Books & Stationery

Scotland’s vibrant and bloody past captures the imagination, but there is far more to Scottish history than murder and mayhem, tragedy and betrayal...

It is easy to overlook how much of our history is preserved all around us. The way the narrative of bygone days has been inscribed in fields, fores...

Over the past 10,000 years, every inch of Scotland has been shaped, changed and moulded by it's people. Scotland’s Landscapes tells the enduring st...

New Historic Environment Scotland Publication  John R Hume is Scotland’s foremost expert on industrial heritage. John’s greatest passion was – and...

New Historic Environment Scotland Publication  ‘There have always been lighthouses in my life. There has been a closeness and steadiness to our rel...

Award winning photographer Dougie Cunningham takes you to the most photogenic locations in Scotland in this photo-location and visitor guidebook. E...

For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves. Now is the time ...

Winner of the CWA Short Story Dagger Award  In Bloody Scotland, twelve of Scotland's best crime writers use the sinister side of the country's buil...

Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and ...

Longlisted for the 2020 CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award Longlisted for The McIlvanney Prize 2020 Just outside a sleepy Highland town, a gam...

Moffat focuses on key moments in the nation’s history such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite Risings. However also featured are episode...

Dark dragons, ghostly pipers, rude goblins and sly wizards - discover the legends that dwell within the ancient castles of Scotland. Explore secret...

At last, a soup for every week of the year. Packed with 52 mouth-watering recipes, this irresistible collection features everything from winter war...

Coorie - the Scottish version of hygge is explored in this beautiful book, The Art of Coorie by Gabriella Bennett. Including lifestyle, home and tr...

Discover plants that will clean the air you breathe, help you get a good night’s sleep, reduce stress and anxiety, help you get well soon, boost yo...

When Andrew Cotter turned his brilliant sporting commentaries from the Masters, the Open, Wimbledon and the Six Nations to the lockdown contests be...

Bringing together contemporary Scottish writing on nature and landscape, this inspiring collection prose, poetry and photography urges us to renego...

Eager to keep some fresh seafood for their home town of Ullapool, Kirsty and Fenella launched a crowdfunding campaign and opened up shop as The Sea...

Happiness begins within. This cheerful little book is bursting with simple, actionable tips to help unlock your inner happiness and inspire lasting...

This is the first comprehensive anthology of the Gaelic literature of Scotland, from the early Middle Ages to the present day. It includes more th...

Featuring some of Scotland's best loved poems, this new paperback anthology brings together The Bard's great wit, sentimental elegies, unrivalled s...

Charlotte Runcie explores what the sea means to us, and particularly what it has meant to women through the ages. In mesmerising prose, she explore...

Edinburgh is a city of stories – a place that has witnessed everything from great historical upheavals to the individual lives of a remarkable cast...

As seen on TV! Prepare yourself for a journey into the skies above Scotland. In this book, you will travel in both space and time, starting in the ...

This favourite Scottish rhyming book comes with moving parts to bring the rhyme alive for little ones where they really can shove Granny off the bu...

Every loch in Scotland, however beautiful, has its cold, dark depths. And every loch in Scotland has its kelpie. But it's easy to forget those dang...

Available in Scots for the first time, this translation of Peppa's Magical Unicorn is a beautiful picture book that all unicorn and Peppa Pig fans ...

Available in Scots Gaelic, this translation of Peppa's Magical Unicorn is a beautiful picture book that all unicorn and Peppa Pig fans will adore. ...

HES holds the National Collection of aerial photography for Scotland with millions of images dating from the 1920s to the present day.  These photo...

The Honours of Scotland tells the turbulent story of the Honours – Scotland’s crown jewels – and the equally dramatic tale of the Stone of Destiny....

This comprehensive guide to the Small Isles – illustrated with a wealth of photographs, maps and drawings – takes readers on a tour of both place a...

This compelling book tells the story of the First World War through Scotland's people and places. It explores the buildings where, one hundred year...

Athletics, bowling, cricket, curling, football, golf, Highland games, horse-racing, swimming and tennis are just some of the sports that saw a huge...

She is one of Scotland’s most famous figures. From her ascent to the throne at just six days old, to her death on the order of Elizabeth I, Mary Qu...

The Dunimarle Collection is an exceptional collection of fine and decorative arts, assembled during the late 18th and 19th centuries. It includes p...

The Victorians were the harbingers of the modern age, their society driven by curiosity, a zeal for invention, and an enormous appetite for economi...