Too loud. Too emotional. Too ambitious. Too… powerful? Beyond Palatable is a manifesto for women done shrinking. Raw, unapologetic and fiercely honest, it shows how to reclaim your voice, disrupt the rules and remember who the f*ck you are.

Out now 📖 Iona With Love published by Luath Press 💙 A heartfelt tribute to the landscape, spirit and story of Iona. Available now from all good bookshops. zurl.co/7gQU1 #IonaWithLove #OutNow #ScottishBooks

I have made myself a website. It's got details of my current book 'Barrowland' and my new book 'Daughterhood'. Both published by @luathpress.bsky.social www.alisonirvine.org.uk

🎻 From the folk revival to the groundbreaking music of Martyn Bennett Join writer Gary West for a fascinating exploration of Scotland’s folk renaissance and Bennett’s legacy, based on his acclaimed biography Brave New Music.

Big news! 📚 The Good Daughter by Alison Irvine is now titled Daughterhood. Follow Nina as she navigates family chaos, old loves, and self-discovery in this bold, funny, heartfelt story. 💛 🔗 Publishing this June: zurl.co/5Y8FJ

Join us for the opening night of Between Two Beaches at Lyth Arts Centre 📖 Book launch & reading from Janis Mackay 📍Lyth Arts Centre, Lyth 🗓 27 February, 6pm 💷zurl.co/kMx0i A warm, welcoming celebration to close Lyth Arts Centre’s Year of Living programme.

🎶 International Women’s Day @ RCS 🎶 The Bubblyjock Collective premiere QUINES! — a powerful new song-cycle celebrating Scottish women composers, featuring a new commission by Lisa Robertson setting poems by Gerda Stevenson.

Sophie Jane Lee is taking Beyond Palatable on tour 📚 London is sold out, with dates in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Hull. More to be announced soon!

📚 Book Launch: Beyond Palatable Join Sophie Jane Lee in conversation about her powerful new book, Beyond Palatable. An empowering call for women to embrace authenticity and live unapologetically.

Coming March 2026 🌄 The Hughs: Vol 2 – The Islands by Andrew Dempster celebrates Scotland’s 'wee hills' under 2,000 ft, from Arran to Rum. Full of charm, character and breathtaking views, it’s the perfect guide for island hillwalkers. 🏞️📖 zurl.co/mQNIj

Join us for the opening night of Between Two Beaches at Lyth Arts Centre 📖 Book launch & reading from Janis Mackay 📍Lyth Arts Centre, Lyth 🗓 27 February, 6pm 💷zurl.co/QWIUv A warm, welcoming celebration to close Lyth Arts Centre’s Year of Living programme.

Coming February 2026 ✨ To Iona with Love by Barbara Sellars is a stunning photographic tribute to the Isle of Iona, capturing its shifting light, colours and quiet beauty through evocative images and personal reflections. 🌊📖 zurl.co/6fDJI

✨ STORY STOIRIDH | Storytelling for Grownups ✨ Join storyteller and author Janis Mackay for an evening of folklore, place and powerful tales from her latest novel On a Northern Shore. 📍 The Rockfield Centre, Oban 🗓 21 February, 7.30pm 🎟 luath.co.uk/pages/events

📚 Calling all readers! We’re looking for book lovers to read and review Beyond Palatable by Sophie Jane Lee. Get your FREE ebook copy here and share your thoughts ✨ booksirens.com/book/RML0I9U... Honest reviews make all the difference 💛

Ah love this braw illustration by Bob Dewar in ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’. If ye know a wean wi a big imagination, or jist like poetic wee buiks in the Scots leid yersel, this is the story fur ye! Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps. #ScotsLanguage

Cover reveal! 🎉📘 The How to Win at Work Book by Gill Whitty‑Collins is coming March 2026 – packed with practical strategies to help women thrive in their careers. 💼✨ Pre‑order now: zurl.co/tj053

Ready to take the leap from 9 to 5? 🌟 Goodbye Day Job by Barbara Henderson is your guide to finding work you love and living life on your terms. 💛📚 Learn more here: zurl.co/zhblw

