The Scottish Borders

Fought over for hundreds of years in the Wars of Scottish Independence, the Scottish Borders is now a calm area renowned for walking, fishing, rugby and the outdoor life. Perhaps the Borders' most famous literary son is Sir Walter Scott, Scotland's first great novelist. His house, Abbotsford, is now a site of literary pilgrimage. John Buchan (latterly the 1st Baron Tweedsmuir), is also from the Borders, where he was in charge of Broughton Free Church. Hugh MacDiarmid was born in Langholm, and lived in the region for a time.

Books set in or about the Borders

• Fiction
• Travel and Guidebooks
• Borders History, including the Border Reivers
• Biographies and Memoirs

Local Authors

• James Barke
• Gavin Bowd
• Halbert J Boyd
• Anna Buchan
• John Buchan
• Andrew Dallmeyer
• Lavinia Derwent
• James Hogg
• Jules Horne
• Douglas Jackson
• William Henry Ogilvie
• Andrew Lang
• Hugh MacDiarmid
• Allan Massie
• Alistair Moffat
• Michael Scott
• Sir Walter Scott
• Thomas Learmonth of Ercildoune