Scottish Review of Books

Our Treasures from the @natlibscot feature continues on our website, this time exploring the private journal of Henrietta Liston, wife of a British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century. scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/t…

Today the @ScotParl turns 20. In 1999 SRB Chair Jan Rutherford worked with @scottishbktrust to run 'Writing Scotland's Future', a children's writing competition. She had the privilege of accompanying the winners to the opening ceremony. Here's their story: scottishreviewofbooks.org

@natlibscot will shortly open a major new exhibition on the Scottish Enlightenment. Robert Betteridge, Rare Books Curator (Eighteenth-Century Printed Collections), considers how best to capture the essence of this remarkable era. Read the full article: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/v…

Round 2 of #emergingcritics now complete. Working in partnership with @CreativeScots- 16 aspiring critics accessed mentoring from some of Scotland's leading critical journalists. New writing by mentees now available to read here. scottishreviewofbooks.org/emerging…/new-writing/

SRB at the Theatre: Strindberg in Perth Joseph Farrell reviews MISS JULIE which was at Perth Theatre, and toured thereafter to the Tron, Glasgow and The Studio, Edinburgh. Full review here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/s…

SRB DIARY: IN JAIPUR @Kapka_Kassabova visits Jaipur Literary Festival. Read the full piece here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/s…

MALINGER An exclusive short story by Dilys Rose. Read it in full here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/m…

LIKE A DRAGONFLY Rosemary Goring reviews Ali Smith’s latest novel, SPRING, the third of her Seasonal Quartet. Read the full review here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/l…

Catch-22, the greatest and funniest war novel ever written, has been made into a miniseries by George Clooney. Alan Taylor recalls an unforgettable encounter with its author, Joseph Heller, at his home on Long Island. Read the full article here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/c…

Kirsty Gunn talks about 'Action Writing: Imagination and The Novel' as part of the @oxfordlitfest Read the full article here: buff.ly/2WOXC4z

REMEMBERING WS GRAHAM Brian Morton reflects on the life and career of Sydney Graham. Read the full article here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/r…

STONE VOICES David Black reviews PUBLIC SCULPTURE OF EDINBURGH- 'Initially I expected [it] to be a dry-as-dust catalogue raisonné of the capital’s great & good...it turns out to be a compelling collection of romping tales of the city.' Full review here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/s…

HEARTHS AND HOMES: AN ESSAY @zoestrachan explores a perpetual constant in Scottish life. Read the full essay here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/h…

SECOND THOUGHTS 'Captain Hindsight' Nick Major revisits some Scottish novels published in the last 20 years. Read the full piece here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/s…

UNDERLAND @PeterAlanRoss reviews Robert Macfarlane's new book, UNDERLAND- 'a work into which the reader sinks, and which sinks into the reader.' Read the full review here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/u…

FOR THE GOOD TIMES @AGMcKillop reviews David Keenan's IRA novel, FOR THE GOOD TIMES. scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/f… @reversediorama

IOLAIRE Ian Stephen reviews @AcairBooks' important and fascinating publication CALL NA H-IOLAIRE, THE DARKEST DAWN. Full review here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/i…

IN SEARCH OF SEAMUS SRB editor, Alan Taylor visits 'Heaney Country' in County Londonderry to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the poet's birth. Read the full article here: scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/i…

@Beathhigh @PeterAlanRoss hi Ian, we did write to all subscribers in advance of the news going public. Apologies if the message didn't reach you.

@PeterAlanRoss @ScotRevBks Interesting that I, a subscriber, had to learn this from Twitter...

I'm very sorry to hear that @ScotRevBks is, at least temporarily, going to stop producing a print edition. I hope the funding issue can be resolved because this, potentially, is a significant blow to Scotland's literary culture. scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/s…

Is Creative Scotland more dictator than facilitator? In the wake of recent our recent funding loss Rosemary Goring questions the wider role Creative Scotland is playing in our national culture. scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/i…