BOOKS
Smashed a Spy Ring Birlinn, 1st September, £14.99, TPB, 9781780277882 Pitched as history meets true crime, Jeffrey relays the story of a remarkable housewife spycatcher who set MI5 on the trail of Nazi Germany’s most notorious spy in pre-war Britain.
John Goodlad Salt Roads: How Fish Created a Culture Birlinn, 1st September, £16.99, HB, 9781780277912 Goodland offers a story of how the salt fish industry shaped an island culture, while addressing today’s pressing themes of sustainability, climate change and food choices in communities that rely on fishing for their livelihoods.
Alan Riach Scottish Literature: An Introduction Luath, April, £25, PB, 9781910022955 A comprehensive, 640-page introduction to Scottish literature that spans centuries of fiction, poetry and drama, from the likes of Robert Henryson to Irvine Welsh. Riach attempts to balance a study of individual literary works and writers, the historical context that surrounds them, and commentary from the author himself.
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and the White House Birlinn, 4th August, £17.99, HB, 9781846975844 Cosgrove continues his journey through American musical history with Hey America!, telling of how Black music came from the margins in the early 20th century, becoming mainstream under Barack Obama’s presidency and then being mobilised as a force for radical opposi- tion to Donald Trump’s administration.
Jim Byers, Jonathan Trew, Fiona Shepherd, Alison Stroak Edinburgh’s Greatest Hits: A Celebration of the Capital’s Music History Birlinn, 7th April, £7.99, PB, 9781846975325 Explore Edinburgh’s hidden music heritage, plus a few of its more tuneful tall tales, with this eye-opening guide to the city’s music milestones, famous gigs, infamous incidents and colourful characters.
Douglas MacIntyre & Grant McPhee Hungry Beat: The Scottish Postpunk Independent Underground 1977-1984 Orion, 15th September, £20, HB, 9781399600248 Hungry Beat is about the Scottish independent music labels Fast Product and Postcard Records.
Biography, essays & life writing
Robert Hay How an Island Lost Its People Birlinn, 7th April, £9.99, PB, 9781839830204 Hay documents a century of emigration, migration and clearance, and paints an intimate portrait of Lismore’s island commu- nity during a period of profound change.
Amy Liptrot The Instant Canongate, 3rd March, £14.99, HB, 9781838854263 Finally, a follow-up to Liptrot’s brilliant cele- brated début, The Outrun! The Instant blends raw reflections on the addic- tive power of love and lust with an exploration of the cycles of the moon, flight paths of migratory birds, Neolithic stonework and the trails followed by a generation who exist online.
Stuart Cosgrove Hey America!: The Epic Story of Black Music
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Carrie Marshall Carrie Kills a Man 404 Ink, 10th November, £9.99, PB, 9781912489558 From coming out and navigating trans parent- hood to the thrills of gender-bending pop stars, fashion disasters and looking like Velma Dinkley, this is a tale of ripping it up and starting again:
Marshall’s story in all its fearless, frank and funny glory.
illness before undertaking her incredible fight for justice well beyond the murky underworld of cryptocurrency.
James Campbell Just Go Down to the Road: A Memoir of Trouble and Travel Birlinn, 5th May, £12.99, PB, 9781846975295 A blend of literary memoir, history and travel writing from Glasgow-born writer and editor Campbell, peppered with captivating encounters, from Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac to James Baldwin.
Mark Woolhouse The Year the World Went Mad: Scientific Memoir from the Pandemic Sandstone, 24th February, £16.99, HB, 9781913207953 Woolhouse shares his story as an insider, having served on advisory groups to both the Scottish and UK governments. His account is one of disregarded advice, the frustration of dealing with politicians, and missteps that led to the deaths of vulnerable people, damage to livelihoods and the disruption of education.
Catherine Simpson One Body Saraband, 7th April, £9.99, PB, 9781913393342 Simpson is a hugely compelling storyteller and a deft memoirist. Now in her fifties, Simpson and her body have gone through a lot together— from period pain, an abortion and early meno- pause to shaming and harassment. Now cancer is making her look back on it in new ways.
