Kevin MacNeil in the Independent with The Brilliant and Forever

Alexander McCall Smith completes Australian tour

Great Tapestry of Scotland panel stolen

Tapestry stitchers devastated at news that one panel has been stolen.

Literature and Publishing Sector Review now available online

Ouch! Rosemary Goring responds to the Creative Scotland Literature Sector Review

‘To write so boringly and opaquely about an art which the report rightly claims is vibrant and healthy is not merely an injustice, but makes one fear that its compilers lack any true understanding or identification with the literature it sets out to survey.’

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The Great Tapestry of Scotland is on the Move (but there's still time to make your Mark!)

Members of the public are to be given a chance to make a stitch on new welcome panels for the Great Tapestry of Scotland before it moves to its new, purpose built home in Galashiels.

Writing Scotland's Future – July 1999

In 1999 the winner of a national writing competition, Writing Scotland’s Future, was only 11 years old. But her winning entry was strong and on 1 July that year, her poem was read out at the Official Opening of Scotland’s new Parliament. Jan Rutherford was present.

Shortlisted for Major Award

PPW’s Jan Rutherford has been shortlist for the UK’s Publishers’ Publicity Circle Annual Award.