Best The Birlinn Limited Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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Douglas Skelton introduces A Rattle of Bones with Jane Hamilton 29:19

2+ y ago29:19

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Listen to Douglas Skelton, author of the acclaimed Rebecca Connolly thriller novels, introduce his latest book, A Rattle of Bones. Douglas is in conversation with The Daily Record's Jane Hamilton as they discuss Douglas' career in journalism, his interest in historical crimes, and what's next for the Rebecca Connolly series.…

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An introduction to Fringed With Mud and Pearls by Ian Crofton 8:32

3y ago8:32

8:32

In this video, Ian Crofton gives an introduction to his book Fringed With Mud and Pearls: An English Island Odyssey, published on 6th May 2021.Find out more about this boko on the Birlinn website here: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/fringed-with-mud-pearls/By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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Alastair McIntosh - Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being 22:25

3+ y ago22:25

22:25

Climate change is the greatest challenge to humankind today. While the coronavirus sheds a light on the vulnerability of our interconnected world, the effects of global warming will be permanent, indeed catastrophic, without a massive shift in human behaviour.Writer, scholar and broadcaster Alastair McIntosh speaks exclusively to the Birlinn Limite…

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Alistair Moffat - In Search Of Angels: Travels to the Edge of the World 19:55

3+ y ago19:55

19:55

Join award-winning writer and historian Alistair Moffat as he travels through the Highlands and Islands of Scotland in the steps of the extraordinary Holy Men who first brought the word of God to Scotland fourteen centuries ago. In this delightful podcast episode, Alistair Moffat details the lengths he went to in order to capture the 'spirit of pla…

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Ray Perman - The Rise and Fall of the City of Money: A Financial History of Edinburgh 32:56

3+ y ago32:56

32:56

In this fascinating interview with fellow Birlinn author Bob Wylie, Ray Perman discusses his most recent book The Rise and Fall of the City of Money: A Financial History of Edinburgh.The Rise and Fall of the City of Money is available to buy now from https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-city-of-money/ and your local bookshop.…

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Bob Wylie - Bandit Capitalism: Carillion and the Corruption of the British State 21:08

3+ y ago21:08

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In this exclusive launch-day episode of the Birlinn Limited Podcast, Bob Wylie is interviewed by fellow Birlinn author Ray Perman about Bob's latest book, Bandit Capitalism: Carillion and the Corruption of the British State.Bandit Capitalism is published on 10th Sept 2020 and is available to buy from https://birlinn.co.uk/product/bandit-capitalism/…

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Stuart Cosgrove - Cassius X: A Legend in the Making 28:28

3+ y ago28:28

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In this exclusive launch-day episode of the Birlinn Podcast, Stuart Cosgrove is interviewed by Heath Common about his latest book Cassius X: A Legend in the Making.Cassius X is published on 3rd September 2020 and is available to buy from https://birlinn.co.uk/product/cassius-x/ and from your local bookshop.…

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Blair Bowman and Nikki Welch: The Pocket Guide To Whisky (New Edition) 15:15

3+ y ago15:15

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Join Birlinn authors and world-class whisky experts Blair Bowman and Nikki Welch as they discuss the new edition of The Pocket Guide to Whisky. Available in July 2020 from https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-pocket-guide-to-whisky-2/ and your local bookshop.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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Whisky Galore read by the Birlinn Team 17:15

3+ y ago17:15

17:15

To celebrate World Whisky Day 2020, here's the first chapter of Whisky Galore, Compton MacKenzie's classic tale of wartime rationing, shipwreck and intoxication in the Hebrides. Read by members of the Birlinn team from their homes while on lockdown in May 2020.You can find out more about the novel here: birlinn.co.uk/product/whisky-galore/ Sound ef…

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Reading from A Day Like Any Other by Isla Dewar 8:42

3+ y ago8:42

8:42

Here's an exclusive episode with Isla Dewar, reading from her new novel A Day Like Any Other. Published May 2020 and available to buy from www.birlinn.co.uk/product/a-day-like-any-other/ or your local bookshop.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Lost Poets at the National Library of Scotland 1:04:12

3+ y ago1:04:12

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A recording of a unique event at the National Library of Scotland in February 2020. The Lost Poets are:Ron Butlin, Andrew Greig, Liz Lochhead, Brian McCabe and James Hutcheson, along with his band The Great Deep.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: At Bloody Scotland 2018 - Various Artists 1:01:15