Jennifer McAdam Undefeated: My Battle to Take Down the Mafia Cryptoqueen Sphere, 26th May, £18.99, HB, 9780751584448 Undefeated is the astonishing true story of the Scottish coal-miner’s daughter who took on the Onecoin multibillion- dollar international fraud scam. McAdam escaped abusive relationships and struggled with chronic
Naomi Mitchison Among You Taking Notes... Orion, 17th November, £14.99, PB, 9781399602518 More precious writings from the prolific author and Scottish feminist— drawn from war diaries, the publisher describes them as “written with the passion of a poet combined with the intel- lectual curiosity of a radi- cal thinker, they provide a unique and valuable document of the period.”
Alan Cumming Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life Canongate, 2nd June, £9.99, PB, 9781838856670 Cumming’s anecdote- packed chronicle of an actor’s life in Hollywood and the work that repeat- edly whisked him away from personal calamities to sets and stages around the world. In paperback in time for Pride.
Nature
Jenna Watt Hindsight Birlinn, 4th August, £20, HB, 9781780277455 The award-winning theatre-maker offers a powerful meditation on wildness and rewilding in a world beset by climate change and species extinction. Chapter by chapter, Watt revisits a day spent on a deer cull, and offers a story of hope for coping with ecological grief.
Kitchen Press, September, £15.99, HB, 9781916316591 Roe’s family love to snack; their family tradition of “biting biting” takes its roots from classic Gujarati farsan—salty snacks served with tea or as street food. Roe serves up extremely tasty, easy to make food of the Gujarati diaspora in Africa and in the UK.
Polly Pullar Horizontal Oak: A Life in Nature Birlinn, 7th July, £14.99, PB, 9781780277806 Growing up in a remote corner of the West Highlands surrounded by animals, Pullar’s otherwise idyllic childhood was marred by family secrets which ultimately turned to tragedy. The author, who earned a reputation as a wildlife expert and reha- bilitator, journalist and photographer, reflects on how she found equilibrium in nature.
Catherine Munro Ponies at the Edge of the World: A Story of Hope and Belonging in Shetland Ebury, 19th May, £16.99, HB, 9781846047268 Munro transforms her life when she moves to the tiny island of Whalsay to study the hardy ponies that inhabit the Shetland Islands. In this compelling meditation on hope and belonging, she reflects on that island year, the uncertainty of life as an outsider and the harsh nature of this wild land.
Jim Crumley Seasons of Storm & Wonder Saraband, 9th September, £20, HB, 9781913393533 A beautifully written and important volume that brings together the experience gained during a lifetime of field obser- vation. Crumley is one of Scotland’s foremost nature writers.
Tom Bowser A Sky Full of Kites: A Rewilding Story Birlinn, 1st September, £9.99, PB, 9781780276502 A Sky Full of Kites is the story of the Argaty Red Kite project, and the re-establishing of these magnificent raptors to Scotland. It is also the story of one family’s farm- stead and Bowser’s desire to dedicate his family’s land to conservation.
Food & drink
Flora Shedden Supper: Recipes Worth Staying in For Hardie Grant, 13th October, £22, 9781784885274 Supper is a showstop- ping collection of 70 of Shedden’s best-loved recipes for transforming the often-mundane dining-in experience into something worth staying in for.
Urvashi Roe Biting Biting: Snacking Gujarati Style
Fi Buchanan Seasonal Salads Kitchen Press, July, £15, HB, 9781916316584 In Seasonal Salads Buchanan showcases 52 mouthwatering recipes, one for each week of the year. There are hearty winter feasts as well as summer favourites, clas- sics and twists on classics, quick weeknight salads and dinner-party worthy creations. A true salad celebration.
Hailee Kukura & Danny Jack The Van Life Cookbook: Resourceful Recipes for Life on the Road Pavillion, 5 May, £14.99, HB, 9781911682189 Danny Jack and Hailee Kukura have travelled around the UK in their self-built camper van—their book captures a passion for adventure and good food, distilled into more than 80 camper van-friendly dishes, shar- ing their knowledge on foraging, cooking over open fires and making the most of what nature has to offer.
Suzanne Mulholland The Batch Lady: Family Cooking on a Budget HQ, 18th August, £20, HB, 9780008494056 The Batch Lady is back with a budget-busting book featuring more than 100 simple, cost- conscious, home-cooked recipes that can easily be stored in the freezer.
Sport
Mihir Bose Dreaming the Impossible: Can We Ever Have a Non-Racial Sports World?
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