The Best Choice for Scottish Books

Scottish Author of the Month

Although born in Singapore, our July Author of the Month Allan Massie was raised in Aberdeenshire. An accomplished sports journalist, historian, literary critic and novelist, he was recently on the judging panel for the first Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. His newest historical novel, Death in Bordeaux, is set in wartime France.

• Profile of Children's fantasy novelist Lari Don
• Profile of Glasgow born science fiction novelist Gary Gibson
• Profile of short story writer and novelist Elspeth Davie
• Profile of crime writer Lin Anderson
• Profile of playwright and literary critic Chris Dolan

Featured Publisher

Mainstream was founded in Edinburgh in 1978 and is one of the leading non-fiction publishing companies based in Scotland. With particular emphasis on biography, current affairs, sport and true crime the current list features prominent names including Ian Botham, Nicholas Parsons and Elaine C. Smith.

Reading Guide

We have collected the best Scottish books on Rugby in Scotland in our latest reading guide, with biographies of some of our greatest players and coaches, and books on the history of the sport.