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A website from @publishingscotland.bsky.social dedicated to championing the best new writing in Scotland.

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It's #BookWeekScotland! We're really looking forward to seeing you at our Scottish Christmas Book Fair! The New Town Church in George Street, Edinburgh will be FULL of booky delights!

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poster advertising the Scottish Christmas Book Fair with maroon and white copy decorated with christmas tree branches and books
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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This time next week we hope all the nation's book lovers come to the New Town Church in George Street, Edinburgh for The Scottish Christmas Book Fair!

Can't wait to see you there!

#bookweekscotland
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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It's time to Celebrate the latest BooksfromScotland issue!

Read it here: booksfromscotland.com/issue/celebr...

Thanks for your contributions @birlinn.bsky.social @mcnidderandgrace.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @bwpublishing.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @florisbooks.bsky.social & more!
A tile effect of book covers including Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley, Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet, The Story of the Christmas No. 1 by Marc Burrows, Poor Creatures by Mairi Kidd, The Little Book of Christmas and Hogmanay by Anna Marshall, The North Sea by Alistair Moffat, Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by Lari Don, Our Secrets are the Same by Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Graeme Thomson, Barrowland by Alison Irvine, Wild Edinburgh by Keith Broomfield, The Salvage by Anbara Salam, On Friendship by Andrew O' Hagan, La Lucha edited by Carolina orloff and White Raven by Maggie Ritchie.
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Keep your cool! It's Heatwave, the latest BfS issue!
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Thanks for your contributions: @florisbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @birlinn.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social @luathpress.bsky.social @bwpublishing.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social and more!
July 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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It's the Spring issue of BooksfromScotland! What marvels we have for you!

Read the issue: booksfromscotland.com/issue/wonder...

Thanks to: @bwpublishing.bsky.social @florisbooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @404ink.bsky.social @lunapress.bsky.social @piccadilly-press.bsky.social & more!
A collection of book jackets: A Granite Silence by Nina Allan, Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen, My Name is Samim by Fidan Meikle, The Show Woman by Emma Cowing, Small Town Joy by Carrie Marshall, Esperance by Adam Oyebanji, The Devil's Draper by Donna Moore, Murray Hall by Milo Allan, Nate Yu's Blast from the Past, The Malt Whisky Murders by Natalie Jayne Clark, A Summer Like No Other by Martin McIntyre, Beyond the Ninth Wave by Gordon Meade, Dark Crescent by Lyndsey Croal and The Witch, the Seed and the Scalpel by Scott O'Neill
April 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Fans of Art Deco design? Then head over to BfS where we highlights some gems from Art Deco Scotland by Bruce Peter, published by Historic Environment Scotland!

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Cover of Art Deco Scotland. Blue background with typography in white, silver and a lighter blue than the background. A silver art deco tower.
March 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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And have you had a look at the catalogue we'll be giving out to our visitors? Lots and lots and lots and lots of marvellous Scottish books! #LBF25

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Cover of the New Books Scotland Catalogue for Spring/Summer 2025. Pale blue background with yellow egg shapes.
March 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Who doesn't love a cute dog? Head over to BfS for the raggiest, shaggiest and waggiest dog of all from Alan Dapre, Alex Ayliffe and Little Door Books!

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Book jacket of My Dog Max, written by Alan Dupre and illustrated by Alex Ayliffe. The cover background is green and turquoise, lettering is black and red and there is an illustration of a brown, black & white shaggy dog with a red colloar and lead.
March 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Head over to BfS where David Robinson reviews the remarkable debut novel, The Unrecovered, by @richardstrachan.bsky.social.

The Unrecovered is published by @ravenbooks.bsky.social

Read the review: booksfromscotland.com/2025/02/davi...
February 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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What's happening over on BfS today? A pre-publication extract of @dfr10.bsky.social's new novel The Weekenders!

Published by @orendabooks.bsky.social 27 February.

Read here: booksfromscotland.com/2025/02/the-...
The cover of David F. Ross's The Weekenders, which has a red background, two hands clasped together and buildings in a dark green psychedelic swirl.
February 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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It's the first BfS issue of 2025! Some cracking titles coming out of Scotland from Jan - Mar!

Read the issue: booksfromscotland.com/issue/get-set/

Thanks to our pals @saraband-books.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @404ink.bsky.social @leamington.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk & more!
Image of book covers in a grid. The most prominent are: Queen James by Gareth Russell, Coorie Doon by Jackie Kay & Jill Calder, Alive in a Merciful Country by A. L. Kennedy, Fierce Salvage by Ryan Vance & Michael Lee Richardson, and Hermit by Chris McQueer.
January 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Trumpet tootles for everyone, but special tootles for Tom Newlands and Jenni Fagan for their shortlisting in the Gordon Brown Prize!
Black backround with orange dots and lines with Gordon Burn Prize written in white bold sans serif font, then the 6 cover images for the 6 shortlisted books: Headshot, Mrs Jekyll, Only Here Only Now, Ootlin, Poor Artists and The Lasting Harm, then the words Shortlist 2025 in orange bold sans serif font.
January 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM