Meet the author: The Move writer Felicity Everett
TV’s Queen of Clean Aggie MacKenzie is making sure The Move stands up to close inspection, its writer reveals.
Books
Parliamo genius: Book salutes writer behind Stanley Baxter’s famous patter
It is a simple enough question but comedy genius Stanley Baxter’s polite inquiry of a vegetable stall-holder remains a classic from the Parliamo Glasgow phrasebook: “Izzat a marra on yer barra, Clara?”.
Meet the author: The Dilemma writer BA Paris
As one decade closes and another opens, international best-selling author BA Paris reveals she is harbouring a special Scottish dream.
Agatha Raison and Hamish Macbeth author MC Beaton dies aged 83
Glasgow-born author Marion Chesney Gibbons, who wrote under the pen name M.C. Beaton, has died at the age of 83.
Wham, fang, thank you Bram: Hotel hopes link to Dracula writer will put village on the map
He has terrified generations of readers, curdled the blood of cinema-goers and will soon be bringing the world’s most sinister smile back to the small-screen.
Rebus will return to solve one more case, author Ian Rankin reveals
Inspector Rebus is coming out of retirement again – to solve one more crime.
Meet the author: Comedian turned novelist, David Baddiel
Comedian-turned-novelist David Baddiel admits he is a big kid at heart. And that, he says, is why he found the transition from adult to children’s books so natural.
Meet the author: The Tzar’s Curious Runaways writer, Robin Scott Elliott
Former sports reporter Robin Scott Elliot quit his full-time job three times in pursuit of writing “grown-up” historical fiction.
Peppa’s bonnie book: Iconic TV porker gets a Scots reboot
She has become one of the most iconic children’s characters of all time. And now Peppa Pig has developed a Scots twang.
Meet the author: The Stalker writer Alex Gray
Alex Gray stumbled on the idea for The Stalker at a book event in 2015 – where two fans followed her with particular enthusiasm.
Husband and wife writing duo Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman, aka Ambrose Parry, on delving into the history of science and medicine
The late author Toni Morrison once said: "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."