Thirtieth Anniversary Of The Scottish Publishers Association

Witty, pithy, laudatory and thrawn, the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Scottish Publishers Association - A Celebration has contributions tributary, acerbic, dry and glowing. It is also, at times, laugh-out-loud funny.

It is a fitting commemoration that the pieces are as mixed as the experiences of those who have helped make the SPA what it is today. From a group of 12 publishers in the 1970s who grew in number to the 73 members the Association has currently, the SPA has drawn together this celebratory volume. In a collection of snapshots, memoirs, biographies, testimonies, anecdotes, and the occasional hazy-grey recollection of another great party, the book builds a picture of the rise, fall and rise of Scottish publishers.

This volume is not a comprehensive history of Scottish publishing: there are simply too many people, authors, events, books, successes (and failures) to chart, but we invite readers to dip into, enjoy and experience this chronicle of the past 30 years of the Scottish Publishers Association.