This book is a blend of memories of a boyhood spent, just after the war, at Craigag, the earl of Morton’s Victorian shooting lodge near Glenfinnan, and a study of the history of that small once-Gaelic place.

A rich and captivating insight into life in a Scottish farm town in the mid nineteenth century. Together with Willie Gavin, Crofter Man and The Cornkister Days, this volume forms a remarkable trilogy on life in rural Scotland.

With an introduction by Jack Webster.

A bittersweet novel set in Glasgow in the Forties and Fifties.

Birlinn Limited is pleased to announce a forthcoming high-quality reproduction of Victorian Scottish Architecture. Reduced to two volumes from its original four, this special Limited Edition loses none of its integrity compared to its original counterpart to reveal once again over 200 engravings of exquisite architecture. Introduction by Ian Gow.

Delving into Bath’s history, this book gathers a collection of stories about these weird individuals and their duels, telescopes, cakes, fizzy drinks, Bath Buns, Sally Lunns and plasticene.

This book looks at the response of the Jewish community in Glasgow to its health problems and the complex community based welfare infrastructure it created.

This beautifully illustrated book traces the development of lighthouses from earliest times to the present day, covering the technological advances made in light and lens systems, and the extraordinary feats of design and engineering.

This extraordinary novel charts the thrilling progress of one of the greatest but least-known journeys of exploration.

Thorfinn Ragnarson is the daydreaming son of a tenant farmer, avoiding both work and school despite the best efforts of family, friends and neighbours. Instead, the boy dreams up elaborate historical fantasies of himself as a Viking traveller, a freedom-fighter for Bonnie Prince Charlie and the colleague of a Falstaffian knight who participates in the Battle of Bannockburn.

A Polygon newcomer, Sam Meekings presents thoughtful, light and earthy poetry. Each poem a fleeting moment that demands a long pause of reflection and moves off once again leaving a pensive smile.

This handsome volume describes where and how best to see the wide variety of birds and their habitats and gives extra details about selected birds that are particularly characteristic of Colonsay and the Inner Hebrides.

An authoritative and comprehensive survey of Scottish history from the tenth century to the present day. As well as referenced entries and suggestions for further reading, there are also key articles on major themes and issues. An easy-to-use reference work that will also satisfy the browser, this is the perfect source for anyone wishing to understand and explore Scottish history. 

Few writers in Scotland can catch a sense of place and time in the way that Bess Ross can. Her warmth and humanity have ensured her a growing audience over the years.

Michael Brown analyses the rise and fall of the family as the dominant magnates of the south, from the deeds of the Good Sir James Douglas in the service of Bruce to the violent destruction of the Douglas earls in the 1450s.     

Previously published as Children of the Sea, Black Friday tells of Scotland’s equivalent to the ‘Perfect Storm’.

Although best known as one of Scotland’s greatest modern poets, Iain Crichton Smith was also prolific as a writer of short stories. The pieces in this collection form a central part of his oeuvre, demonstrating the full range and versatility of his literary talent.

Buchan skilfully weaves the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where ’under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless’. With an introduction by Robert Hutchinson.

A moving and satisfying blend of tragedy and comedy, Blood Hunt, Gunn’s second last novel, has a powerful message – the triumph of love over anger and of the unending renewal of nature. It is a masterly novel by a writer in full maturity.

The first exciting crime thriller book of the Alice Rice Mystery series by Gillian Galbriath, we are introduced to the implacable Alice Rice - intelligent, pragmatic and yet despite this is somehow disillusioned.

Dr Simon Forman finds himself accused of harbouring enemies of the state after a night of revelry. In his haste to clear his name he gets caught up in a secret spying mission and death stalks him as he tries to discover the identity of a murderer.

This account reveals much about the nature of the bloodfeud in general, and explores the changes in society which at last brought about its suppression.

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Stuffed with superb illustrations, this brilliant book will have you bounding through the heather on an exciting escapade with Bonnie Prince Charlie! Blood-spattered Scottish history at its most wickedly entertaining.

The Book of St Andrews juxtaposes poems, stories and memoirs with scant regard to chronological order, but in the confidence that each contribution, lively in its own right, may also enhance the others. Here are specially written stories by Meaghan Delahunt, A. L. Kennedy, and Sarah Hall; new poems by Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, and Don Paterson; memoirs by Kay Redfield Jamison and Ian Rankin.

This selection of stories, poems and memoirs is a wonderful literary celebration of St Andrews, exploring the multiple facets of its life and history.

Scottish military offensives against England from 1369 were largely the product of government policy, were launched with careful timing and in the reign of Robert II Involved close co-operation with France.

Since its first publication in 2001 Boyracers has established itself as a contemporary Scottish cult classic. It is a totally fresh, savvy and supremely honest take on being young, naive and hopeful, and on the pains of living life at hyperspeed in a mad pop-culture world. It is fast, pacey, fun and witty, providing a caustic look at what has passed for culture in the last decade.

The first major study of its kind to be undertaken for a Scottish Gaelic singer. Forty-eight songs and nine folktales by Lauchie MacLellan are included in the collection, transcribed from field recordings and presented as the singer performed them, complete with English translation.

This is the first appearance in book form of a popular long-running serial from the Caithness weekly paper, the John o' Groat Journal.

A pictorial history of British airships. It looks at the bizarre "flights of fancy" of the 19th century, the heyday of the airship, its successful use during World War I and the disasters of the later period.

This book is a very readable account of this little known but fascinating episode in the history of the development of the Highlands.

A comprehensive reference guide published in association with the Flag Institute, providing information and advice to HM Government organizations and individuals on all matters relating to flags.

Brond is a high-octane page-turner, full of political intrigue, a tale of evil and exploitation in the nightmarish landscape of a Glasgow where nothing is as it seems. Lindsay’s writing is formidable and at its most thrilling and most unpredictable here.    

Brow of the Gallowgate is Doris Davidson’s bestselling novel and follows Albert and Bathie Ogilvie as they by the shop they’ve always dreamed of and live above it with their eight young children and their nursemaids, Mary, Jeannie and Bella.

The first popular synthesis to be attempted of what life was like in the new communities of Perth, Aberdeen, Elgin, Edinburgh and Glasgow, grown from planned medieval burghs in the 12th century.

Liam McIlvanney provides detailed new readings of Burns’s major poems, and also offers new research on his links with Irish poets and radicals, providing a radical reinterpretation of the man who is coming to be recognised as the poet laureate of the radical Enlightenment.

James Kelman provides a brilliantly executed, uncompromising slice of Glasgow life – an intelligent, funny and humane novel. First published by Polygon in 1984.    

Butcher’s Broom is Neil Gunn’s epic recreation of the Highland Clearances of the nineteenth century, when great changes swept through the country and its people.