A wee preview from the team at the McLellan Book Festival, with news on the writers who are currently confirmed to join this biannual festival. Looks set to be a very exciting and inspiring line up – The dates of this year’s festival are Friday 4th – Sunday 6th September Writers (all Scottish) include: Ajay …
News from Publishers for Palestine: Join us for this year’s READ PALESTINE WEEK, November 29th – December 5th 2025 Read Palestine Week is seven days when people around the world read – publicly and in community – as part of the global resistance to the genocide of the Palestinian people. To this end, publishers, librarians, & booksellers …
From the Caught By the River Shadows & Reflections series: Christina Riley, 10th January 2025 As she looks back on the year her Nature Library found a permanent home, Christina Riley celebrates libraries as places of limitless potential. It’s often said, and rightly so, that libraries are more than just books. It’s usually said when highlighting additional …
Contributed by Jim Henderson ARCH HERETIC UNKNOWN GENIUS. J.M.ROBERTSON. Author Martin Page of London. Copyright 30.11.2024. Contains 592 pages priced at £20.00 + £4.00 postage. Anyone interested in purchasing a copy, please contact the Voice for the address. John MacKinnon Robertson 14.11.1856 – 5.1.1933 Born in a small croft at Low Glencloy, Brodick on …
Read on for the latest joyful inspiration from the Seahorse Bookstore, just over the water in Ardrossan. In case you haven’t been yet it is well worth a visit! It’s no surprise that we love Seahorses around here! To us, they’re the perfect blend of fact and fiction. If we didn’t know they were …
A Permanent Home for the Nature Library Posted on Caught by the River 26th May 2024 The Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine Harbourside has collaborated with The Nature Library to create a permanent home for the innovative and, until now, touring pop-up collection of land and environment writings. The Nature Library, which was founded in …