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Oct 14, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Patrick E. Jamieson |Pam Brunton
‘In my childhood, cooking was an everyday craft.’Between Two Waters is the bold new book from chef Pam Brunton in which she reflects on Scotland’s culinary heritage, the gender politics of the food industry, and offers a call to arms for everyone the world over to start using food more sustainably. We spoke with Pam about how she approached this and her childhood inspiration.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Patrick E. Jamieson |Alan Taylor |Alistair Moffat
‘It’s hard to imagine any city getting two such excellent books about it at the same time, and they complement each other perfectly.’2024 marks 900 years since Edinburgh was first named and recorded in a letter by King David I, and to celebrate the occasion a number of excellent books on Auld Reekie’s history have been published. In his latest review, David Robinson compares two of these, their contrasting approaches, and the storied city they mythologise.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Patrick E. Jamieson
‘sometimes, i feel like a thief/ pick pocketing the death of a stranger.’Mae Diansangu has been wowing poetry audiences with her spoken word performances in Aberdeen, so it’s brilliant to see a debut collection in print from the fantastic poetry publisher, Tapsalteerie. Here is a selection of her poems, which we hope make you rush to read the rest!BloodsongsBy Mae DiansanguPublished by TapsalteerieFirst came the universe…In the beginning, there was everything.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Jackie Jones |Patrick E. Jamieson
‘This delicious tart which is a combination of sticky toffee, raisins and crunchy nuts in a pastry case gets its name from the village of Ecclefechan in Dumfries and Galloway.’Vegan baking, like all vegan cooking, is really rising in popularity with cooks everywhere, and Jackie Jones is here to guide you with cakes, biscuits and other treats in her latest book.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Patrick E. Jamieson
‘It was no lie. We were all sorry. The whole world had lost him. And the whole world had come to mourn its loss.’Christopher Rush is a fantastic writer of historical fiction that centres on artistic genius and his latest novel explores the love life of Frédéric François Chopin.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Gavin Francis |Patrick E. Jamieson
‘As a child reading my Ladybird books I marvelled at the power and possibilities of bridges, and even dreamed of living on one. As I get older I realise how much each of us lives by them.’Gavin Francis dives deep into the history of bridges in his latest book, analysing not only their historic significance, but what they represent as symbols of connection. In this extract, he reflects upon his own memories of crossing the Forth Bridge connecting Lothian and Fife.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Kathleen Jamie |Patrick E. Jamieson
‘There. Whitivver rises/ will drift back doon./ Whit this dey brings ye’ll face.’Our outgoing Makar’s newest poetry collection is a treat; celebrating language, people, nature and place. We’re thrilled to bring you a selection of poems, tantalising you with a little taster!The Keelie HawkBy Kathleen JamiePublished by PicadorKillileepie Mind hou we sclimt a cleuch whaur a wheen birks grou’d, bieldit frae hungry deer, syne follaed the burn till we cam tae an airie amang laigh hills?
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Harry Giles |Patrick E. Jamieson
‘Ach, Charlie! My gametes/ rest in their holsters, never/ to be unslung, be sprung,/ be origin, be stringing/ descent. (Selection is choice/ and coercion.)’Them! is the must-read new collection from Harry Josephine Giles. A quite unforgettable dive into what it means to be trans, how it is lived and politicised, Giles writes with characteristic ingenuity in a series of poems that will stay with you for days to come.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Kathleen Jamie |Patrick E. Jamieson
‘So yes, this is a bleak book, but why shouldn’t it be? … Cairn is too honest to leave room for facile optimism.’Can joy be found amidst extinction? How can we write of the natural world in an era of widespread climate anxiety? These are the questions asked of Kathleen Jamie’s highly-anticipated new book, Cairn, in David Robinson’s latest review. CairnBy Kathleen JamiePublished by Sort Of BooksI don’t know about you, but I’d never heard of Georges Couvier. Same with the word ‘eustatic’.
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May 28, 2024 | 
booksfromscotland.com | Jackie Kay |Patrick E. Jamieson
‘And so I trust, dear Mum, you’ll see this/and relish this love that goes on and on and on’May Day is the latest book by former Makar Jackie Kay. A bold and beautiful collection dedicated to Jackie’s late parents, we are delighted to be sharing four poems from this significant new work here at BooksfromScotland.
