Author and poet Dean Atta curates a selection of poetry chosen by listeners.

This Doing Disability Futures event will feature a reading and art performance, plus reflections and conversation, with speculative fiction writer Rivers Solomon and artist Jenni Juulia Wallinheimo-He...

Vacant land? No problem – there’s an unaffordable and exploitative solution to that. We look at the impact of Purpose Built Student Accommodation on Scotland's cities.

All six party manifestos compared side by side — 13 policy areas, independent IFS fiscal analysis. Scottish Parliament election, 7 May 2026.

Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.

Alt: a sign that says sorry we're open hangs on a glass door

"Grief Offerings: (End of) Life Wishes" is a series of conversations and reflections by Emilia Beatriz, Sandra Alland and Etzali Hernández. They share ways they want to care, mourn, live and resis...

11.30 – 12.30 | Byre: Auditorium | £20/£15/£10/£5  Scotland’s Makar, Peter Mackay, brings together poets working across the country’s many languages in this event shaped by exchange and response. Fea...

Things that delighted me in February, 2026: T. D. Cloud, Ossuary In T. D. Cloud's Ossuary , a group of government "Curse Breakers" venture i...

A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.

Metaphors for a Black Future 2025, curated by Martha Adonai Williams.

Send resources, news & verified relief fund links to caribbeansolidarityscot [at] gmail.com

Listen along to stories of dark dragons, ghostly pipers, rude goblins and sly wizards as you discover the legends that dwell within the ancient castles of Scotland in A Treasury of Scottish Castle Leg...

RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!

New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...

Read our in-depth guide to breast cancer symptoms. Plus, what to check for, how to check your breasts, and what will happen when you see your GP.

An omen of spirits dance across the sky. A lonely woman befriends a sea witch as the world ends. The last whale in the world travels north in search of hope. A grandmother seeks revenge on the sea monster that took her family. DARK CRESCENT is a collection of seasonal tales inspired by Scottish folklore, landscape, superstitions, and omens. In this book, readers will find reinterpretations of common folklore creatures and phenomenon, like the Kelpie, Selkie, and Will-o’-the-Wisps, as well as lesser known, such as the Sea Mither, Ceasg, Marool, Sluagh, Ghillie Dhu, Nuckelavee, Baobhan Sith, and The Frittening, all with dark and strange lore around them. Join Lyndsey in this read-along of the first story in the collection, "Dark Crescent". Order the book here: https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/dark-crescent Also available in all stores and usual online platforms (Paperback and ebook).

Sturgeon, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte awards finalist R.S.A. Garcia’s scifantasy debut novel—the first in a duology—in which Caribbean mythology meets The Wit...

An in-person writing workshop about turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds.