A small company with untold potential - Giglets started out as a Young Enterprise project while its founders were still at High School. Now they have two books, audio CDs, and education resources designed to promote the work of Robert Burns for children.

In the first of an occassional series from Prof. J Derrick McClure, we look at the history of the Scots language and attempt to answer the question When Did Scots Become Scots?

The story behind the hugely successful writers Emma Blair and Jessica Stirling - with perhaps one or two surprises...

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 golf books, and genres like Scottish crime writing. Our latest guide looks at golf books.

A new feature celebrating Scotland's literary magazines, journals and pamphlet presses. We look at the international perspective of the modern Edinburgh Review.

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.