BOOKS

Goblins, birds and book fairies

The fun to be had during Book Week Scotland.

Everything from nature and travel writing to fiction, history and poetry feature in the longlist for a prestigious Highland literary prize.

Ullapool Book Festival is celebrating Book Week Scotland with Wanderwords: a wander including poetry, stories and extracts.

Invermoriston author Graham Bullen's debut is set in Venice in 1348, but has an unexpected hint of 2020

ArtyNess: Barbara Henderson invites us to open our minds to more than the Covid pandemic to help strengthen our resilience and sooth our souls

Chris Coppel blames the grey of the UK for the recent spurt of writing that has created six books.

ArtyNess: Barbara Henderson celebrates the positive effects of coming together online during this summer's book events

Canadian writer Marie Gage's fiction inspired by real-life

ArtyNess: It often just takes one person, doesn’t it? One person to get the ball rolling, one person to nail their colours to the mast and act.

ArtyNess: Barbara Henderson discovers a hidden gem among the trees as book publishers vie for shelf space

LONGER READ: Crime writer reveals trigger points

ArtyNess: Highland bookshop opens a new chapter during lockdown with website and social media support, hears Barbara Henderson

Forensic scientist Sue Black is to join some of the crime-writing world's biggest names as the Bloody Scotland crime festival goes online

Why troubled hero returns to to Sarajevo

ArtyNess: Barbara Henderson considers the number of people it takes to help create a successful book in her name

WATCH: Barbara Henderson's shares the seed of The Siege Of Caerlaverock