This extraordinary novel charts the thrilling progress of one of the greatest but least-known journeys of exploration.

Football Haiku contains over 100 three-line poems from a wide variety of contributors which have been printed on T-shirts.

A Polygon newcomer, Sam Meekings presents thoughtful, light and earthy poetry. Each poem a fleeting moment that demands a long pause of reflection and moves off once again leaving a pensive smile.

Labanotation is a wonderful idea: take the greatest World Cup goal ever, the infamous Archie Gemmill goal from the 1978 Scotland v. Netherlands game, and transform it into dance.

A short story collection, capturing the lives of council estate dopeheads, single parents, awkward young men and lonely old women.

The narrator, Drost, tells the story, through a series of waking dreams, of his life in Bronze Age Scotland from his childhood, as the chosen companion and help-mate of his future "king", up to his own approaching death.

Today Tomorrow is a celebration of the life and work of poet George Bruce, bringing together all the poems from previous collections, uncollected poems previous to Sea Talk (1944) and uncollected poems after the publication of Pursuit:

The narrator, Drost, tells the story, through a series of waking dreams, of his life in Bronze Age Scotland from his childhood, as the chosen companion and help-mate of his future "king", up to his own approaching death.

Jimmy Swan, the enigmatic commercial traveller, is another classic comic character from the pen of Neil Munro, the master Scottish humorist.

One of the defining images of the Clyde and Glasgow are the great ships and yards which have dominated them through much of their history. In them was defined not simply a way of life, but a people and a nation. A great book that offers great tribute to a time now lost, and is now recorded in this one book.

A new thrilling novel carefully laiden with mystery, deception and murder in which Alice Rice finds herself hunting a killer.

A tale of greed and love, smugglers and kidnapping set in the wild Outer Hebrides.

A powerful novel set in the twelfth century that explores universal questions aligned with the concepts of guilt, goodness and personal sacrifice.

Wish I Was Here represents the diversity of languages, dialects and cultures in contemporary Scotland.

This is an essential short introduction to a man who is a byword for poetic awfulness, as well as providing a fascinating snapshot of Victorian Scotland.

Valerie Gillies' vibrant new collection takes us on a journey across Scotland, exploring the inhabited landscape and the wild places.

A.J. Bruford and D.A. MacDonald present an entertaining collection of the oral tales that have been passed down by generations of Scottish storytellers, and have been recorded and collected by researchers from the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University over the past fifty years.

The second in a new series of McLevy books, Fall from Grace revolves around the terrible Tay Bridge disaster.

Scotticisms in Grammar and Vocabulary investigates the historical development of the (mainly sociolinguistic) phenomena which favoured a process of increasing anglicisation in Late Modern Scots.

Has Pearce finally found his match? A time-served Edinburgh hard man, Pearce is still recovering from the recent loss of his mother in a stabbing incident in a post office robbery. He’s invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant 16-year-old daughter from Wallace, her 26-year-old husband, a man with a penchant for killing family pets.

Writing Scotland is a major eight-part television series, made by Hopscotch Films, written and presented by Carl MacDougall and scheduled to be broadcast on BBC2 Scotland and BBC4 in 2004.

William McGonagall’s poetry is Scotland’s alternative to Robert Burns, and as every bit engaging in this comprehensive collection.

The publication of Priscilla Bawcutt's complete edition of The Poems of William Dunbar provides the opportunity for a critical stocktaking on Dunbar studies and the chance to map out areas in which more extensive enquiry should be undertaken.

Set in the chaotic aftermath of the First World War and after the death of her father, Renee and her mother are forced to open up their home to two lodgers. The impressionable Renee begins to form unusual attachments and romantic self-illusions which only spurs a cycle of self-effacement. A subtle treatment of human relationships during a time of flux.

Has Pearce finally found his match? A time-served Edinburgh hard man, Pearce is still recovering from the recent loss of his mother in a stabbing incident in a post office robbery. He’s invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant 16-year-old daughter from Wallace, her 26-year-old husband, a man with a penchant for killing family pets.

Liam McIlvanney provides detailed new readings of Burns’s major poems, and also offers new research on his links with Irish poets and radicals, providing a radical reinterpretation of the man who is coming to be recognised as the poet laureate of the radical Enlightenment.

This edition is published as a tribute to mark the 65th anniversary of the author’s death. Written in 1896, the title story is set in a now-deserted but identifiable glen beside Loch Fyne, and can be read as an allegory of the history of Highland culture.

Dr Simon Forman finds himself accused of harbouring enemies of the state after a night of revelry. In his haste to clear his name he gets caught up in a secret spying mission and death stalks him as he tries to discover the identity of a murderer.

