🎟️Talking two millennia (of Scotland’s history) ⌛

COMING SOON 📚 Demarco's Europe by Richard Demarco and Roddy Martine 🏛️This third volume of the Demarco Trilogy celebrates the extraordinary cultural legacy of Richard Demarco and his lifelong connection with the Edinburgh International Festival.

Check out Chris Charlesworth's review of BARROWLAND: THE INSIDE STORY OF GLASGOW’S BELOVED BALLROOM by Alison Irvine here: zurl.co/h05vm

I’m always a fan of @scattyscribbler.bsky.social and her latest children’s book out from @luathpress.bsky.social is another cracker. Here’s my review lindasbookbag.com/2026/07/06/e...

🎟️ Trust Issues, Fake News, Real Poems 🖥️

🎟️ Northern Spirits, Restless Hearts 🧭 Join Janis Mackay, author of On a Northern Shore, in the fertile place where ancient Scottish folklore and new feisty fiction meet, where love is hampered by ghosts and the restless surge of the sea is always in hearing.

🎟️A Wee Bit Zen – when less is more ⛩️ Join Alan Spence, former Edinburgh Makar and author of the cult-classic Glasgow Zen and upcoming sequel A Wee Bit Zen for conversation and short-form poetry from a trickster with words and a mesmerising performer of his own work.

🎟️ Tea and Tales 🫖 Join Gerda Stevenson, author of Cat Wumman: Tales o Nine Lives as she mesmerises with her contemporary retellings of folk tales from Scotland, Japan, the Mississippi swamps and Inuit tribes, blending storytelling and song, over tea and coffee.

🎟️Iona With Love 🌊 Artists have long appreciated Iona’s natural beauty, its exquisite colours and the quality of its ever-changing light.

🎟️Scotland’s Darkest Past 🧹Join Mary Craig, author of Agnes Finnie and Borders Witch Hunt and step beyond the myths into a chilling world where whispers became accusations and accusations became death sentences.

Coming up in July...📚

🌈Celebrating our LGBTQ+ books and authors. 🕷 Keeping Away the Spiders by Anne Pia - themes of gender identity and feminism 🎤 The Real Stanley Baxter by Brian Beacom - understanding sexuality of the comedian and music hall star

COMING THIS JULY 📚 From the back streets of Rutherglen to red carpets around the world, Scott Kyle's powerful memoir It's Not Where You Start returns in a new edition this July.

🚨Event change! 🚨 Between the Stones – Scotland through Outlander is now on 25 August at 1.30pm Outlander has generated global interest in the history, languages and landscapes of Scotland.

✨Celebrate Juneteenth with some key reads ✨ 📢Empowering poetry from Kokumo Rocks 🎶 Digging deep into the legacy of Robert Burns 🌴Scotland's relationship with slavery in Jamaica ⌛ Investigating racism in Scotland today ...and many more titles on the Luath website 📚

Thank you so much @luathpress.bsky.social for Enter Eddie Shakespeare by @scattyscribbler.bsky.social I adore Barbara’s children’s books luath.co.uk/products/ent...

Barbara Sellars talks to Olivia Sprinkel in this two-part interview, discussing all things Iona With Love zurl.co/Jz75F

🔊Sophie Jane Lee joins the Spilling the T podcast to talk about Beyond Palatable 👄 Why are women still punished for speaking up at work? 👄 What impact does psychological safety have on your workplace? 👄 What can we do to fix the system?

Roll Up! ⚽ Julie McNeill reads from We Are Scottish Football: World Cup Edition in preparation for tonight's game. Because *this is* the greatest show 🏆

What are the viable alternatives to Scottish independence? Is there a future within the Union that allows for greater democracy? And what role will a constitution play in the coming years? Elliot Bulmer presents a few possibilities in Burning the Union at Both Ends, out now. 🔥

What could go horribly wrong with Scottish Independence? Elliot Bulmer presents a list of possibilities – and crucially, the ways they might be avoided – in Burning the Union At Both Ends.

‘Since the so-called ‘Union of Crowns’ of 1603 placed a Scottish king (James VI) upon the English throne, it has even been alleged that the Union’s origins lie in a Scottish take-over of England, and not the other way around.

How can Scotland escape the current deadlock on independence? Elliot Bulmer's portrayal of the current impasse in Scottish politics and the two views of the nature of the Union discussed in Burning the Union at Both Ends.

‘We appear to be in a situation of deadlock, where a pro-independence majority demands the mandate to hold a second referendum on independence, but the British Government fails to recognise it.

