Book: Shuggie Bain Author: Douglas Stuart Publisher: Picador, 2020 Douglas Stuart’s Booker prizewinning debut novel, Shuggie Bain, set in 1980s Thatcher-ravaged Glasgow and surrounds, is a tragic portrayal of growing up in government-imposed poverty that is capable of arousing both visceral anger and human warmth at the flip of a page. Shuggie, a child struggling […]
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David F. Ross is one of literary Scotland’s most distinctive voices. From his 2015 debut, ‘The Last Days of Disco’, recently reimagined as lockdown film, ‘Miraculous’, to last year’s critically acclaimed, ‘Welcome to the Heady Heights’, Ross continues to challenge and entertain in equal measure. His latest work, There’s Only One Danny Garvey is an
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Book: There’s Only One Danny Garvey Author: David F. Ross Publisher: Orenda Books Into Creative are VERY excited indeed to host the cover reveal of David F. Ross’s latest work, There’s Only One Danny Garvey. The book, published by Orenda Books, will be released on 21st January 2021 and is available to PRE-ORDER NOW. A
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Book: 16 Years: Gigs In Scotland 1974-1990 Author: Chris Brickley 16 Years: Gigs In Scotland 1974-1990 is a new book pulled together by Chris Brickley covering the live music scene in Scotland during the period 1974 through to 1990. The book runs to over 550 pages and includes 2,000 photographs spanning a 16 year period, covering 120 venues,
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Book: The Flame Author: Leonard Cohen Publisher: Canongate A problem with being seductive is that you are likely to be indulged. Nice problem to have! But for the serious writer – the kind who writes for God, or the Muse, or even posterity – indulgence is the opposite of what’s needed. This beautifully produced book,
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Book: Just A Shot Away: 1969 Revisited Part Two Author: Kris Needs Publisher: New Haven Just A Shot Away is a teenage memoir written by renowned music journalist Kris Needs and covers the year 1969, split into two separate books, covering January to June and July to December. Into Creative reviewed Part One here and we followed
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Book: The Light Acknowledgers & Other Poems Author: Gerry Cambridge Publisher: Happenstance Press The Light Acknowledgers owes its existence to two good and faithful servants of poetry: principally its author, Gerry Cambridge, but also the Fife-based publisher, Helena Nelson. Cambridge is the founder and co-editor of the transatlantic poetry magazine The Dark Horse, while Nelson
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Tony Beesley is an established author who has written and published a number of books via his own independent book company Days Like Tomorrow, which he has run with his wife, Vanessa since 2009. Into Creative recently reviewed Ignore Alien Orders – On Parole With The Clash which Tony co-authored (see review here). An avid
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Book: Watch Him Die Author: Craig Robertson Publisher: Simon and Schuster Watch Him Die is the latest chapter in Craig Robertson’s popular series of thrillers featuring Glasgow-based detective, Rachel Narey and right from the get go, it grabs one’s attention, rarely relinquishing its grip. A chance but grim discovery of a decomposing body sets the
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Book: A Marvelous Life – The Amazing Story of Stan Lee Author: Danny Fingeroth Publisher: Simon & Schuster People might know ten film directors or novelists. Maybe even ten painters. But comic book creators? One: Stan Lee Since the 1960’s, few artists have bestrode pop culture like the ever smiling, omnipresent figurehead of the Marvel
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