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The Research Club
An Anthology of New Writing
The best of the writing to come through the University of Glasgow’s acclaimed creative writing course this year, The Research Club contains poems, short stories and novel extracts ranging from the hilarious to the disturbing but all sharing an unfailingly high quality.
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The Picnic
Lesley McDowell
This August, enjoy lazy days feasting on The Picnic. Lesley McDowell’s debut novel is an engaging story of love and absence – thoughtful, beautiful, tender and, at times, unsettling, The Picnic hails the arrival of a brilliant new literary talent.
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Meet Me Under the Westway
Stephen Thompson
Set in London and Edinburgh, Meet Me Under the Westway is a biting comedy from an acclaimed author of the contemporary urban scene. With cutting wit and uncompromising candour, Stephen Thompson brilliantly captures the ambitions, friendships and relationships of the thirty-something generation.
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The Sunday Girls
Maureen Reynolds
Voices in the Street, Maureen Reynolds' autobiographical account of growing up in Dundee, was a huge success, holding the number-one spot in the bestsellers' chart for an incredible nine weeks. Crafted with the same storyteller's gift, effortless warmth and keen understanding of the lives and cares of working people that made Voices in the Street such a phenomenon, The Sunday Girls is Maureen's first novel.
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Looking at the Stars
Ian Pattison
Life in Glasgow's west end isn't going well. A one-time aspiring author, now humble TV script-reader living in a squalid bedsit, is on the wrong side of forty and on a very slippery slope. But, as his life goes from bad to worse, an incredible opportunity to fulfil all his dreams, hopes and ambitions presents itself - as long as he's prepared to kill and take the credit for another writer's work.
September 2006
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The Thing That Mattered Most
Scottish Poetry Library
The Thing that Mattered Most is a lively anthology full of poems with a distinctive Scottish flavour that will delight and inspire young readers. It is the only collection of poems for children available by contemporary Scottish poets. With poems in English, Scots, Gaelic, and Shetlandic, this is an outstanding collection featuring new poems by Scotland\'s finest and best-loved poets, including Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, Edwin Morgan, Liz Lochhead, John Burnside, Matthew Fitt, James Robertson, Kevin MacNeil, Richard Edwards, Julia Donaldson and many more.
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Outside of a Dog . . .
University of Glasgow MLitt Creative Writing
In recent years the rise of new, young writing talent in Scotland might seem inexplicable, but if you were wondering where they were all suddenly coming from - Louise Welsh (winner of the John Creasey Memorial Dagger), Zoe Strachan (winner of Betty Trask Award and shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Award), Rodge Glass, Rachel Seiffert (shortlisted for the Booker Prize), Anne Donovan - then the answer would have to be the Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. In little more than a decade, the course has helped bear into existence a thriving, vital literary scene, and it's not letting up.
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GEORGE BLAKE - The Shipbuilders
The classic novel of Glasgow's shipyards during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
'This is Blake at his best - confident, authentic and moving' The Guardian
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JOHN BUCHAN
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THE POWER HOUSE & 39 STEPS
Two unforgettable heroes and two classic thrillers, in one volume.
THE FREE FISHERS
A classic tale of espionage and adventure, set during the Napoleonic Wars, as a ruthless fanatic plots to assassinate the Prime Minister and deliver Britain into the hands of its most deadly enemies.
THE BLANKET OF THE DARK
A student descends into a dangerous world of conspiracy and treason as he becomes involved in a plot to assassinate Henry VIII.
THE COURTS OF THE MORNING
Sandy Arbuthnot is the only man who can stop a ruthless South American dictator…
SUPERNATURAL TALES
Dark forces, superstition and fear are everywhere in this new collection.
MIDWINTER
The gripping story of one of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s most loyal supporters.
'It is a book which once read is never forgotten' - Allan Massie
THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN
A politician is allowed a glimpse of the future - and discovers the exact date of his own death.
A PRINCE OF THE CAPTIVITY
A story of espionage and high adventure, one of his most complex and ambitious novels.
JOHN BURNET OF BARNES
A tale of honour and betrayal set in the Scottish Borders during the 'Killing Time' of the Covenanting period.
A LOST LADY OF OLD YEARS
A dark and compelling tale of intrigue and betrayal on the long and bloody road to Culloden Moor.
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WILLIAM COFFEY - Hunter
Darkly humorous and taut as a wire, this tartan noir about sex and murder is told with relentless pace, keeping the reader on the edge of the seat through twists and turns till the last page.
