FROM SCOTLAND TO THE WORLD

DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW

Until September 10th we are offering 20% off a whole range of hidden gems, discovering people and places in Scotland and across the world. From the forgotten myths and legends of Malachy Tallack’s The Un-Discovered Islands, to the true story of Rosslyn chapel in Roddy Martine’s The Secrets of Rosslyn, to Scotland’s capital seen through the eyes of legendary Chinese artist Chiang Yee in The Silent Traveller in Edinburgh, these books will intrigue and amaze!

Find these stories and many more on our website below.

GET A HEAD START

DON’T MISS OUT
Next week marks the publication of Denzil Meyrick’s brand new gangland thriller, Terms of Restitution. Packed with visceral crime, dysfunctional families and dark humour, this is a must read for fans of The Sopranos and Gangs of London.

In the run up to publication we’re excited to make available a free e-sampler on Kindle to give you an early taste of the biggest book this September!

NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN

THE GREATEST FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT OF ALL
The 1970 World Cup is widely regarded as the greatest ever staged, with more goals per game than any World Cup since, and hosting some of the finest teams ever to compete for the world title. Using brand new interviews alongside painstaking archival research, Andrew Downie charts each stage of the tournament, from the preparations to the final, telling a host of remarkable stories in the players’ own words.

This week you can read an extract from The Greatest Show on Earth where players from the Brazil and England squads recall their titanic group clash, considered by many to be ‘the final before the final’.

AT THE EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL

LIGHTING A SPARK THROUGH THE DARK

This Sunday at 8.30pm at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, prize-winning writer and Neu! Reekie! co-founder Michael Pedersen presents some of his favourite voices from across literature and the arts. Celebrating with him is an all-star cast of writers and musicians: E A Hanks, Gemma Cairney, Rachel Sermanni, Hollie McNish, and Michael Mullen, who deliver a lustre-loaded salon-style waltz of poetry, prose and music.

You can pick up Michael’s poetry collections, Oyster and Play With Me on the Birlinn website, along with all three volumes of Neu! Reekie!

AN EXTRAORDINARY PROJECT

ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW AND THE COP 26

Coat of Hopes is a travelling, community created, work of performance craft.  A patchwork garment made of embroidered pieces of blanket, created by a diverse range of people along a 500 mile walk.

The coat will be made up of around 300 patches, created by groups or individuals along its journey route and beyond. People’s griefs and remembrances connected to their local landscapes and stories of migration, along with their prayers and hopes for the future, will be stitched, appliqued, felted and painted onto pieces of blanket which will be added to the coat as it travels to the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.  Find out more here.

JOIN THE CAMPAIGN

SAVE OUR BOOKS
Imagine a world with fewer books by fewer authors for fewer readers.
That could happen if the UK government changes how copyright works.

Save Our Books is a campaign by UK authors, literary agents, publishers and other supportive partners to prevent the government from heading the wrong way on copyright. Visit the Save Our Books website to learn how you can support them and prevent irreparable damage to one of the UK’s biggest and most vital creative industries.
Last few days – the campaign closes on 31st August.

COMING THIS SEPTEMBER

We have a bumper list of titles publishing next week to kick off September in the best way! You can pre-order from our website below: