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Welcome to the latest fortnightly newsletter from
Books from Scotland
bringing you the latest events, highlighting an independent bookshop of the month, and featuring some of the best new books of Scottish interest published recently.
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Top 5 Events
Waterstones St Andrews presents a week-long celebration of all things swashbuckling for children in Pirate Week until
Sunday 17 July. Details are
here.
Waterstones Argyle Street, Glasgow, presents 3 top crime writers: James Oswald and Malcom Mackay in conversation chaired by Matt Bendoris, on
Thursday 14 July. More details are here.
Celebrated Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison is at the Scottish Poetry Library for an evening of poetry and storytelling on
Wednesday 27 July. More details are
here.
Lari Don, author of books including The Secret of the Kelpie, has an show, 'The Secret of the Kelpie: A Journey Round Scotland', running from 9-13 August at 2pm as part of the Fringe in Edinburgh in August at the National Library of Scotland. Details are here.
The Highland Literary Salon welcomes writers in the area who are keen to network. On Tuesday August 16 their event in Inverness focuses on short stories and 'the past'. Details are here.
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Top 5 New Fiction Books
'Sandlands' by Rosy Thornton (PB, £8.99, Sandstone Press)
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Top 5 New Non-Fiction Books
'Fallen Glory' by James Crawford (PB, £12.99, Old Street Publishing). Read an extract from the book
here.
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Top 5 New Children's Books
'Mindwriter' by Steve Cole, illustrated by Nelson Evergreen (PB, £5.99, Barrington Stoke)
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Independent Bookshop of the Month
Established in 2007, the award-winning Edinburgh Bookshop strives to stock unusual, intelligent and topical selections of titles and to offer customers a clever and refreshing choice.
The bookshop has a regular events programme ranging from big name authors through to writer's workshops and to weekly story-time sessions for under 5's. They also offer a Children's Bookgroup and support for Adult Bookgroups.
Find out more about The Edinburgh Bookshop here.
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Latest Issue of Books from Scotland online now
Our new highly visual Issue celebrates
innovation by past and present pioneers across architecture and design in Scotland and elsewhere. The very best of sculpture and architecture, a translated graphic novel, interactive maps, fiction, and an interview appear alongside internationally revered art and design icons. You can read the Issue here.
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Our next Issue launches in August on the theme of Travel. I
n the meantime on booksfromscotland.com, the largest curated selection of Scottish books online, you can browse all the books featured above and discover more titles
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You might also be interested in Bloody Scotland's McIlvanney Prize which sees 8 brilliant books shortlisted for this prestigious accolade celebrating the best in Scottish crime writing. You can read more about the shortlist here and browse the brochure for Bloody Scotland here.
Gill Tasker
Online Editor
Books from Scotland
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