Come and see us at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair! Meet the authors of our memoirs and the first of our history books – more information on the Publish Scotland website – Scottish Christmas Book Fair | Publishing Scotland
Our memoirs in the VOICES imprint are now available as Kindle Editions! To This Northern Shore and Loving Alasdair can both now be purchased as ebooks, as well as paperbacks.
To This Northern Shore tells the fascinating life story of a man who looks back on his life from where he lives now in a small Scottish seaside town, describing his a boyhood in Algiers, his journey through provincial France and Paris to Brighton, London and Oxford.
Loving Alasdair is May Hooper’s fascinating memoir about her long and close association with Glasgow writer and artist, Alasdair Gray – wacky, romantic, unrequited, boozy, open, compassionate, loving, a different kind of love story
Scary Scotland: A Colouring Book publication date 27th January 2025
The next in our colouring books with Scots – ghosts, fairies, monsters – ancient and modern – northern and southern – terrifying and friendly!
Find out more here – Scary Scotland: A Colouring Book
We had a great time underneath the Alasdair Gray ceiling at Òran Mór on Tuesday at the launch of the second title in the VOICES memoirs imprint. May Hooper read excerpts from her fascinating account of her long and close friendship with Glasgow writer and artist, Alasdair Gray.
Find out more about Loving Alasdair: the 39 years of my life with Alasdair Gray.
We’re excited for the launch of May Hooper’s memoir of her long and close friendship with Alasdair Gray – Loving Alasdair!
6.30 – 8pm, 8th October at Òran Mór, Glasgow
18th October – Publication Day for the second title in VOICES, our new memoirs imprint, Loving Alasdair – May Hooper’s fascinating account of her long and close association with Glasgow writer and artist, Alasdair Gray.
Find out more about Loving Alasdair.
New Scottish History colouring book coming very soon! Colour in the beautiful illustrations and read about the history of Scotland in Scots. A fun and quirky colouring book for children or adults – Scottish History: A Colouring Book.
Come on a trip back in time through the colourful and surprising history of Scotland. From Skara Brae to Shipbuilding on the Clyde, the Romans to the Clearances, Saint Columba to the Herring lasses, colour in the drawings and read the Scots. The drawings are ideal for children or adults to colour. This is a Scottish History colouring book with the added bonus of a wee bit o Scots.
Find out more about the book, with sample pages and a recording of the Scots being spoken.
New Imprint from Lexus Books – VOICES
VOICES brings you lives of remarkable people. What lies at the heart is not the glitz of celebrity but the vastness of human experience. Made into words.
The first title under our new imprint – To This Northern Shore.
From a small Scottish seaside town a man looks back on his life, from a boyhood in Algiers, through provincial France and Paris to Brighton, London and Oxford.
It is a story about embracing life fully and also reflecting on it, told with verve and lucidity, in clear and often elegiac language that will entertain, move and inspire.
An excellent storyteller.
The author’s sense of humour shines through.
The piece called “What’s in a name?” made me
laugh out loud on the train.
“Imagination has seized power” caught me up in the excitement of Paris 68. This is history made
compellingly readable.
The way in which the various themes, characters, locations and concerns continue to weave their
way through different sections is a delight.
We’re looking forward to showcasing all our language learning books next week at the Scottish Education Expo 2022. Come and see us on stand G55 and find out about our products, including books for teaching and learning Scottish Gaelic, Spanish, French and German.
Find out more about the exhibition.