For Black History Month, explore Burns and Black Lives by Clark McGinn 📚 A thought‑provoking look at Robert Burns, the transatlantic slave trade, and Scotland’s history of race and justice. Learn more: zurl.co/HDRAQ

Nuair thainig a’ bhirlinn gu tìr nuair a tharraing iad i air gainmheach a’ Phuirt, ged a bha am muir gorm, ’s a’ ghainmheach geal… —Ruaraidh MacThòmais, “Na Lochlannaich A’ Tighinn Air Tìr An Nis” 100 Dàn As Fhèarr Leinn, @luathpress.bsky.social 2020 #WyrdWednesday #poem luath.co.uk/products/100...

Flashback to 2013 and the launch of my first novel, Blood City. A new cover for this one was released later, but I always liked the crow cover, which fitted into a theme throughout the four Davie McCall novels. They're still in print, by the way. Thanks @luathpress.bsky.social!

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💖 Whether you’re celebrating with a loved one, friends or treating yourself, may your day be full of warmth, joy and a little bit of magic. 📚✨ What’s your perfect Valentine’s read?

New books from Luath this February! 📚✨ Goodbye Day Job by Barbara Henderson: zurl.co/reXX6 Iona with Love by Barbara Sellars: zurl.co/cckwu A Gray Playbook by Alasdair Gray (new edition): zurl.co/d9GQ0 Which one will you read first?

Janis Mackay is taking On a Northern Shore on tour 🌊📖 Catch her in Biggar, Skye, Lismore, Oban and Caithness. More info here: www.luath.co.uk

Love stories are never just one thing 💘 This Valentine’s Day we are celebrating books that explore love in all its complexity, from myth and memory to war, poetry and devotion. Read our Valentine’s Reads blog: luath.co.uk/blogs/bookba...

Saltire Sessions: Gerda Stevenson The Saltire Society talks to Gerda Stevenson – actress, writer, director & musician – about storytelling, the Scots language, loss, & Gerda’s new #shortstory collection CAT WUMMIN, published by @luathpress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=l93G...

A much-appreciated review of 'The Tongue She Speaks' on Amazon! Available directly from @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.

🚨 WE ARE HIRING 🚨 We are looking for a new Gaelic co-ordinator to join our team! If so, please send your cv and/or an introductory email to [email protected] by Friday 13 February. This is a remote position with Luath Press.

This is yer sign tae grab a copy o ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ fae @luathpress.bsky.social! The story o a feart moggie who teaches a wee lassie hoo tae be brave.

O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us An’ foolish notion: What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us, And ev’n Devotion! —Robert Burns, “To a Louse” @luathpress.bsky.social, illus. Bob Dewar #BurnsNight #C18 luath.co.uk/products/poe...

It’s no jist Rabbie Burns’s birthday, wee Tammie Norrie is four the day! It’s hur first birthday as the star o a Scots buik fur bairns, ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’. Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps! #ScotsLanguage #BurnsNicht

A wee poyum by ma great-granda fur Burns Nicht. It imagines whit Rabbie would hink if he came tae haunt a Burns Supper in 1967… Originally appearin in The Herald, it wis republished by @luathpress.bsky.social in 2022 as pairt o wee Cathy O’Kelly’s story in ‘The Tongue She Speaks’.

Celebrate Burns Night! 🥮📚 Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect lets you enjoy Robert Burns in his own words and voice. A timeless classic. zurl.co/1SI3l #BurnsNight #RobertBurns #ScottishPoetry #ScottishDialect

Burns Night is almost here! ✨ Celebrate the bard with Burnsiana, a beautiful collection of Robert Burns’ life, words and legacy. 📚 zurl.co/ZXX6D #BurnsNight #BurnsDay #RobertBurns #ScottishBooks #Poetry #LuathBooks

As Burns Night approaches! 📚 Burns and Black Lives explores the connections between Robert Burns’ work and the histories of Black people in Scotland and beyond. zurl.co/uP6Gn #BurnsNight #RobertBurns #BurnsAndBlackLives #ScottishBooks

Celebrate Burns Night! 🥮📚 The Luath Burns Companion is your perfect guide to Robert Burns’ life, work and world. Full of insight, context and celebration. zurl.co/OROIH #BurnsNight #RobertBurns #BurnsCompanion #ScottishBooks #Poetry

I’m sorry that the writing content has slowed down a wee bit. Currently in the middle of sorting my life admin so that my stories can get 100% of me going forward! Speaking of which, my braw publisher @luathpress.bsky.social currently has a 3 for 2 offer on! luath.co.uk/products/the...

