Scottish Book Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity. To help us monitor how well we’re doing, entrants will be asked to fill in a short Equalities and Diversity survey when completing a New Writers Award application form. The answers will be completely confidential, stored anony...
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Speaking on the decision to honour Mairi Hedderwick, Marc Lambert, CEO of Scottish Book Trust and chair of our judging panel, said: "TheKatie Moragbooks are timeless because of this joyful, life-affirming quality. In the hands of a master artist and storyteller like Mairi, it shines ...
Scottish Historic Buildings Trust is a leading charitable organisation dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and sustainable development of Scotland’s historic buildings. Our mission is to safeguard architecturally and culturally significant buildings for future generations while ensuring they contribute t...
Edgar Award for Best Critical Work (shortlist) – A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes New York Times Notable Book of the Year –A Place of Execution 1999… Crime Writers’ Association Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction (shortlist) – A Place of Execution 1998...
Book week Scotland is running this week, this webinar will be delivered by Phillipa Cochrane (Scottish Book Trust) and will explore how reading can benefit your health and wellbeing.In this section News/Events Latest news Forthcoming events Past events ©...
his paintings. On his death the house and library were donated for the benefit of the citizens and Broughton House is now administered by the National Trust for Scotland. There are examples of his works in the museums of Aberdeen, Buffalo, Bradford, St. Louis, Toronto, Montreal, G...
Today’s crime novels are overtly critical of the status quo, while the thriller explores the danger of the world turned upside down. And with trust in politicians nonexistent, writers are being listened to as rarely before. Interview link…JK...
Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick are co-authors of The Seafood Shack: Food & Tales from Ullapool, which won the Jane Grigson Trust Award 2020 for a UK debut book. The authors, co-owners of the seasonal quayside restaurant of the same name, are ardent supporters of local sustainable fishin...
Deborah was the writer-in-residence at the Toronto Public Library in 2009, the first time TPL hosted a residency focused on the romance genre, and she was honored to receive the Romance Writers of America PRO Mentor of the Year Award in 2012. She lives in Canada with her family....