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Welcome to the latest fortnightly newsletter from
Books from Scotland
bringing you forthcoming festivals and
events, news, and featuring
some
of the best new publications.
Happy birthday to HarperCollins, a major employer in Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire, who are celebrating an impressive 200 years of publishing. A wealth of intriguing materials are highlighted in this unique
online archive
which takes you through their nineteenth-century beginnings to the present day.
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Top 5 Events
Graeme Macrae Burnet talks about authoring novels including the award-winning
His Bloody Project at Partick Library, Glasgow, on
Thursday 30 March
Book festivals Big DoG and Hooked celebrate writing for children and young adults
via an exciting programme of event
s in Dumfries on the weekend of 7-9 April
Kathrine Sowerby presents her new book The Spit, The Sound And The Nest, a collection of three novellas, at Byres Road Waterstones, Glasgow, on Thursday 13 April
Stuart MacBride launches his new novel A Dark So Deadly at Waterstones Aberdeen on Monday 17 April
Chris Brookmyre launches his new novel
Want You Gone at Edinburgh's The Caves on
Wednesday 19 April
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Top 5 New Fiction Books
Stronger Than Skin by Stephen May (PB, £8.99, Sandstone Press)
The Blade Artist by Irvine Welsh (PB, £8.99, Vintage)
Stay With Me by
Ayòbámi Adébáyò (HB, £14.99, Canongate Books). Stay With Me was recently shortlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction.
Dog Fight by Michael J Malone (PB, £8.99, Contraband)
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Top 5 New Non-Fiction Books
Freedom Found by Sara Trevelyan (PB, £10.99, Scotland Street Press)
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Top 5 New Children's Books
New Collected Poems For Children by Carol Ann Duffy (PB, £10, Faber & Faber)
One Happy Tiger by Catherine Rayner (Board Book, £7.99, Little Tiger Press)
Charlie's Promise by Annemarie Allan (PB, £6.99, Cranachan Publishing)
The Covers Of My Book Are Too Far Apart by Vivienne French and illustrated by Nigel Baines (PB, £6.99, Barrington Stoke)
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The Spring Issue: Latest Issue of Books from Scotland Online
This Issue marks the arrival of springtime with a focus on nature and the great Scottish outdoors. Featuring wildlife and walking routes in the Highlands, Hebridean islands and elsewhere, you can also explore Scotland's lost gardens and the influence of nature on Scottish storytelling.
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At BooksFromScotland.com, the largest curated collection
of Scottish books online, you can browse thousands of books and access author and publisher profiles.
And why not journey to past and present Tiree through words and photographs in our newly posted article
The Island Beneath The Waves
? We wish you happy springtime reading!
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All best wishes,
Gill Tasker
Online Editor
Books from Scotland
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