We had an amazing time at our pop-up bookshop at John Lewis Glasgow! 📚✨ It was wonderful to meet so many of you face to face, make new connections, and even have a few of our authors stop by to sign some books. 🖊️💛 Thank you for coming along and sharing the love of books with us!

The moggie thit meowed tae much! 🐱📚 A braw new read for bairns, full o fun, mischief an purr-fect adventures! 😸 zurl.co/CBYYZ #ScotsLanguage #KidsBooks #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch #MiddleGrade #NewBook

Escape to the Highlands! 🏔️✨ Wild Mountain Times is a gripping tale of adventure, courage and discovery set against Scotland’s stunning mountains 🌿📚 zurl.co/GnZdr #WildMountainTimes #NewBook #Adventure #ScottishHighlands #Readers

It’s out now! 📚✨ The Ultimate Guide to Time Travel is here. Explore the mysteries, ideas and adventures of time travel in this fascinating new book ⏳🚀 zurl.co/NnIVp #TimeTravel #BookRelease #NewBook #Science #Curiosity

Cover reveal! 📚✨ Northern Isles No More is coming this February. Take a first look at the striking cover and get ready to explore the remarkable stories of islanders abroad since 1700 🌍📖 zurl.co/E3CfB #NorthernIslesNoMore #CoverReveal #ComingSoon

Exciting news! 📚✨ Beyond Palatable by Sophie Jane Lee (coming this March) is hitting the road on tour! 🎉 Catch Sophie in: London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, York, Hull, Oxford, Brighton and Bristol. More details on dates and venues coming soon – stay tuned! 🗺️💛

Coming this April! 📚✨ Enter Eddie Shakespeare is perfect for readers aged 8–12. Full of humour, heart and theatre adventures! 🎭 zurl.co/Aj4zZ #EnterEddieShakespeare #ComingSoon #KidsBooks #MiddleGrade #BookRelease

Cover reveal time! 📚✨ Whistlebare is coming in late spring, and we cannot wait to share it with you. Take a first look at the stunning cover and get ready for something special. 🌿 zurl.co/ElrZV #Whistlebare #CoverReveal #ComingSoon #Books #NewRelease

Coming this February! 📚✨ Goodbye, Day Job is on the way, celebrating courage, creativity and taking the leap into something new. zurl.co/UAWKg #GoodbyeDayJob #ComingSoon #NewBook #Inspiration

Buzzing: a historical adventure for 8-12 year-olds, featuring the Bard, his much younger brother Edmund, and Elizabethan London. Out in April. @saaupdates.bsky.social @shakespearesglobe.bsky.social @shaxbull.bsky.social @nashaxpodcast.bsky.social @shakespeareandcompany.com

If you’ve not already grabbed a copy, now is the perfect time to support my wee fictional world by grabbing my latest children’s book, ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’, directly fae @luathpress.bsky.social – or your local independent bookshop! luath.co.uk/products/the...

Out now! 📚✨ Outlander and Scotland is here. Discover the history and places behind the beloved series 🌄 luath.co.uk/products/out... #Outlander #Scotland #BookRelease #OutlanderFans

This week marked the release and delivery of a pretty remarkable edited collection from colleagues at Glasgow and @luathpress.bsky.social. It contains an incredible *44* contributions and represents an affordable, accessible tour-de-force of cultural connections between Outlander and Scotland. (1/2)

Thank you so much, @lindasbookbag.bsky.social ! @luathpress.bsky.social !