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Catriona M. M. MacDonald
The Caledoniad

Winner of the 2025 Frank Watson Book PrizeWhy did Scots in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries know so little about their past and even less about those who controlled their history? Is the historical …

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Fiona J. Mackenzie
The Cadence of a Song

The American-born folklorist and musician Margaret Fay Shaw's passion for the Hebrides led her to the island of South Uist in 1929 and then to Canna in 1935 as the wife of the eminent folklorist John Lorn…

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Graeme Macrae Burnet
Benbecula

Darkland Tales

On the 9th of July 1857, a twenty-five-year-old labourer named Angus MacPhee bludgeoned to death his parents and aunt in the crofting community on the remote Hebridean island of Benbecula.Five years later…

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Graeme Macrae Burnet
Benbecula

Darkland Tales

'It is dark now and my window onto the world is a small one. I do not know how much longer I will be here.'On 9 July 1857, Angus MacPhee, a labourer from Liniclate on the island of Benbecula, murdered his…

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Alexander McCall Smith
Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream

44 Scotland Street

"It's like ice cream, Mr Flynn," Bertie continued. "When you have ice cream, you need to eat it straight away, otherwise it melts. If there are people who haven''t got any, you should share…

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Alexander McCall Smith
Looking for You

The Perfect Passion Company

In this latest instalment of The Perfect Passion Company, Katie Donald, with the help of her enigmatic neighbour, William, continues her unwavering endeavour to help lonely hearts find love. With the tend…

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Alexander McCall Smith
McCall Smith, A: Pavilion in the Clouds

A brand new stand-alone novel from Alexander McCall Smith, The Pavilion in the Clouds is a beautifully evocative story, set mostly in 1930s Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka). This atmospheric novel, set in …

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Alexander McCall Smith
Pianos and Flowers

In Pianos and Flowers we are invited, through the medium of sepia images, to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the people in the frame are im…

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Alexander McCall Smith
The Prime of Bertie Pollock

To find out where we are going, we sometimes need to find out where we came from. Sister Maria-Fiore dei Fiori Montagna, who is suffering from an acute identity crisis, wants to know more about her own pa…

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Alexander McCall Smith
The Private Side of Friendship

Featured on BBC Radio 4's Take Four BooksSix friends. One city. The time of their lives. It's 1988, and on the verge of a reunion with friends she hasn't seen since graduation, Julie recalls her halcyon s…

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Alexander McCall Smith
The Private Side of Friendship

Featured on BBC Radio 4's Take Four BooksSix friends. One city. The time of their lives. It's 1988, and on the verge of a reunion with friends she hasn't seen since graduation, Julie recalls her halcyon s…

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Alexander McCall Smith
The Winds from Further West

After a throw-away comment lands him in a difficult situation, Dr Neil Anderson's principles are put to the test. He ultimately leaves his job, his partner, and Edinburgh far behind for the seclusion and …

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Alexander McCall Smith
Trains and Lovers

A heart-warming stand-alone novel about trains and love! McCall Smith weaves a tale of four strangers who meet on a train. They have one thing in common - they have all been in love. They all have very di…

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Molly McElwee
Building Champions

Tennis is one of the only sports in which women have consistently played on the same stage as men for the past 50 years, creating their own culture and narrative. Building Champions explores the complex, …

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Alan Mckirdy, John Gordon, Roger Crofts
Land of Mountain and Flood

Scotland is justly famed for its magnificent scenery - mountains, lochs, islands, wild rocky places and sandy beaches. All this is evidence of an exciting geological history which began 3,500 billion year…

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Philip Miller
The Diary of Lies

The Shona Sandison Mysteries

In a darkening, post-COVID world, fearless investigative reporter Shona Sandison is seeking meaning - and her next big story. A secret contact inside the government has promised her something huge, but sh…

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Alistair Moffat
Bannockburn

Relive the battle for a nation.As 8,000 Scottish soldiers, most of them spearmen, faced 18,000 English infantrymen, archers and mounted knights in June 1314 near the Bannock Burn, many would have thought …

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Alistair Moffat
Glasgow: A New History

Scotland's largest city has always been one of the most vibrant, varied and fascinating places in the country.This new history of Glasgow begins with the river, for the Clyde made the city flourish. From …

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Christine Muir
Orkney Days

This is the charming and poignant account of twenty-five years spent in Orkney. After her marriage to an islander, Christine Muir went to live on the tiny island of North Ronaldsay, where she and her husb…

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Eilidh Muldoon
My First Colouring Book: Scottish Coast and Seashore

Birlinn Children's Colouring Books

Young children will love these colouring books featuring simple illustrations of a variety of Scottish themes. This colouring book will introduce budding artists to the beautiful coasts and seashores of S…

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