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Bevel

Product Description: Vivid, funny, moving, and full of awe about nature and the human world, this poetry collection is an exciting debut by a young Scottish poet, William Letford. Drawing from the poet's own experiencesâtraveling, falling in and out of love, and workingâas well as from popular speech, these poems display a sure lyric instinct and both a Scottish and universal appeal...read more

By William Letford

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9781847771926 | Carcanet Pr, October 1, 2012, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Vivid, funny, moving, and full of awe about nature and the human world, this poetry collection is an exciting debut by a young Scottish poet, William Letford.

A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening

Product Description: New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every year it publishes the very best from both emerging and established writers, and lists many of the leading literary lights of Scotland among its past (and present) contributors...read more

By Zoe Strachan (editor)

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9781906841096 | Assn for Scottish Literary Studies, July 18, 2012, cover price $16.05 | About this edition: New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today.

The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland

By Robert Macfarlane (introduced by) and Nan Shepherd

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9780857861832 | Canongate Books Ltd, October 1, 2011, cover price $14.95

Fringe of Gold: The Fife Anthology

Product Description: This is the first ever anthology of writing about Fife, a part of Scotland with an immensely rich tradition of history and literature. It gathers together all of the great characters of Scottish history who have acted out their dramas within the famous Kingdom of Fife â St Margaret and Alexander I, James VI and the Earl of Moray, Cardinal Beaton and Archbishop Sharp, Mary Queen of Scots and John Knox...read more

By Tom Hubbard (editor)

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9781841587042 | Birlinn Ltd, April 1, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: This is the first ever anthology of writing about Fife, a part of Scotland with an immensely rich tradition of history and literature.

The Research Club: An Anthology of New Writing

The acclaimed creative writing course at Glasgow University is a force to be reckoned with, producing important writers year after year. This title features two of the course's many success stories - Anne Donovan and Zoe Strachan - alongside the writing from the crop of 2006-2007.

By Various

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9781845021566 | Black & White Pub Ltd, August 20, 2007, cover price $17.45 | About this edition: The acclaimed creative writing course at Glasgow University is a force to be reckoned with, producing important writers year after year.

Riptide: New Writing from the Highlands and Islands

By David Knowles

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9781906120023 | Gardners Books, May 11, 2007, cover price $13.90

Scots: The Language of the People

Product Description: 'Scots' accompanies the four-part television series to be screened by BBC2 in early 2006. Written and presented by Carl MacDougall, the series tells the story of the Scots language from its common roots with English to the present day.

By Carl MacDougall (editor)

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9781845020842 | Black & White Pub Ltd, June 30, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: 'Scots' accompanies the four-part television series to be screened by BBC2 in early 2006.

The Book of St. Andrews

Product Description: Its ecclesiastical significance dates as far back as the fourth century, when St Regulus is claimed to have brought the relics of the saint there; its cultural importance dates from the early fifteenth century, when the world-famous university was founded there...read more

By Robert Crawford (editor)

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9781904598503 | Polygon, May 15, 2006, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Its ecclesiastical significance dates as far back as the fourth century, when St Regulus is claimed to have brought the relics of the saint there; its cultural importance dates from the early fifteenth century, when the world-famous university was founded there.

Justified Sinners: An Archaeology of Scottish Counter Culture, 1960-2000

Product Description: This anthology investigates all aspects of counter culture in Scotland, tracing a timeline of seismic events, ideas and art-actions that were retranslated by each successive generation. The anthology has a running commentary -peering into the strata of four decades, picking through the archaeological remains, accompanied by newly commissioned letters from Edwin Morgan, Helen Douglas, Stephen Willats, Malcolm Dickinson and Craig Richardson...read more

By Ross Birrell (editor), Alec Finlay (editor) and Steve Robb (contributor)

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9780748663088 | Polygon, November 1, 2003, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: This anthology investigates all aspects of counter culture in Scotland, tracing a timeline of seismic events, ideas and art-actions that were retranslated by each successive generation.

An Anthology of Scottish Literature in the Twentieth Century

By David McCordick

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9781840170429 | Scottish Cultural Pr, October 1, 2001, cover price $36.95

La Creme De La Creme: The Best Creative Writing from Scottish Schools 1991-2001

This works marks a celebration of the creative writing talents of sixth-year students in a variety of genres, selected from Scottish schools across the country since 1991. It includes poetry, short stories and reflective writing from approximately 150 students.

By Gordon Jarvie (editor)

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9781841951812 | Canongate Books Ltd, September 15, 2001, cover price $12.35 | About this edition: This works marks a celebration of the creative writing talents of sixth-year students in a variety of genres, selected from Scottish schools across the country since 1991.

Where the Whaups Are Crying: A Dumfries and Galloway Anthology

Product Description: This anthology of Scottish writers and writing includes work by John Buchan, Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, James Boswell, Daniel Defoe, John Welsley, J.M. Barrie, and John Keats. Also included are a range of anecdotes and non fiction concerning the area.

By Innes F. Macleod (editor)

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9781841581491 | Birlinn Ltd, September 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: This anthology of Scottish writers and writing includes work by John Buchan, Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, James Boswell, Daniel Defoe, John Welsley, J.

