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Major new cultural project to honour Scottish women persecuted as witches
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RIP Jim Haynes, once the grooviest man in Scotland – Aidan Smith
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23 books that stood out during this extraordinary year – Laura Waddell
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Edward Kane, Advocate in A Promise is a Promise: Chapter 8
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John Le Carré's best novels and movies
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Street names in new Edinburgh neighbourhood to be inspired by Scots poets
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Edward Kane, Advocate in A Promise is a Promise: Chapter 6
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Shuggie Bain to be turned into TV series by Hollywood producers
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The Best Children's Books this Christmas
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Nicola Sturgeon urged to lift bookshop ban in areas with toughest restrictions
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Edinburgh author Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet named Waterstones Book of the Year
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Why Nicola Sturgeon should lift the bookshop ban – Brian Ferguson
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Saltire Awards' cancellation feels like fate is having a laugh – Laura Waddell
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Booker winner Douglas Stuart’s second book written - third underway
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Shuggie Bain author Douglas Stuart credits two schoolteachers for his success
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Edward Kane, Advocate in A Promise is a Promise: Chapter 2
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Scottish publishing snatches defeat from the jaws of victory – Brian Ferguson
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'Scottish Book of the Year' awards shelved for at least 12 months
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Only An Excuse is ending but Frank McAvennie has a new cultural resonance
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Scotland’s poet laureate ‘inspired’ by Jamaican-born muse for Victorian artists
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Empty Edinburgh during lockdown is captured in new book
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