Into Creative is delighted to welcome submissions to The Isobel Slorach Poetry Award. Entries are invited from anyone aged 12 and over, writing in English or Scots and living in the UK or Ireland. This competition is held in memory of Isobel Slorach who lived with Down’s Syndrome and was the aunt of the prize’s […]
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Event: Caledonia Screaming: 50 Years of Punk Festival: Edinburgh International Book FestivalChair: Nicola MeighanVenue: SpiegeltentDate: Friday 28 August 2026, 8.30pm – 10.30pm It’s been 50 years, this year, since the first punk gig in Scotland. Grant McPhee, writer of Caledonia Screaming: Scottish Punk 1976 – 1977, will give the lowdown via his oral history of Scottish
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Book: Family Man: The Third Book of Aldo Author: Colin BurnettPublisher: Tippermuir Books (2026) Having thoroughly enjoyed Colin Burnett’s first two books – A Working Class State of Mind (Pierpoint Press, 2021), and Who’s Aldo?, (Tippermuir Books, 2023) – I was very keen to begin on the last chapter of this Scottish East Coast trilogy. In
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It’s been a wee while since we’ve brought you a book review article and having read these two belters we simply had to share our thoughts. Author: Douglas MacIntyreBook: Creeping Bent: A Leap Into The VoidPublisher: Last Night From Glasgow Where to begin? Well, let’s start at the end. The head honcho of The
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Please support these writers and their small independent publisher (us) by adding some Into Books to your gift list! From psychological thrillers, crime, love stories, short stories and memoir. Click on the links below to find out more about (and purchase} your favourite kind of books… Original Sins – Linda Duncan McLaughlin (Pre-order) https://www.intocreative.co.uk/shop/i… The
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We do love a good book over here at Into Creative and whether you are looking for some summer holiday reading or just something worth exploring, then we have a trio of recommendations that we reckon you will love. So, do check out what are three cracking music related books. Author: Iain KeyBook: All
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Into Creative and Viv Loves Film partner to bring distinctive and global voices to audiences across transmedia platforms including screen and stage Brighton-based literary and entertainment company Viv Loves Film is delighted to announce a new partnership with Scottish indie powerhouse Into Creative, marking a significant move to represent Into Creative’s fiction and non-fiction titles
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Book: Silent Riders of the SeaAuthor: John Gerard FaganPublisher: Cyberbirdy Publishing (2024) Consider if this is a man Who works in the mud Who does not know peace Who fights for a scrap of bread Who dies because of a yes or a no. Primo Levi This long narrative poem – the story of
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Dark Islands @ Bloody Scotland Into Books author, George Paterson (The Girl, The Crow, The Writer And The Fighter & Westerwick), will feature on this year’s Bloody Scotland programme of events alongside two other fantastic writers, Liz Webb and Claire McGowan. Bloody Scotland in Stirling is a fantastic event. If you are an avid reader
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Well, we are now in full summer swing though perhaps that depends if the rain is tipping it down as you read this (we sincerely hope it isn’t). Whatever your plans, if you are staying at home or going abroad to Fife, over here at Into Creative we’ve got a couple of book suggestions for
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