This collection of 42 stories comprises every type of tale found on the island of South Uist, including heroic Fingalian stories, international folktales, ghost stories and local historical and humorous anecdotes.

The first exciting crime thriller book of the Alice Rice Mystery series by Gillian Galbriath, we are introduced to the implacable Alice Rice - intelligent, pragmatic and yet despite this is somehow disillusioned.

Murdo Macrae is one of the most extraordinary and fascinating of Iain Crichton Smith’s literary creations.

The second in a new series of McLevy books, Fall from Grace, revolves around the terrible Tay Bridge Disaster.

A firebomb attack at a Plummer property thrusts Innes into the spotlight as he saves a child from the burning building. But when Plummer enlists his help to track down the arsonists, Innes finds himself dealing with more than the ENS and his rapidly overwhelming codeine addiction. Manchester needs a hero and Callum Innes is the closest it has.

A powerful and perceptive semi-autobiographical novel, which captures the true spirit of a traditional fishing community in the very north of Scotland's isolated coasts.

The Curewife is the winner of the Dundee Book Prize 2002 and is the story of Grissel Jaffray, the last woman to be burnt as a witch in Dundee.

Hamish Henderson was one of the most significant figures in the cultural life of Scotland during the twentieth century; a man of extraordinary intellectual versatility and a committed humanitarian.

Justified Sinners is an archaeology of counter-culture in Scotland 1960-2000, featuring poetry, prose, polemic, letters, documents and fragments, from the Holy Loch and Project Sigma to the Demarco Gallery, Beltane and K Foundation.

A collection of Ian Stephen's short stories with recipe-poems and children's drawings, Mackerel & Creamola is a rich portrayal of contemporary life in the Hebrides, drawing on the author's deep knowledge of sea lore.

Specially commissioned stories from some of our country’s best contemporary writers and startling new voices.

Although best known as one of Scotland’s greatest modern poets, Iain Crichton Smith was also prolific as a writer of short stories. Here in one volume is a comprehensive collection demonstrating the versatility of Crichton Smith’s range.

A vibrant and vivid anthology from Scotland’s greatest writers.

The story of mischievous Aberdeenshire boy Willie Fowlie - or the 'nickum', as his grandmother calls him - and his journey to adulthood. The course of his life completely changes, but can the 'nickum' ever atone for the decisions that he has made in his past?

Cissie McGregor finds herself homeless and her child has been taken. She will fight back, but she must finally confront the consequences of those events long ago in Aberdeen when her childhood innocence was shattered …

A Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War novel set in the third summer of the war. Robert Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia slips across the Potomac to begin the invasion of the North.

Alastair Reid is one of Scotland’s foremost literary figures but his work is currently out of print in the UK. The bulk of his prose has long been unavailable, so this wide-ranging new collection of prose will present a fresh and comprehensive overview of his achievements, and will appeal to existing fans and new readers.

With an introduction by Andrew O'Hagan.

The bulk of Alastair Reid's poetry has long been unavailable, so this wide-ranging new collection of poetry, translations and thoughts on the art of translation will present a fresh and comprehensive overview of his achievements and will appeal to existing fans and new readers.

With an introduction by Douglas Dunn.

The rivalry of two cousins results in treachery, betrayal and a desperate struggle for survival. With an introduction by Tam Dalyell.

Regarded by many critics as one of the finest historical novels ever written, Midwinter tells the tale of Alastair Maclean, confidant of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, who embarks on a secret mission to raise support for the Jacobite cause in the west of England. With an introduction by Stuart Kelly.

Buchan’s favourite of all his novels, Witch Wood deals with the hypocrisy that can lie beneath god-fearing respectability. The book is set in the terrifying times of the first half of the seventeenth century when the Church of Scotland unleashed a wave of cruelty and intolerance. Minister Sempill witnesses devil worship in the ’Witch Wood’ and is persecuted. With an introduction by Allan Massie.

Buchan skilfully weaves the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where ’under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless’. With an introduction by Robert Hutchinson.

Wry, dry, moving and humorous, these tales capture the flavour of the North-east as never before and are written in the dialect of the area as it has been used over the last six decades.

This is the first edition of Allan Guthrie's debut novel which won The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2007.

A stunning historical novel, as engaging as it is meticulously researched, that will appeal to fans of James Robertson, Magnus Mills and Hilary Mantel.

Set among the tenements and bedsits of Glasgow, James Kelman’s first collection of short stories shine a light on the exploits of young and old.

This collection, written with irony and great tenderness, confirmed James Kelman’s status as one of the most significant writers in the UK, and remains as powerful, relevant and truthful as it was in the early 1980s.