A week today, Jenni Fagan will be launching a new poetry collection with us! More details here: theportobellobookshop.com/events/jenni-f…

The Winds from Further West by Alexander McCall Smith review – 'gently subversive' scotsman.com/arts-and-cultu… Polygon Books

Thank you to Joanne: Portobello Book Blog 📚 💕 for this wonderful review of Bucket List! Published by Polygon Books, if you like the sound of Bucket List based on Joanne's review then you can get a copy here: birlinn.co.uk/product/bucket… And on audiobook: audible.co.uk/pd/Bucket-List…

Bucket List by Russell Jones | #bookreview | Russell Jones /russjoneswrites.bsky.social @polygonbooks portobellobookblog.com/2024/08/23/buc… via Joanne: Portobello Book Blog 📚 💕

Today is Independence Day of Ukraine, celebrated on 24 August since 1991. Jen Stout, author of Night Train to Odesa: Covering The Human Cost of Russia's War, was at Edinburgh International Book Festival this month. You can watch the full event online here: edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…

The Big Scottish Book Club is returning to BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer tomorrow, with the first episode featuring poet Jackie Kay, comic and writer Julian Clary and author Elif Shafak. Read more 👇 thebookseller.com/news/the-big-s…

📣 On Wednesday 4th September, 12noon, we will share the winner of the 2023 Highland Book Prize! Before we do, we would like to say a huge thank you to our volunteer reading panel, whose dedicated reading and reviews were integral to the selection of this wonderful longlist.

🔹'Gently flows from Edinburgh to the Isle of Mull' - LoveReading 🔹'Trademark gentle wisdom' - Daily Mail 🔹'Gently subversive ' - The Scotsman 🔹 'Encompasses very present issues in the UK... a call to arms for better society' - BBC Radio 4

Probably my last chance to say this before the shortlist is announced - the 6th Rebecca Connolly thriller is longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime book of the year, the 3rd in the series to be nominated. Read it in #Paperback or #ebook. Polygon Books Bell Lomax Moreton

Looking for love? 💕Find your perfect match with Alexander McCall Smith's novel The Perfect Passion Company, following a matchmaking bureau in Edinburgh. This, alongside lots of Alexander's other books, are available at a special discount on Kobo! kobo.com/gb/en/List/ale…

📚💕 This week's reading includes 'Redfalcon' the new Richard Hannay novel by Robert J Harris (Polygon Books) which is faithful & true to the legacy of John Buchan, & I'm looking forward to talking to Robert for the SWH! podcast soon. Order a copy here 👉 birlinn.co.uk/product/redfal…

🎙️📚💕 The latest Alistair Braidwood podcast is an interview with writer Jenny Lecoat about her new novel 'Beyond Summerland', which is published on the Polygon Books imprint of birlinnbooks. For full details, & all the ways to listen, click here... 👉 bit.ly/3MGhpvs

We continue with our 2024 #SaltireBookAwards longlists with books in the running for the First Book Award – congratulations to the authors below. Remember you can see all our longlists at bit.ly/SBAll24 🔗 #LiteraryAwards #booktok #TheSaltireSociety #FirstBook

Congratulations to the #SaltireBookAwards longlisted authors 2024 in the Poetry category! This year our Poetry longlist features 12 books. See the link for more information: saltiresociety.org.uk/the-saltire-so…

We’re so excited to have three brilliant books on the SaltireBookAwards awards longlists 🌟Anamesis by Iona Lee for Poetry Book of the Year 🌟Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout for First Book of the Year 🌟Salt by Joanna Hambly and Christopher Whatley for Research Book of the Year