BBC Book of the week with award winning actor
Award-winning actor, Sandy Grierson reads Malachy Tallack’s 60 Degrees North on BBC Radio 4.
The Great Tapestry of Scotland goes on show in Kirkcaldy
The Great Tapestry of Scotland goes on display in Kirkcaldy Galleries from tomorrow, 20 June 2015 until 20 September 2015. Don’t miss the chance to view the complete Tapestry – the longest stitched tapestry in the world.
Malachy Tallack's Sixty Degrees North chosen as BBC Book of the Week
‘not just a vibrant new voice, but a wise, questioning and highly sophisticated talent’ – John Burnside
Alexander McCall Smith wins Major Award
Everyman’s Library and Champagne Bollinger have announced Alexander McCall Smith as the winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for his superbly irreverent Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party (Polygon).
44 Scotland Street returns to the Scotsman - the longest running serial in history!
800+ daily episodes of 44 Scotland Street have now appeared in the Scotsman newspaper. A new series is about to start.
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.