Books

Book: Dashboard Elvis Is DeadAuthor: David F RossPublisher: Orenda Books Book Trailer… Review by George Paterson @gfpaterson Following the success of his fifth novel, the Saltire Society shortlisted, ‘There’s Only One Danny Garvey’, Ayrshire based architect turned author David F. Ross returns with his own comeback special and most ambitious book to date; Dashboard Elvis […]

Books: RelativismAuthor: Mary Ford NealPublisher: Taproot Press This is a book of relations, in the sense of both relationships and relatives. Mary Ford Neal records and at times celebrates family life and domesticity, without shying away from how confining these can be. But it’s also a book of intellectual roaming, the work of a mind

Book: A Working Class State of Mind Author: Colin BurnettPublisher: Pierpoint Press (2021) Colin Burnett is a Midlothian based short-story writer, who has an inherent belief in the importance of Scottish culture, language and history.  In this striking debut collection, he combines this passion with his education in sociology, to lead us into the depths

Books: Dante’s TrilogyAuthor: Alasdair GrayPublisher: Canongate William Blake, an English writer and artist of genius, illustrated Dante’s Divine Comedy but didn’t translate it. Alasdair Gray, a Scottish writer and artist of genius, seemed to be going a step further, both illustrating and translating this medieval masterpiece. But three book covers and a handful of illustrations