Luath Press

COMING SOON 📚Mists & Monsoons by Bashabi Fraser 🌧️ This new collection of poetry from Bashabi Fraser is rooted in the swirling mists of Scotland and the drenching monsoons of India, taking inspiration from the sites that raise wonder and awe.

It is ideal for anyone with a connection to Scotland or India, as well as those who enjoy thoughtful, lyrical writing that explores identity, travel, heritage, and the shared experiences that unite people across cultures.

COMING SOON 📚Mists & Monsoons by Bashabi Fraser 🌧️ This new collection of poetry from Bashabi Fraser is rooted in the swirling mists of Scotland and the drenching monsoons of India, taking inspiration from the sites that raise wonder and awe.

The poems bring together Fraser’s reflections on colonialism, literary culture and identity, encompassing continents and reaching beyond to transnational responses.

'It also offers a sense of possibility that shared, communal story can be reenergized and renewed if we find ways of allowing ourselves to carry over our childlike imagining into our adult lives' – read Nicholas Colloff 's insightful review of Peggy & the Fairy Knolls here:

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival continues to enchant – don't miss Donald Smith's events telling the stories recorded in his new book Rewilding Scotland's Epics 🍃 Wednesday 28 October – The Ossian Cycle 5pm | 6:45pm | 8:30pm

COMING SOON 📚 An Leabhar Liath / The Light Blue Book, edited by Peter Mackay and Iain S MacPherson 🩵 This collection, covering 500 years of transgressive Gaelic poetry with new English translations, breaks the mould for anthologies of Gaelic verse.

In scholarly introductions in Gaelic and English the editors give contexts for the creation, transmission and value of these poems, as historical documents, as joyous – or tragic – works of art, as products of a culture and counter-cultures that have survived centuries of

COMING SOON 📚 An Leabhar Liath / The Light Blue Book, edited by Peter Mackay and Iain S MacPherson 🩵 This collection, covering 500 years of transgressive Gaelic poetry with new English translations, breaks the mould for anthologies of Gaelic verse.

COMING SOON 📚 The Good Witch and the Eildon Fairies by Alasdair Hutton ✨ Morag is back! In the enchanting world of the Scottish Borders where witches, fairies and unicorns roam, the fairy queen has been kidnapped.

Playful illustrations by Bob Dewar accompany the mystical, adventurous narrative. Scottish mythology will come alive for young fans of The Spiderwick Chronicles and other stories rich with immersive, detailed worldbuilding.

COMING SOON 📚 The Good Witch and the Eildon Fairies by Alasdair Hutton ✨ Morag is back! In the enchanting world of the Scottish Borders where witches, fairies and unicorns roam, the fairy queen has been kidnapped.

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival is in full swing – don't miss these key events with Donald Smith and the chance to hear the stories from Rewilding Scotland's Epics in person 🍃 Sunday 25 October – The Columba Cycle 12.30pm | 2pm

COMING SOON 📚 Jock Stein: the definitive biography by Archie Macpherson 🏆 This compelling biography reappraises the life and career of Jock Stein, one of the greatest football managers of all time.

Stein redesigned the landscape of the Scottish game as the great innovator and successfully exported his values outside the country when European football was in the grip of the ice-age of defensive football.

COMING SOON 📚 Jock Stein: the definitive biography by Archie Macpherson 🏆 This compelling biography reappraises the life and career of Jock Stein, one of the greatest football managers of all time.

🎟️Less than a week til Angus Peter Campbell launches Peggy & the Fairy Knolls at Waterstones Oban ✨

Angus Peter will be discussing the inspiration behind his latest book as well as talking more widely about culture, language and folklore, including about Donald & His Seven Cows and some Oban and Seil poems from his recent poetry collection Grian is Frasan.

🎟️Tailor of Inverness Book Launch tomorrow! Reminder if you are near Inverness, this is your chance to hear Matthew Zajac's remarkable story about his father, WWII and family secrets for yourself. Matthew will be in conversation with Hamish MacDonald, author of Square Baw.

📚COMING SOON: The Puddock Wioot a Pond by Emma Grae 🐸 From the award-winning author of The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly and The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much comes a brand new Scots language story for kids who love animals.

Meet Ciara, an aspiring vet who is struggling at school and worried about being left out of class. When she finds a poor wee puddock whose pond has been filled in, she makes it her mission to rescue him.

COMING SOON 📚Rewilding Scotland's Epics by Donald Smith 🥬 Discover three distinct but interlinked epic cycles from Scotland’s oral storytelling tradition:

the Ossian cycle – adventures of father and son Fionn and Ossian; the Arthur Cycle – adventures of Arthur and Merlin; and the Columba Cycle – adventures of the legendary monk Colmcille.

COMING SOON📚 The Watchmaker's Wife by Janis Mackay✨ After ten years in doestic service Johanna is determined to make the best of her marriage to watchmaker Willie Lockhart, but is haunted by memories of the man she loved, and lost to the Great War.

The more Willie tests her mettle the fiercer grows her love for her dead soldier, a man she barely know. As a marriage built on lies, drink, and fiddle music chips away at her dignity, the past becomes a happier country.

Clifford Thurlow's new book HEROES OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR will be out at the end of October. He is pictured here on Sunday at an anti-fascist march through East London to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street.

Through vivid storytelling and meticulous research, Thurlow uncovers the human stories behind the headlines, revealing acts of bravery, sacrifice and moral struggle of the war. This is a powerful exploration of ideology, identity and the enduring impact of civil war.