Future book possibilities (Fiction):

• The Sea House by Elisabeth Gifford – An intriguing and atmospheric novel set in the Hebrides Islands of Scotland, the narrative moves between the contemporary story of Ruth and her husband Michael, and the islands in the 1860s when crofters are being forced to emigrate and science and religion are in conflict.
• Clear by Carys Davies – The unique story of an impoverished preacher assigned to ‘clear’ the last inhabitant of a remote Scottish island.
• The Red Road by Denise Mina – Alex Morrow faces her toughest opponents yet in this brilliant thriller about criminals, consequences, and convictions.
• The Guynd by Belinda Rathbone – story of the refurbishment of a Scottish estate (American wife; Scottish noble husband) with all the physical, social and historic challenges that entails. 
• A Work of Beauty – a new A. McCall Smith book that is his thoughtful overview of the city of Edinburgh
• A Croft in the Hills by Katherine Stewart which is a description of the life of a Croft farming family. 
• Dark is the Grave by TG Reid.  When the chief suspect in the notorious Peek-a-boo cop killer case blew himself up, almost taking lead investigator DCI Duncan Bone with him, the psychologically damaged detective thought his days on the force were over. But when another PC is abducted and murdered in the same deranged Peek-a-boo fashion, Bone is persuaded to return to lead the new investigation. But as Bone and his team hunt a copycat killer, and with time running out before yet another cop is slain, Bone’s terrifying past returns to tear open old wounds and push him to very edge of the abyss.  Can DCI Bone end the killing before the killing ends him?  Set among the dramatic hills and glens of Scotland’s Campsie Fells, Dark is the Grave is the first in a series of edge-of-your-seat crime thrillers that will keep you guessing right up to the nail-biting, heart-stopping climax.
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Future book possibilities (Non-Fiction):

• A Traveller’s History of Scotland by Andrew FisherThe broad sweep of Scotland’s story, both past and present, is chronicled by one of the country’s best historians. Andrew Fisher begins with Scotland’s first people and their culture and ends with Devolution and the setting up of the first Scottish parliament since 1707. Before the arrival of the Vikings in 900, Scotland was a land of romantic kingdoms and saints, gradually overtaken by more pragmatic struggles for power. Centuries of bloody strife lead up to the turbulent years of Mary Queen of Scots, the Calvinistic legacy of John Knox, and the bitterness of final defeat. The dreams of the Jacobites are contrasted with the cruel reality of the end of the Stewarts and the Act of Union with England.  This handy paperback is fully indexed with a chronology of major events and a gazetteer cross-referenced to the main text. It is illustrated with line drawings and historical maps.
• Celtic Scotland by Ian Armit. This authoritative and handsomely illustrated book is aimed at the general reader who wants to know about the mysterious people who inhabited Scotland from the Bronze Age onwards. They created wonderful works of art in gold and silver and their brochs and hillforts are scattered over the Scottish landscape. Many modern-day Scots are descended from them. It is a fascinating story told with flair and clarity by one of Britain’s leading experts on the Celts.
• Best of Scotland: a Caledonian Miscellany by John MacLeod. In this imaginative, informative and amusing miscellany, award-winning journalist John MacLeod explores some of the well-known symbols of Scottish culture (as well some of the quirkier ones) and looks beneath the surface to shatter some long-held assumptions that will surprise even the most well-informed Scotophile.
• Songs of Other Places is not a single collection but the title of New Writing Scotland 32, an annual publication featuring new contemporary Scottish literature, including short stories, poems, and more, edited by Gerry Cambridge and Zoe Strachan.  New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. 
• Women in the Scottish Wars of Independence – 1296 — 1357 by Beth Reid.  Throughout time, the stories of women have often been downplayed and underappreciated.  Thankfully, Women in the Scottish Wars of Independence by Beth Reid is here to right some of those wronts.  This is one the the most iconic periods from Scottish history and this book is packed with stories you’ll want to know more about.  Agnes Randolph bravely defending Dunbar Castle from an English invasion.  Isabella MacDuff defying her husband and suffering the wrath of the English for crowning Robert the Bruce. The wife of the Bruce, Elizabeth de Furgh, whose story is just as fascinating.  Beth has picked through the scarce primary sources to bring these amazing stories of these incredible women.
• 1314:  The Year of Bannockburn by Dr. Callum Watson.  Dr. Callum Watson brings a fresh and  scholarly perspective to one of Scotland’s most iconic battles.  This isn’t your typical stuffty reference book, it’s a genuine page turner!  The book doesn’t just replay the action from the iconic battle, but explains the build up and the aftermath from both sides.  Robert the Bruce’s mysterious illness plays its part, explanations behind noblemen flipping sides and the diplomacy that went on behind the scenes.  This is truly one of the defining moments from Scottish history.