Scottish/Welsh Fiction

First published in 1932, Sunset Song is a lyrical evocation of rural Scotland, the land and its people, in the years before and during the First World War.

Nov 10, 2009 - Maggie Craig

At this year's Edinburgh Book Festival, local writer Ian Rankin, two years after announcing the title of his final Rebus novel, gave some details of his new novel.

Aug 29, 2009 - David Chadderton

With intricate, experimental prose, Trocchi takes the reader on a psychological journey through one man's reaction to his responsibility in the death of his former lover.

Aug 19, 2009 - Michelle Bailat-Jones

After her live-in boyfriend commits suicide, Movern Callar's reaction is anything but typical. With new resources, she embarks on a life of hedonism.

Jun 22, 2009 - Catherine Jozwik

The Wasp Factory is Iain Banks first novel. It was published in 1984 and focuses on the life and family of sixteen year old Frank Cauldhame.

Jun 8, 2009 - Sabrina Louise Webb

Francis Crawford of Lymond, the hero of Dorothy Dunnett's popular Lymond Chronicles, is one of the most compelling fictional characters ever created.

Mar 11, 2009 - Annika S. Hipple

Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dickens and Muriel Spark are a few of the famous writers associated with Edinburgh.

Dec 12, 2008 - Peter John Shearing

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, follows Edinburgh woman Iris as she discovers a relative she never knew existed.

May 15, 2008 - Lindsey Michelle

Scottish health officers engage in paths of self destruction and exploration, but tired motifs drag down an entertaining premise.

Mar 1, 2008 - Joseph Kazer