We are sorry to say that the publication of Femke by David Cameron has been pushed back to March 2023. Originally scheduled for November 17, we have made the difficult decision of delaying this to allow us the proper space to do the book justice. Femke is a special text, and we will spend theContinue reading “Femke has been pushed back to March 2023”
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Taproot Press to publish long-awaited second novel by Saltire Award-winner Eleanor Thom
Taproot Press have acquired world rights to Connective Tissue, an illuminating and intensely moving intergenerational Holocaust novel based on the real family history of author and former Saltire Award-winner Eleanor Thom. The novel will be published in August 2023. A tale of parallel mothers both in search of family that has been taken from them,Continue reading “Taproot Press to publish long-awaited second novel by Saltire Award-winner Eleanor Thom”
Books of 2022: Relativism by Mary Ford Neal
This is the first book we signed off on after opening for submissions back in July 2021, and we are just as excited about it now as we were back then. Relativism, the second poetry collection by Mary Ford Neal, a writer and academic from the West of Scotland, is a frank and poignant seriesContinue reading “Books of 2022: Relativism by Mary Ford Neal”
Scots Language Publication Grant Success!
We are absolutely chuffed to announce that we have been awarded a Scots Language Publication Grant by the Scottish Book Trust to produce our upcoming book Hard Roads an Cauld Hairst Winds: Li Bai an Du Fu in Scots by Brian Holton – read more here. This fantastic news means that we will be ableContinue reading “Scots Language Publication Grant Success!”
A Recording of the Launch for ‘The Other Side of Stone’
We were delighted to see over 100 people join the Zoom launch of The Other Side of Stone on March 31, hosted by The Watermill bookshop in Aberfeldy. During the event I chatted with Linda about the origins of the book and her own personal connection to it, and we got the chance to hearContinue reading “A Recording of the Launch for ‘The Other Side of Stone’”
Press Coverage and Bookshops for ‘The Other Side of Stone’
The Other Side of Stone is now one week old, and has already been receiving a host of lovely press attention. Follow the links below to read any of the articles: https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-the-other-side-of-stone-by-linda-cracknell-3207052 – Kirsty McLuckie’s review in The Scotmsan https://booksfromscotland.com/2021/03/iwd-2021-linda-cracknell-on-the-other-side-of-stone/ To mark International Women’s Day 2021, Books from Scotland posted this essay by Linda whichContinue reading “Press Coverage and Bookshops for ‘The Other Side of Stone’”