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Joanna Basford: 'Books are wonderful ways to escape into new worlds'
The award-winning designer and colouring book illustrator’s voice sparkles through the phone as she recounts her childhood on a salmon and trout farm in Aberdeenshire. “I’ve always loved books,” Basford reflects. “I have a vivid imagination.”
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Scottish author's memoir of raising five children is a moving and memorable read
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Collins Dictionary announces Word of the Year for 2024
Independent school becomes first in country to get gold in national reading award
Women authors dominate Scottish Book Award nominations as shortlists announced
Hauntingly truthful novel skewers the cruelties of the British elite
Heroism and bravery vie with treachery and betrayal in this war-time thriller
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Letters: People of Glasgow should have a say on future of George Square's statues
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Dark sexual desires, domestic angst, and the horrors that divide men and women
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Moving family tale links a love of country music from Scotland to the States
JK Rowling reveals she turned down peerages twice after Kemi Badenoch offer
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Ally McCoist's new book to be serialised exclusively in The Herald
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Startling new novel from inspiring Scots author: 10 books to read right now
Dad carried me into ambulance: Belle and Sebastian singer on inspiration for novel
'Overlooked' Scots poet who influenced Burns honoured in sell-out event
'Scots are getting braver' - Australian TV judge on cutting-edge Caledonian style
'A masterclass' – What Herald critics say about this week's most exciting arts events
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Palace of Holyroodhouse’s dramatic past revealed in first official history
How Dundee helped inspire Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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How 'communistic' community on edge of Scotland was turned into 'an isle of the dead'
So why do I only read books written by women now?
A pungent slice of folklore-inspired fantasy about the legend of selkies
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