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Download the Birlinn Catalogue Here Contents FICTION 4 NATURE 6 TRAVEL & GUIDES 16 POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS 20 FOOD & DRINK 23 HISTORY 28 BIOGRAPHY 41 THE GREAT TAPESTRY OF SCOTLAND 44 CHILDREN’S 48 STATIONERY 53 ACADEMIC HISTORY 55 The Night Before Morning June 1945. Hitler has triumphed, Britain is under German occupation and America cowers under the threat of nuclear attack. In the dead of night, a figure flits through the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey, searching for a hidden document he knows could change the course of history. The journal he discovers, by a young soldier, David Erskine, records an extraordinary story. As the brutal grip of the occupying forces ALISTAIR MOFFAT was born tightens, he is determined to join the in Kelso, Scotland in 1950. He resistance. A daring escape leads him and is an award winning Writer, his fiancée Katie on a breathless chase to Historian and former Director the university town of St Andrews, where of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the Germans have established a secret and Director of Programmes research laboratory. When it becomes at Scottish Television. He is clear what its purpose is, David, Katie and the founder of Borders Book their small, trusted band must adopt a Festival and Co-Chairman of desperate and audacious plan to thwart The Great Tapestry Of Scotland. Nazi domination . A gripping, page-turning thriller based on an alternative version of events at the end of the Second World War ISBN: 9781780277370 Price: £8.99 Publication: 01 July 2021 For fans of Robert Harris and John Format: 198 x 129mm Paperback Buchan; Alistair Moffat has created a Extent: 256pp chilling post-1945 world where Britain Illustrations: n/a ePub: 9781788853873 has been occupied by the Nazi forces Rights: World All Languages 4 | FICTION Blood and Gold A Journey of Shadows ‘An exquisite piece of storytelling’ – The Guardian Ancient myths and legends from two very different cultures are woven together when Jeda receives a magical box from her dying mother. Rehema’s last wish is to share a set of powerful stories with her daughter, which will empower and guide her, and ensure she grows into a strong, MARA MENZIES is a narrative confident woman, certain of her heritage artist who draws on her rich, and her place in the world. dual Kenyan/Scottish cultural heritage to create worlds that Filled with tragedy, wonder and magic, explore contemporary issues Blood and Gold asks us to re-examine our through legend, myth and own identities and attitudes, and explores fantasy. She lives in Edinburgh. the themes of loss, grief, injustice and oppression. A powerful, dynamic fusion of African and Scottish myth and fantasy which explores the themes of racism, immigration and colonialism, and the acceptance of self, grief and loss Based on Mara Menzies’s acclaimed storytelling performance, premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019 ISBN: 9781780277370 Price: £12.99 Publication: 07 October 2021 Format: 218 x 160mm Paperback Extent: 176pp Illustrations: b/w line drawings ePub: 9781788853873 Rights: World All Languages FICTION | 5 Regeneration The Rescue of a Wild Land ‘Hugely enjoyable and inspiring’ – Isabella Tree In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. After 25 years of extremely hard work, the pinewoods, bogs, moors and mountains of this magnificent reserve are returning to their former glory. Regeneration is the story of this success, ANDREW PAINTING grew featuring the myriad creatures who live on up in the south of England the Estate, as well as the people who are and studied English at protecting the land and quietly working to King’s College, London and undo the wrongs of the past. Environmental Anthropology at Aberdeen University. He Mar Lodge is now one of the most moved to Scotland to volunteer successful examples of rewilding in with the RSPB and worked as the UK Assistant Ecologist at the Mar Lodge Estate from 2016 to For fans of James Rebanks’ A 2020. Shepherd’s Life, Isabella Tree’s Wilding and Native by Patrick Laurie A moving story of hope in an age of environmental destruction ISBN: 9781780277141 Price: £20.00 Publication: 04 March 2021 Format: 234 x 156mm Royal hbk Extent: 304pp Illustrations: 8pp colour plates ePub: 9781788853828 Rights: World All Languages 6 | NATURE WRITING - NEW A Sky Full of Kites A Rewilding Story Red kites were once Britain’s most common bird of prey. By the early 1900s they’d been wiped out following centuries of ruthless persecution. When reintroduced kites began roosting on their 1,400-acre family farm at Argaty, Tom Bowser and his parents decided to turn their estate into a safe haven. A Sky Full of Kites is the story of the Argaty Red Kite project, and the re- establishing of these magnificent TOM BOWSER grew up on raptors to Scotland. Tom Bowser his parents’ Perthshire farm. reveals