Marie Colvin biography wins literary award in Edinburgh
A biography of a war correspondent killed in Syria has won a literary prize in the centenary year of the awards.
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Mark Gatiss and Richard E Grant to feature in BBC year of literature
Mark Gatiss, Richard E Grant, Hilary Mantel and David Olusoga are to feature in a year-long celebration of literature at the BBC.
Children’s author Benedict Blathwayt overcomes reluctance to create sticker atlas of Scotland
Top children’s author Benedict Blathwayt tells Caroline Lindsay about his latest project.
Book lovers wanted for new BBC television show to be filmed in Perthshire this autumn
Book lovers are being sought for a new BBC Scotland television show that will be filmed at a Perthshire venue this autumn.
Debut author and newspaper cartoonist take home prize at Dundee Picture Book Award 2019
A debut author and a newspaper cartoonist have scooped the Dundee Picture Book Award 2019 in front of a packed audience of school pupils.
Author aids Kirkcaldy Foodbank at book event
Top crime writer Val McDermid is plotting out an event to help Kirkcaldy Foodbank.
Down on the farm with author James Oswald
James Oswald combines being a farmer with writing best sellers, discovers Caroline Lindsay
An American Marriage wins Women’s Prize For Fiction
Tayari Jones’ novel An American Marriage has won the Women’s Prize For Fiction.
Former commando from St Cyrus pens third thriller novel inspired by counter-terrorism career
A former special operations commando from Aberdeenshire has published his third thriller novel, inspired by his life in the armed forces.
Ian Rankin gifts literary archive to nation
Crime novelist Ian Rankin has gifted his literary archive to the nation.