The Best Choice for Scottish Books
Summer Savings
We're offering 25% off a wide range of guidebooks to Scotland over the summer months. There is broad mixture of travel guides, walking and cycling guides, and some great coffee table books featuring Scotland at her best - all 25% off this summer.
Maps of Scottish Books, Authors, Publishers and Festivals
Our exclusive maps of Scottish Books, Authors, Publishers and Festivals brings together information on the settings of Scottish books - from Shetland to the Borders; the home towns of Scottish authors; the locations of our literary festivals, and much more. We also reach further afield, to highlight Scottish literary connections around the world.
Author of the Month
Controversial, explicit, unafraid and funny, our author of the month Irvine Welsh is all of these things and more. Writing predominantly in Scots vernacular, and writing about issues which will be familiar to anyone growing up in working-class Scotland over the last few decades, he is best known for his 1993 novel Trainspotting which was made into a cult film in 1996. Since then, Welsh has written short story collections, novels, and a sequel and prequel to Trainspotting.
Author Features
- Profile of Duncan Glen, the poet and founder of Akros Publications
- Profile of Hannu Rajaniemi, the science fiction author originally from Finland but now living and writing in Edinburgh
Causeway/Cabhsair
Causeway/Cabhsair is a biannual literary magazine that publishes prose and poetry by new and established writers in all of the languages of Ireland and Scotland. The magazine's editor introduces us to the ethos behind the magazine.
Scottish Books in History
Scottish Books is History is ideal for all historically-minded readers. We've prepared pages on Scottish Books in History, with lists of fiction set in different time periods. We've started with 20th century Scottish fiction, with lists of WWI and WWII fiction. Also look out for Jacobite Fiction, the Victorian Era, the Romans in Scotland and much more.
Book of the Month
The Incomers
£9.99
£7.49
An novel of family, race and identity, The Incomers is set in Fife in 1966. Mission-raised Ellie Amadi, from West Africa, moves to Fife with her white husband and son. But in 1960s Scotland, racism is never far away.
Children's Choice
Dreams
£7.99
£5.99
Dreams is the first in a trilogy of young adult novels from Daniela Sacerdoti. 17-year-old Sarah Midnight has to face up to years of nightmares of demons and magic when she learns that her role in life is to protect this world from the magical realm.
Visiting Scotland?
Cycling In Scotland
£9.99
£7.49
Scotland
£12.99
£9.74
Vegetarian Scotland
£8.95
£6.71
New Scottish Books

Arthur And The Lost Kingdoms
£8.49
Between The Sheets
£8.49
Clocking In, Clocking Out
£7.64
Democratic Citizenship In Schools
£16.95
Dreams
£5.99
From The Cowshed To The Kop
£12.74
Book Events Across Scotland
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The Daemon Parallel Unleashed
Author Roy Gill and artist Paul Mudie will be discussing Roy's debut novel The Daemon Parallel, alongside writer Helen Jackson.
Pulp Fiction, Edinburgh | Wednesday 23 May 2012 -
Edinburgh Reads: Alistair Darling
The former Chancellor Alistair Darling will be in conversation with David Torrance as they discuss his book Back from the Brink
Central Library, Edinburgh | Thursday 24 May 2012 -
SWC Great Debate: Other Worlds - Other Dimensions
The Scottish Writers' Centre is hosting a debate on place of fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, and magic realism in comics, novels, poetry and short stories.
Clubroom, CCA, Glasgow | Thursday 24 May 2012













