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 Galloway, ...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 Gallowa... -
Katherine May
WinteringWintering is a poignant and comforting meditati...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 shows us how to come through... -
Wigtown Festival Bookshop
Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift CardWould you like to buy a book as a gift, but don...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 Card instead and the recipient can make their own choice? Gift Cards ar... -
Stephen Rutt
The Seafarers: A Journey Among BirdsThe British Isles are remarkable for their extr...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 the m... -
David Gange
The Frayed Atlantic EdgeOver the course of a year, leading historian an...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, island. ... -
Adrián Maldonado
Crucible of NationsA new look at National Museums Scotland collect...A new look at National Museums Scotland collections covering the period 800-1200: the fall of the Pictish kingdoms and rise of the Viking Age; the emergence of new players like Alba, Moray, Strathc... -
Laura Cumming
On Chapel SandsUncovering the mystery of her mother’s disappea...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 kidnapped... -
Natalie Haynes
A Thousand ShipsIn A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist...In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective, for fans of Madeline Miller and Pat Barker. This was never the sto... -
Bernadette Russell
How to Be HopefulHow to Be Hopeful is your essential toolkit to ...How to Be Hopeful is your essential toolkit to rediscovering hope, empowering you to help create a kinder world. Whether we're grieving or afraid, worn down by everyday troubles or relentless bad ... -
Richard Coles
Fathomless RichesFATHOMLESS RICHES is the Reverend Richard Coles...FATHOMLESS RICHES is the Reverend Richard Coles's warm, witty and wise memoir in which he divulges with searing honesty and intimacy his pilgrimage from a rock-and-roll life of sex and drugs in the... -
Michael Shaw
A Friendship in LettersIn A Friendship in Letters, Dr. Michael Shaw br...In A Friendship in Letters, Dr. Michael Shaw brings together correspondence between two of Scotland's most famous writers for the first time. Though they never met, Robert Louis Stevenson and J.M. ... -
James Rebanks
English PastoralThe author of the beloved No.1 bestseller The S...The author of the beloved No.1 bestseller The Shepherd's Life returns with a stirring history of family, loss and the land over three generations on a Lake District farm. James Rebanks was taught b...
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