Historian and former Scots Magazine editor MAURICE FLEMING describes writing The Ghost o’ Mause, The Real Macbeth and The Sidlaws. …

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On an ambitious builder, a rude American and the inability of certain authors to check their facts. …

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NANCY CAMERON of Atholl Browse bookshop, Blair Atholl (now closed), writing in 2003 about the proposal to put VAT on books. …

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NANCY CAMERON of Atholl Browse, Blair Atholl (now closed) buys some software and finds herself running an e-business. …

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NANCY CAMERON on founding Atholl Browse bookshop in Blair Atholl in the Scottish Highlands. …

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A short story by KATE TREGASKIS. …

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Bookseller and historian ENID GAULDIE looks back at the early days of bookselling and publishing in Dundee. …

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JENNIE RENTON in conversation with TESSA RANSFORD looks back at the achievements of Callum Macdonald, editor of Lines Review. …

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JENNIE RENTON interviews Colin Mills, an avid collector of the works of NIGEL TRANTER, and compiler of The Nigel Tranter Bibliography. …

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Jennie Renton recalls JUDITH ANN FISHER who for many years ran the antiquarian department in James Thin, Booksellers, on Edinburgh’s South Bridge. …

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Novelist and poet MORELLE SMITH travels to Maison d’Emma, a residence d’artistes north of Montpellier. …

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A short story by RUTH THOMAS, author of a novel, Things to Make and Mend, and two collections of short stories, The Dance Settee and Sea Monster Tattoo. Her next collection of short stories will be published by Faber later this year. …

More…Pastrami on Rye

A poem by DILYS ROSE. …

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A poem by RICHARD MEDRINGTON. …

More…The Book Hunters

Poem by LIZ BERRY. …

More…The Goddess of the Spoons