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... -
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... -
Gavin Francis
Intensive CareIntensive Care is about how coronavirus emerged...Intensive Care is about how coronavirus emerged, spread across the world and changed all of our lives forever.But it's not, perhaps, the story you expect. Gavin Francis is a GP who works in both ur... -
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. ... -
Cal Flyn
Islands of AbandonmentThis is a book about abandoned places: ghost to...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 place. In Chernobyl, following t... -
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... -
Jenni Fagan
LuckenboothStories tucked away on every floor.No. 10 Lucke...Stories tucked away on every floor.No. 10 Luckenbooth Close is an archetypal Edinburgh tenement. The devil's daughter rows to the shores of Leith in a coffin.The year is 1910 and she has been sent ... -
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... -
C.J. Schüler
Along the Amber RouteFollowing the Amber Route from the Baltic to th...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 from i... -
Kathleen Hart
Devorgilla DaysSigned copies supplied. This is a story about u...Signed copies supplied. This is a story about uncovering the things that really matter, and discovering what makes us feel alive. It is a story about finding that inner strength and resilience, and... -
Sally Magnusson
The Ninth ChildLoch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wilde...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 extraordinary water...