The Way to Cold Mountain: A Scottish Mountains Anthology

Product Description: Pocketbooks is a collaborative publishing programme uniting galleries, publishers, artists, writers, poets and more from around the world in a series of small books. The eighth volume in the Pocketbooks series is an evocative anthology of writings about the Scottish mountains...read more

By Alec Finlay (editor) and David Peterson (photographer)

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9780748662890 | Polygon, September 1, 2001, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Pocketbooks is a collaborative publishing programme uniting galleries, publishers, artists, writers, poets and more from around the world in a series of small books.

Cradle of the Scots: An Argyll Anthology

Product Description: Argyll - the enduring heartland, birthplace of the Scottish nation and renowned for its stunning natural beauty. This book is a celebration of the rich literary tradition of an area which has produced many of Scotland's finest writers...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Ronald Armstrong (editor), Brian D. Osborne (editor) and Ronald Renton (editor)

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9781841580418 | Birlinn Ltd, November 1, 2000, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Argyll - the enduring heartland, birthplace of the Scottish nation and renowned for its stunning natural beauty.

Mungo's City: A Glasgow Anthology

Product Description: Rich, wide-ranging anthology celebrating the great diversity of the Glasgow experience from poets to politicians, from estates to slums. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Ronald Armstrong (editor) and Brian D. Osborne (editor)

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9781841580258 | Birlinn Ltd, October 1, 2000, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Rich, wide-ranging anthology celebrating the great diversity of the Glasgow experience from poets to politicians, from estates to slums.

An Arran Anthology

Product Description: Humor, history, mystery and nostalgia all feature in this selection of writings from the twelfth century to the present day -- a celebration of one of the best-loved of all Scottish islands.

By Hamish Whyte

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9781873644676 | Mercat Pr, March 1, 1999, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Humor, history, mystery and nostalgia all feature in this selection of writings from the twelfth century to the present day -- a celebration of one of the best-loved of all Scottish islands.

Growing Up in Scotland: An Anthology

Product Description: An entertaining and, we think, definitive anthology of extracts from autobiographies, biographies, novels, short stories and poems about the Scottish experience of childhood. It begins with accounts of childbirth and infancy and moves on to play and exploration, schooldays, adolescent crises and relationships with parents...read more

By Nora Kydd (editor) and Robbie Kydd (editor)

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9780748662333 | Polygon, May 1, 1998, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: An entertaining and, we think, definitive anthology of extracts from autobiographies, biographies, novels, short stories and poems about the Scottish experience of childhood.

Acid Plaid: New Scottish Writing

Offers a collection of work from various Scottish writers who have revolutionized late-twentieth-century literature, such as Alan Warner, Irvine Welsh, Janice Galloway, William Boyd, and others. Original.

By Harry Ritchie (editor)

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9781559703987 | Arcade Pub, October 1, 1997, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Offers a collection of work from various Scottish writers who have revolutionized late-twentieth-century literature, including Alan Warner, Irvine Welsh, Janice Galloway, and William Boyd

Scottish Literature: An Anthology

Product Description: McCordick's Anthology presents in one place, and for the first time, so many English language Scottish works that it asks us to reconsider the very nature and achievement of Scottish literature. No other collection includes the quantity or depth of material that this anthology provides; these editions are destined to become the definitive anthology of the genre...read more

By David D. McCordick (editor)

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9780820428802 | Peter Lang Pub Inc, December 1, 1996, cover price $66.95 | About this edition: McCordick's Anthology presents in one place, and for the first time, so many English language Scottish works that it asks us to reconsider the very nature and achievement of Scottish literature.

9780820433998 | Peter Lang Pub Inc, September 1, 1996, cover price $73.95 | About this edition: This is Volume II of the first comprehensive anthology of English-language Scottish Literature, one which covers all literary genres except the novel, and all periods.

The Dundee Book: An Anthology of Living in the City

Product Description: This book celebrates the spirit of Dundee with articles and photographs by Dundonians and honorary Dundonians, andÂ contributions from peopleÂ such as Michael Marra, Eugenie Fraser, and St Andrew of the Woollen Mill.

By Billy Kay (editor)

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9781851587957 | Mainstream, April 1, 1996, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: This book celebrates the spirit of Dundee with articles and photographs by Dundonians and honorary Dundonians, andÂ contributions from peopleÂ such as Michael Marra, Eugenie Fraser, and St Andrew of the Woollen Mill.

Nothing Is Altogether Trivial: An Anthology of Writing from Edinburgh Review

By Murdo MacDonald (editor)

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9780748606986 | Edinburgh Univ Pr, December 1, 1995, cover price $26.50

Scotland's Weather: An Anthology

Product Description: This anthology ranges from medieval poetry to 20th-century prose and covers the Borders in springtime, skating in Victorian Edinburgh, fishermen lashed by Hebridean gales, farmers harvesting in summer heat, the Brocken Spectre and a host of other experiences of Scotland's weather...read more

By Andrew Martin (editor) and National Museums of Scotland (corporate author)

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9780948636714 | Arthur Schwartz Sales Co, October 1, 1995, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: This anthology ranges from medieval poetry to 20th-century prose and covers the Borders in springtime, skating in Victorian Edinburgh, fishermen lashed by Hebridean gales, farmers harvesting in summer heat, the Brocken Spectre and a host of other experiences of Scotland's weather.

Original Prints Four: New Writing from Scottish Women