Catch Tim Bell talking all things Choose Life, Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location on the Edinburgh Outdoors podcast here: www.podfollow.com/edinburgh-ou...

Some of the recent press coverage of The Crisis in the Classroom by Dave Clements.

You can catch Alison Irvine talking all things Barrowland: the inside story of Glasgow's beloved ballroom on the most recent episode of Music Maps.

What happens when the ties that hold a nation together begin to fray? Burning the Union at Both Ends by is a sharp, timely, and deeply thought-provoking exploration of political tension, constitutional strain, and the forces reshaping modern democracy.

What happens when the ties that hold a nation together begin to fray? Burning the Union at Both Ends by is a sharp, timely, and deeply thought-provoking exploration of political tension, constitutional strain, and the forces reshaping modern democracy.

Scott Kyle continues to take the live show adapted from his memoir It's Not Where You Start on tour with over 45 dates booked.

🎟️Heel for Heel – Scottish Dance Fever at ScotlandsFest 💃Get planning your Fringe visit now! What is it about Scottish dancing that gets people the world over in such a spin? The catchy music? The colourful gear? The fun of formations like ‘teapots’ and ‘helicopters’?

‘The disconnect between story and system is at the heart of the UK's constitutional crisis. A constitution is a system set in a story. In other words, it sets out institutions and structures and principles of government: that is the ‘system’.

What started as an urgent conversation about the realities facing students, teachers, and schools has grown into something much bigger – a national dialogue about education, equity, and what young people truly need to thrive.

Some sneak preview copies of Daughterhood will be available for those attending the Glasgow Gliterary Lunch with Alison Irvine, June 4.

This #DementiaWeek, discover the powerful and compassionate books by John Killick giving voice to people living with dementia through poetry, conversation, and care. Insightful, moving, and deeply human. 💙 #DementiaAwareness

Mental Health Awareness week is coming to a close and what better book to highlight than Sophie Jane Lee's groundbreaking manifesto, Beyond Palatable.

What do you do when someone you love is suffering with their mental health? Our next book to highlight, Fade Into You by Catriona Child, asks that question amongst others in a story capturing the magic of 1990s grunge in Scotland to T in the Park, all the way to 2014.

Outlander might be over now, but you can still get your fix with this upcoming event!

1 month until Scotland vs Haiti! ⚽Celebrate with Julie McNeill and the Football Makars tomorrow at the Paisley Book Festival.

1 month until Scotland vs Haiti! ⚽Celebrate with Julie McNeill and the Football Makars tomorrow at the Paisley Book Festival.

📚 Book Launch: Burning the Union at Both Ends Join W Elliot Bulmer at Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh on 7 June, 7pm, as he explores the complex constitutional relationship between Scotland and England.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness week, we're highlighting books that speak to people, books that help us feel a little less alone. Emma Grae's fiction encapsulates this ethos, from her Scots language children's books to her crossover fiction The Tongue She Speaks.

It's Mental Health Awareness week: a time to highlight the importance of good mental health, challenge stigma and promote practical actions people can take to support their own wellbeing. Our first book to spotlight during this week is Pink Camouflage by Gemma Morgan.

A double dose of Sophie Jane Lee coming up at Fleet Street Festival of Words and The Ignited Woman Event this week! Sophie will be talking all things Beyond Palatable: a Manifesto for Unapologetic Women and what empowerment means in practice. ✨

What was happening in Scotland when Genghis Khan was waging war, or when Ivan the Terrible was the Russian czar? And what was happening in the rest of the world when Robert the Bruce was outlawed or when Mary Queen of Scots lost her head?

Launch tonight! ✨ We Are Scottish Football: World Cup Edition will launch at West of Scotland Cricket Club tonight. 🏆 Get your copy of the ultimate cultural companion to the World Cup on the Luath website.⚽

🎟️ Early bird tickets for ScotlandsFest are now available! Join us this Edinburgh Fringe for Scotland’s literary, cultural and political festival: big thinking in a small country, with talks, poetry, storytelling and more. Book now ✨ zurl.co/Erro3

OUT NOW: We Are Scottish Football: World Cup Edition by Julie McNeill 📚⚽ A poetic tribute to the passion, heartbreak and hope of Scottish football as Scotland return to the World Cup after 28 years. zurl.co/JrNEf #ScottishFootball #WorldCup #OutNow

OUT NOW: The Crisis in the Classroom by Dave Clements Why are more children needing support at school? What’s behind the rise in diagnosed needs? A timely, thought-provoking look at education, families and the systems under strain. #Education #Neurodiversity #Schools #OutNow