Anuk Arudpragasam
A Passage North
An immense book about longing, loss and a sense of place
Udita Banerjee
@AuditBanshee
Udita works in technology innovation by day and is a creative writer by night. When she’s not at the theatre, she’s poking around in charity shops and second-hand bookstores. Travels have taken her from surviving a supercyclone in 1999 to featuring on the cover of a Scottish Book Trust anthology in 2013, both of which are excellent ice-breakers. Some of her favourite things include old books, pressed flowers, and the drama of Edinburgh skies.
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Douglas MacGowan
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Loosely connected essays come together to give an intimate peek into another's life
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Of Stone and Sky
A family saga of the ties that bind
Kei Miller
Things I Have Withheld
Silence rather than words encapsulate Miller's courageous essays on racism
Carol Ann Duffy
Empty Nest
Tears guaranteed in this small but mighty collection of poems about family
Nicholas Morgan
A Long Stride
The story of a popular brand best served with a dram