Looking Ahead to the Royal Wedding
Alexander McCall Smith has written a beautiful piece on the use of language in the wedding ceremony. Read it here
Five days of features for Alistair Moffat
Alistair Moffat’s The Scots: A Genetic Journey is the subject of five features, one to appear every day in the Scotsman newspaper this week
Alexander McCall Smith in the Times
Alexander McCall Smith has written an article on book giving for the Times. Catch it this weekend, 5 March – World Book Night.
Give a book on World Book Day
World Book Day takes place on 3 March 2011. To celebrate, give a book to someone you love, someone you admire or someone who really should read more!
Bob Servant takes BBC Breakfast News by storm
An interview with Neil Forsyth, on BBC Breakfast News, sees a sharp spike in sales.
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.