NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE KERRACHER MAN by Eric MacLeod will be launched at Achin’s Bookshop in Inverkirkaig, deep in Norman McCaig’s heartland, on Saturday 22nd March at 4.00pm. Alex and the staff join Sandstone Press in inviting everyone in the area, locals and tourists alike, to join them in celebrating the appearance of this great book and to meet the author.
On Wednesday 9th April at 6.00pm the newly reconstructed Eden Court will host its first book launch with THE KERRACHER MAN. Again all are welcome. Music will be provided by Eric Allen and friends.
At the Saltire Society Awards in November the distinguished journalist Joyce McMillan had this to say of spoke of Remzije Sherifi’s SHADOW BEHIND THE SUN, ‘ . . .(it) is perhaps the first substantial book to emerge from the wave of new Scots who have arrived here in the last decade from war zones across the world . . .’ For the full text please visit the book’s hinterland HERE.
We are delighted to announce that WHITE RIVER by Jamie Whittle with illustrations by Jo Darling sold out within four weeks of its appearance. We await news of a reprint and a series of appearances by the author across and outside the Highlands. Fulsome praise has already been paid to the book by Cameron McNeish in The Great Outdoors magazine and other splendid reviews are on the way.
We are also delighted to announce that our two Gaelic novellas, the first in the Meanmnach Series, have also sold out and are at reprint. Copies can be found in the education system across Scotland and as far away as Nova Scotia.
THE RADICAL FIELD by Tony McManus is also at reprint having sold well and been much appreciated since its launch at the National Library of Scotland in the autumn.
Speaking of the National Library of Scotland we can now announce that Sandstone Press has been developing a new partnership with them and its first fruits will appear in June. PRINTED SCOTTISH BOOKS by Antony Kamm will mark the 500th anniversary of printing in Scotland and be available the NLS Imprentit exhibition from June. There will be more on this nearer date of publication. For the present please visit the Non-Fiction section.
In May we will publish a first work from a new and remarkable author, BETWEEN WEATHERS: Travels in 21st Century Shetland. Ron McMillan has spent much of his working life travelling round the Pacific
Rim as a professional photographer and correspondent. For nine years he returned to his homeland and now has produced this fantastic book. The first wholly original travelogue of Shetland for over 150 years is witty, forever interesting and warm. It has a beautiful photographic section and carries an insightful foreword from Shetland’s most famous son, Aly Bain. Ron is back living and working in Bangkok now. For more on this visit the Non-Fiction section.
Our two Gaelic books have also gone very quickly to reprint. In the not too distant future we hope to announce the appointment of a new Associate editor for Gaelic who will lead for us in developing the series.
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