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DORIS DAVIDSON - The Shadow of the Sycamores
This epic tale, from one of north-east Scotland’s most renowned novelists, is romantic and heartrendingly tragic.
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MARGARET THOMSON DAVIS
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A Darkening of the Heart
Margaret Thomson Davis
Set in eighteenth-century Scotland, A Darkening of the Heart contrasts the harsh life in the countryside with life in the teeming streets of Edinburgh. In an novel that demonstrates the storyteller at her masterly best, Margaret Thomson Davis blends the fictional lives of social climbers Alexander and Susanna with events, songs, poetry and letters from the real life of Robert Burns.
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MARGARET THOMSON DAVIS
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NEW TITLE: A DEADLY DECEPTION
THE BREADMAKERS SAGA
The epic trilogy of a Glasgow working-class community living through the dark days of the Depression and the Second World War from one of Glasgow’s best-loved novelists.
THE NEW BREADMAKERS
The New Breadmakers saga takes a classic story to a fitting climax. A story of love and loss, passion and hatred, humour and despair, The New Breadmakers is a superb new Glasgow Saga from Margaret Thomson Davis.
THE CLYDESIDERS TRILOGY
The Clydesiders Trilogy is the epic story of two Glasgow families in the war torn days of the 20th century, a powerful tale of love and loss and a brilliant portrayal of the city.
THE GLASGOW BELLE
Evoking all the wealth and squalor of 18th century Glasgow, The Glasgow Belle is a powerful tale of rivalry and ambition, bitter hatred and enduring love.
BURNING AMBITION
A powerful story of romance and rivalry, friendship and bitter hatred set at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots.
THE TOBACCO LORDS TRILOGY
Set in the 18th Century Glasgow, a tale of triumph, tragedy, romance and revenge.
CLYDESIDERS AT WAR
The third and final part of the compelling Clydesiders trilogy. Sequel to The Clydesiders and The Gourlay Girls.
THE DARK SIDE OF PLEASURE
A compelling story of passion and rivalry set in early Victorian Glasgow.
THE GOURLAY GIRLS
The sequel to The Clydesiders, set in Glasgow during the Depression.
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LEWIS GRASSIC GIBBON - Spartacus and The Thirteenth Disciple
SPARTACUS
A violent and compelling account of the slave revolt, Spartacus is a chilling indictment of man’s inhumanity to man and an unforgettable portrayal of the cruelty and decadence of the Roman world.
THE THIRTEENTH DISCIPLE
An impressive and moving semi-autobiographical novel from the author of the classic Scots Quair trilogy.
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ROBIN JENKINS
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GUESTS OF WAR
An authentic and atmospheric evocation of wartime Scotland.
THE AWAKENING OF GEORGE DARROCH
A powerful and compelling story of personal and political upheaval.
A WOULD-BE SAINT
The story of a young footballer growing up between the wars.
A LOVE OF INNOCENCE
A moving story of two young boys growing up haunted by dark secrets from their past.
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JESSIE KESSON
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THE WHITE BIRD PASSES
A gritty and moving portrayal of a young girl facing up to hardship and deprivation, written with warmth, humour and insight, widely regarded as Jessie Kesson’s finest work.
ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE
A haunting tale of love and war from one of Scotland's finest authors.
GLITTER OF MICA
An unforgettable portrait of a vanished way of life. 'Jessie Kesson writes beautifully, her strong, delicate prose full of poetry and humour' - Daily Telegraph.
WHERE THE APPLE RIPENS
A novella and ten short stories from one of Scotland's best-loved writers.
SOMEWHERE BEYOND
A new anthology of some of Jessie Kesson's finest writing.
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ALANNA KNIGHT
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THE FINAL ENEMY
Inspector Jeremy Faro faces his toughest challenge yet – a perilous quest on the Orient Express.
MURDER BY APPOINTMENT
The return of Inspector Jeremy Faro, Edinburgh's Victorian detective.
THE COFFIN LANE MURDERS
Another case for Inspector Faro, investigating a series of gruesome murders in Edinburgh's Coffin Lane.
FARO AND THE ROYALS
This trilogy, published in paperback for the first time, features Inspector Faro in three of his most intriguing and dangerous cases as the royal family call on their favourite detective for help.
UNHOLY TRINITY
Unravelling the truth will take all of Faro’s wit and expertise in this intriguing and, at times, brutal tale.
