The main purpose of this thread is to ask a question. Have any of you read, ONLY HERE, ONLÝ NOW, the magnificent debut novel of Scottish writer, Tom Newlands?

Lucy Popescu in the GUARDIAN described ít very eloquently as a visceral coming-of-age tale. A teenage girl with ADHD dreams of a new life in Glasgow in a rich and vivid debut novel examining belonging, poverty and rage.

My research to find out a little more about the writer and the Kingdom of Fife where the book is set have led me down several interesting rabbit holes, not least the music of Jackie Leven who was born in Kirkcaldy. So this seemed like a good chance to ask another question.

Do you have any other favourite Scottish writers and musicians, ancient or modern, who the rest of us ought to know about?

First though a story about a recent brief literary encounter on the Green Line Metro last Friday.

As you may have realised, I am a great fan of reading circles. To my delight, last Friday morning I found myself taking part in an impromptu literary discussion on the train home to Bagarmossen.

I’d been to the preposterously named, » Continue Reading.