, adapted by world-famous comic book veterans Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy. ...

Two fantastic new books are featured on BooksfromScotland.com this month. First up, our Book of the Month is a new edition of The Great Book of Gaelic, An Leabhar Mòr. A 21st-century Book of Kells that brings together the work of more than 150 poets, visual artists, and calligraphers....
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