Booker Prize: Everything you need to know about this year’s winner Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart has won this year’s Booker Prize for his novel Shuggie Bain.
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Maggie O’Farrell and Andrew Marr among speakers at online Wigtown Book Festival
Novelists AL Kennedy and Maggie O’Farrell and broadcasters Andrew Marr and Carrie Gracie are among those taking part in a book festival which has moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Books wanted for vulnerable adults in Aberdeen
An Aberdeen charity is looking for donations of pre-loved books to give to vulnerable adults it supports.
Richard and Judy relaunch writing competition
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan have relaunched their competition for unpublished writers.
Book festival moves online for 2020 in pandemic precaution
A book festival in Scotland’s National Book Town is to take place online this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Ian Rankin claims Facebook account suspended after report it was fake
Author Ian Rankin has claimed his Facebook account was suspended after someone reported it was not him.
Eight-paragraph novel in the running for International Booker Prize
A novel comprising just eight paragraphs has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Aye Write promises bumper programme for 2020 festival
Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo, Joanna Trollope and Maggie O’Farrell are among the authors expected to appear at a literary festival in Glasgow.
Simon Cowell and son Eric, six, sign deal for seven children’s books
Simon Cowell and his six-year-old son Eric have signed a publishing deal for seven children’s books celebrating “individuality and positivity”.
Aberdeen quarry could become home to monster tale
The author of a best-selling series of books featuring a London Met detective – who is also a wizard – is planning to set one of his novels in Aberdeen.
It is OK to find reading difficult, Lupita Nyong’o says
Children should know that it is all right to find reading difficult, according to Lupita Nyong’o.
Ian Rankin thriller at top of Aberdeen library list
A Scottish crime thriller had Aberdeen bookworms gripped this year, according to a list of the best reads of 2019.
Book by drug lord proves top choice for north-east prisoners
The tale of a Mexican drug lord who escaped jail twice is a popular page-turner at a north-east super prison.
Tributes to ‘master of creativity’ Alasdair Gray
Leading figures from the arts and the world of politics have paid tribute to Alasdair Gray, who has died aged 85.
North-east bookworms invited to take part in reading challenge
Libraries across Aberdeenshire are offering customers the chance to take part in a reading challenge for all ages.
Author to give talk on ‘rebel’ book at Aberdeen store
A talk about a new book celebrating brave Scottish women is to take place in Aberdeen next month.
North-east kids could book tickets for football matches
North-east children have been urged to take part in a reading challenge to be in with a chance of winning tickets for football games.
AI-powered sign language book app comes to iOS
An app that translates a selection of books into sign language has made the move on to iOS, in a bid to help more than 30 million deaf children across the world.
Margaret Atwood thrills fans by reading from her latest novel
Margaret Atwood wowed fans by reading from her latest novel, The Testaments, minutes before it went on sale at midnight.
Successful chapter as north-east children flock to borrow library books
More than 520,000 books have been checked out of north-east libraries by children in the past year.
Mark Gatiss and Richard E Grant to feature in BBC year of literature
Mark Gatiss, Richard E Grant, Hilary Mantel and David Olusoga are to feature in a year-long celebration of literature at the BBC.
An American Marriage wins Women’s Prize For Fiction
Tayari Jones’ novel An American Marriage has won the Women’s Prize For Fiction.
Shortlist for 100-year-old literary prize revealed
A novel inspired by the mind of computer scientist Alan Turing is among the contenders for a historic literary prize.
Shortlist for 100-year-old literary prize revealed
A novel inspired by the mind of computer scientist Alan Turing is among the contenders for a historic literary prize.
Shortlist for 100-year-old literary prize revealed
A novel inspired by the mind of computer scientist Alan Turing is among the contenders for a historic literary prize.
Debut novel inspired by refugee crisis wins children’s book prize
A debut novel inspired by the refugee crisis has won a children’s book award.
Unseen work by JD Salinger to be published, says author’s son
The son of US writer JD Salinger has revealed that previously unseen work by his late father will be published.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Lego films are top picks from Aberdeen’s libraries in 2018
A children's author and a popular animated film were the biggest draws at Aberdeen’s libraries this year, new data shows.
The Man Booker shortlist is announced: Here’s our verdict on the big 6
The books on this year’s Man Booker longlist have been whittled down to just six, with the shortlist being dominated by women.
A library in New York is turning classic novels into Insta Stories
A library in New York wants to make classic novels more appealing to a younger generation of readers using social media.