his passion for nature and his After university he worked as a desire to dedicate his family’s land to teacher and then as a journalist conservation. before returning to Argaty in 2009. In 2017 he took over the The inspirational story of the running of the conservation reintroduction of one of Britain’s project Argaty Red Kites, and in most majestic birds of prey 2018 launched the Argaty Red Squirrels project. At a time when Britain’s wildlife is in major decline, this is a tale of hope about the positive differences that people can make ISBN: 9781780276502 Price: £14.99 Publication: 03 June 2021 Format: 234 x 156mm Trade pbk Extent: 240pp Illustrations: 8pp colour plates ePub: 9781788852852 Rights: World All Languages NATURE WRITING - NEW | 7 A Scurry of Squirrels Nurturing The Wild Scotland’s favourite wildlife writer knows the red squirrel on a uniquely personal level having hand-reared numerous kits for return to the wild. Part history and natural history, as well as personal memoir, this is the uplifting tale of Polly’s life with wildlife which also documents an inspirational rewilding project on her small Perthshire farm that has brought dramatic results. POLLY PULLAR is a field naturalist, writer, photographer Exploring many of the wildlife conflicts and wildlife rehabilitator who that face us, she highlights vital ways grew up in Ardnamurchan. She in which we can nurture the wild before is a much-loved contributor to it’s too late. An important and delightful a wide selection of publications book. and has written numerous best- selling books. An intimate and affectionate portrait of one of the nation’s favourite animals Polly Pullar is the author of the acclaimed A Drop in the Ocean and a co-author of Fauna Scotica: Animals and People in Scotland ISBN: 9781780277042 Price: £14.99 Publication: 01 July 2021 Features a foreword by Romain Pizzi Format: 234 x 156mm Trade pbk Extent: 240pp Illustrations: 8pp col. plates / drawings ePub: 9781788854658 Rights: World All Languages 8 | NATURE WRITING - NEW Native Life in a Vanishing Landscape NEW IN PAPERBACK ‘[A] beautifully written memoir ... unforced and utterly authentic’ – 5 Stars, Mail on Sunday ‘Brilliant and beautiful’ – Julien Glover, London Evening Standard ‘I will hand sell this book for decades to come. It’s a gem’ – Patrick Neale, owner of Jaffé and Neale PATRICK LAURIE is a Bookshop freelance journalist. As well as writing and farming, he works A poignant and moving book, Native for Soil Association Scotland on weaves together folklore and science, a programme which supports tradition and progress to examine how we conservation projects on take what has passed and transform it for farmland. the future. Patrick Laurie plunges into work on his family farm in the hills of southwest Scotland and is forced to face the reality of life in a vanishing landscape reassembling centuries of tradition. Shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize for ISBN: 9781780277073 Price: £9.99 UK Nature Writing 2020 Publication: 01 March 2021 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk Extent: 288pp Illustrations: b/w illustrations / maps ePub: 9781788852579 Rights: World English Language exc. NA NATURE WRITING - NEW IN PAPERBACK | 9 An Eye on the Hebrides ‘A beautiful book ... as evocative of the islands as the smell of peat smoke, the taste of smoked herring or a vintage malt’ – The Scotsman Mairi Hedderwick embarks on a six- month-long journey to 40 islands from Arran to Lewis, recounting her pilgrimage around the archipelago of the Western Isles with which she has had a lifelong love affair. MAIRI HEDDERWICK has Filled with wit and wisdom that had a life-long love affair is matched by her spell-binding with islands and their small illustrations, Mairi Hedderwick portrays communities. She is the author the islands in all their diversity, with swift of many children’s and adult and perceptive cameos of everyday life. books including the popular Katie Morag series. A reissue of the acclaimed island classic by one of Scotland’s favourite authors and illustrators, feature a new specially written introduction Fully illustrated throughout with beautiful watercolours Lifetime sales of over 75,000 copies ISBN: 9781780277318 Price: £12.99 Publication: 03 June 2021 Format: 234 x 156mm Trade pbk Extent: 128pp Illustrations: Watercolours throughout ePub: n/a Rights: World All Languages 10 | NATURE WRITING - NEW IN PAPERBACK A Richness of Martens Wildlife Tales from the Highlands NEW IN B-FORMAT PAPERBACK When Les and Chris Humphreys moved to Ardnamurchan 15 years ago, little did they realise they would be sharing their home with some of Britain’s most elusive animals. In this book Polly Pullar tells the remarkable story of the couple and their animal friends, interpolating it with natural history, anecdote and her own POLLY PULLAR is a field experiences of the wildlife of the area.
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