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GUY MCCRONE
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WAX FRUIT TRILOGY
The Wax Fruit Trilogy brings together Guy McCrones’s three classic novels, Antimacassar City, The Philistines, and The Puritans, which chronicle the life and times of the Moorhouse family as they rise from the obscurity of an Ayrshire farm to a position of great prosperity in Victorian Glasgow.
AUNT BELL
The compelling sequel to The Wax Fruit Trilogy.
THE HAYBURN FAMILY
The fifth in Guy McCrone’s classic series of Glasgow novels, The Hayburn Family is the dramatic conclusion to the epic story which began with the Wax Fruit Trilogy.
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LORNA MOON – The Collected Lorna Moon
Bringing together her acclaimed novel Dark Star, short stories Doorways in Drumorty and a selection of her previously unpublished letters and poetry, this volume offers a fresh perspective on an extraordinary woman, who defied convention to live the Hollywood dream.
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NEIL MUNRO
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THE NEW ROAD
Munro's last and most accomplished historical novel, it is a remarkable tale of Jacobites, high adventure, murder and mystery along the course of General Wade's Road.
DOOM CASTLE
A masterly evocation of the Highlands in the bitter years following the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, Doom Castle is a classic tale of espionage and revenge.
JOHN SPLENDID
In 1644 the heir to the Laird of Elrigmore returns to Argyll and embarks on a series of extraordinary adventures amid the chaos and carnage of Civil War in the Highlands.
GILIAN THE DREAMER
The centenary edition of one of Munro's finest historical novels, set at the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
VITAL SPARK
The hilarious exploits of Para Handy and his crew – beloved by readers since Neil Munro first set them loose on an unsuspecting public all those years ago – are now part of Scotland’s genetic make-up.
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JOHN QUIGLEY - King's Royal
An epic story of rivalry, illicit passion and soaring ambition, set in the Scotch whisky business in Victorian Glasgow.
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JAMES ROBERTSON
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A TONGUE IN YER HEID
A vibrant collection of short stories in Scots from Scotland's most promising writers, edited by James Robertson.
THE RAGGED MAN’S COMPLAINT
The bestselling author of The Fanatic's second collection of short stories: 16 stories laced with expectation and menace, hope and fear; from the superficial exoticism of a safari park, stripped away to reveal bitterness and brutality to sanity threatened by an invasion of frogs.
SOUND-SHADOW
James Robertson's first collection of Poetry, inspired by two years as writer in residence at Hugh Macdiarmid's house near Biggar.
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TONY ROPER - The Steamie
The Steamie is a hilarious yet, at times, also deeply moving cameo of Glasgow’s social history. The washing was always easier to do when joys and sorrows were shared and, of course, time passed much more quickly when the supply of scandalous gossip was as endless as the pile of dirty clothes!
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SUHAYL SAADI - Psychoraag
It’s a mythic yet utterly modern tale that explores what it means to be Asian in Britain in the twenty-first century. A unique experience for those in search of something different.
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NIGEL TRANTER
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KETTLE OF FISH
In the Borders in the 19th century a schoolmaster defies the Tweed Fisheries Act, provoking a full scale Salmon war.
THE FLOCKMASTERS
A Scottish soldier returns home from the Peninsular War to find the Highland Clearances in full swing.
HARSH HERITAGE
Set against the dramatic background of the western Highlands, this is a powerful tale of superstition and revenge.
ISLAND TWILIGHT
Surgeon-Major Graham of the Highland Brigade becomes involved in a desperate struggle to save the islanders of Erismore from a legacy of ancient evil.
BALEFIRE
The story of a Scottish laird’s desperate fight for survival after the massacre of the Scots army at Flodden in 1513.
THE FREEBOOTERS
At the end of the Second World War Adrian Hope finds Scotland in turmoil and, fired by Scottish nationalism, he embarks on a campaign of direct action.
FAST AND LOOSE
This is the story of Clan MacColl and their bitter struggle for control of their ancestral lands.
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- MEDICINE BALLS
The hilarious new book by Britains’s favourite and funniest GP, Dr Phil Hammond.
- CELTIC'S LOST LEGEND
George Connelly, Celtic's 'genius in size eight-and-a-half football boots', reveals why he walked away from the game and team he loved.
- THE SUNDAY GIRLS
Maureen Reynold's runaway bestselling novel about the changing fortunes of the Neill family during the 1930s' Depression in Dundee.
- VILLAINS
When it comes to villains, it takes one to know one. Paul Ferris, who spent twenty-five years as one of Britain's most-feared gangsters, recounts his experiences of the world of violence, fear and uneasy alliances.
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