Features and Articles

The Scottish Poetry Library was founded in 1984, and has grown from 300 books in a single room to 30,000 items stored in a purpose-built, award-winning building. The SPL publish and co-publish an number of poetry anthologies.

Scottish Language Dictionaries have just written four books celebrating the Scots language with their Say it in Scots series.

Read excerpts from the most recent books, including: The Literary Traveller in Scotland; Remzije Sherifi's remarkable Shadow Behind the Sun; Miss Globe X, from Toni Davidson's latest short story collection; and many more...

The Gaelic publishing scene has seen something of a resurgence in the past few years. We asked author Martin MacIntyre to choose his favourite Gaelic books of all time.
We've asked Anne Fine, John MacKay, Brian Taylor and the pupils of South Queensferry Primary School, and Tollcross Primary School, Edinburgh, for their favourite Scottish books.

Our reading guides will help you choose the best books on a variety of Scottish topics, including historical figures (such as Mary, Queen of Scots and Robert the Bruce), Scottish food and drink - including Scottish Whisky, sport - including Scottish Football and Mountaineering in Scotland, and genres like Scottish crime writing. Our latest guide looks at the Clans and Tartans of Scotland

A new feature celebrating Scotland's literary magazines, journals and pamphlet presses. First up is Pushing out the Boat, new writing from the North East of Scotland.

New creative writing - Linda Henderson's winning entry in our Summer Short Story competition, Gudrid. The second-placed story, Crème de la Crème by Kate Blackadder, is also available to read.

A collection of useful internet links, addresses and details for readers and writers in Scotland, including Magazines & Journals and Prizes and Awards, and information about the words@work programme.