Books and authors featured in our weekly, online literary events.
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Patrick Laurie
Native: Life in a Vanishing LandscapeDesperate to connect with his native Gallowa...Desperate to connect with his native Galloway, Patrick Laurie plunges into work on his family farm in the hills of southwest Scotland. Investing in the oldest and most traditional breeds of Gall... -
Katherine May
WinteringWintering is a poig...Wintering is a poignant and comforting meditation on the fallow periods of life, times when we must retreat to care for and repair ourselves. Katherine May thoughtfully ... -
Stephen Rutt
The Seafarers: A Journey Among BirdsThe British Isles are remarkable for their e...The British Isles are remarkable for their extraordinary seabird life: spectacular gatherings of charismatic Arctic terns, elegant fulmars and stoic eiders, to name just a few. Often found in th... -
Gavin Francis
Intensive CareIntensive Care is a...Intensive Care is about how coronavirus emerged, spread across the world and changed all of our lives forever.... -
David Gange
The Frayed Atlantic EdgeOver the course of a year, leading historian...Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to south: every cove, sound, inlet, islan... -
Jenni Fagan
LuckenboothStories tucked away...Stories tucked away on every floor.No. 10 Luckenbooth Close is an archetypal Edinb... -
Laura Cumming
On Chapel SandsUncovering the mystery of her mother’s disap...Uncovering the mystery of her mother’s disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story. Autumn 1929 – a young girl is... -
C.J. Schüler
Along the Amber RouteFollowing the Amber Route from the Baltic to...Following the Amber Route from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, C. J. Schüler charts the origins of amber, the myths and legends that have grown around it, and the dazzling artefacts crafted fro... -
Cal Flyn
Islands of AbandonmentThis is a book abou...This is a book about abandoned places: ghost towns and exclusion zones, no man's lands and fortress islands - and what happens when nature is allowed to reclaim its plac... -
Wigtown Festival Bookshop
Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift CardWould you like t...Would you like to buy a book as a gift, but don't know which one to choose? Why not give a Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift ... -
Sally Magnusson
The Ninth ChildLoch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wi...Loch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wilderness fast becoming an industrial wasteland. No place for a lady. Isabel Aird is aghast when her husband is appointed doctor to an extraordi... -
Natalie Haynes
A Thousand ShipsIn A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classic...In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch...