5+ y ago1:01:15

1:01:15

In our first episode on location, Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr talk to a selection of crime writers at the Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival, held in Stirling in Septemeber 2018. Featuring (in order of appearance) Michael Malone, James Oswald (6:00), Charlie McGarry (16:25), Denzil Meyrick & Douglas Skelton (24:45), Graeme Macrae Burnet & Si…

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 15 - Gail Honeyman 48:47

5+ y ago48:47

48:47

In this episode Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr talk the smash hit novel of 2017-2018, Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. They are joined by novelist Isla Dewar to talk about her new novel, It Takes One to Know One.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 14 - Alexander McCall Smith 43:00

6y ago43:00

43:00

Alexander McCall Smith joins us at the Hay Literary Festival to talk about global sensation, the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this summer. The conversation includes news of his forthcoming titles: the next Precious Ramotswe book, which sees her making a foray into politics; and an anthology of Scottish poetry…

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 13 - Ron Butlin - The Sound Of My Voice 57:23

6y ago57:23

57:23

In this episode Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Polygon Books talk Ron Butlin's newly reissued 1987 novel, 'The Sound of My Voice'. The author himself joins to to tell us about its composition, about writing poetry to order, writing for children, and the many types of Scottish rain. The poems Ron reads are from his collection 'The Magicians of Sc…

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 12 - The Robinsons of Defoe And Spark 58:46

6y ago58:46

58:46

In this episode VIkki Relly and Kristian Kerr explore Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. With 2018 seeing the continuing publication of a complete set of the novels Muriel Spark, they speak with Candia McWilliam about Spark's second novel, Robinson.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 11 - Muriel Spark - The Comforters 47:41

6+ y ago47:41

47:41

Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd discuss Muriel Spark's first novel, 'The Comforters', before talking to author Alan Taylor about his new book, 'Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship with Muriel Spark'.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 10 - John Buchan - Sick Heart River 55:48

6+ y ago55:48

55:48

Join Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr for a discussion of Sick Heart River, John Buchan's final, haunting novel. They also talk to Robert J Harris, author of a new Richard Hannay novel, The Thirty One Kings, just published by Polygon.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 9 - Ian Rankin - Black & Blue 56:04

6+ y ago56:04

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This episode, Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr talk Scottish crime writing with a discussion of Ian Rankin's Black and Blue and a reading from the latest book in Denzil Meyrick's Argyll-set DCI Daley series, One Last Dram Before MidnightBy The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 8 - Emma Tennant - Two Women Of London 57:41

6+ y ago57:41

57:41

In this episode of a regular podcast on Scottish Literature Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd talk Emma Tennant's Two Women of London, a 1989 retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. They talk Stevenson with Kevin MacNeil about his novel, A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde and his new RLS a…

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 7 - James Hogg 57:01

6+ y ago57:01

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In this episode of a regular podcast on Scottish Literature Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd talk James Hogg's 1824 masterpiece, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, and talk to author Sheila Szatkowski about her brand new Enlightenment Edinburgh: A Guide.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 6 – Naomi Mitchison – Travel Light 55:09

7y ago55:09

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Episode 6 of The Hitchhikers Guide to Scottish Literature podcast sees Kristian Kerr and Vikki Reilly visit fantastical and magical worlds. We take a look at Naomi Mitchison’s 'Travel Light', and speak to our very own Joan Lennon about her latest adventure story for young teens, 'Walking Mountain'.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 5 – Iain Crichton Smith - Consider The Lilies 1:01:42

7y ago1:01:42

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In the latest episode of a new podcast dedicated to Scottish books, Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd talk about Iain Crichton Smith's classic novel, Consider the Lilies. We shed more light on the Highland clearances with an interview with the acclaimed historian, James Hunter, who has recently published the award-winning Set Adrift Upo…

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 4 - Elizabeth Melville - Ane Godlie Dreame 59:06

7y ago59:06

59:06

In this latest episode of a new podcast about Scottish books, Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd discuss Elizabeth Melville’s Ane Godlie Dreame. We stay in 16th century Scotland with Shirley McKay, author of the Hew Cullen mysteries, a hugely enjoyable historical crime series.By The Birlinn Limited Podcast

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 3 - Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting 57:44

7y ago57:44

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In this episode of the Hitchhikers Guide to Scottish Literature, Kristian Kerr and Vikki Reilly of Birlinn Ltd discuss Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. We chat to Neu Reekie, otherwise known as Kevin Williamson and Michael Pedersen, about shaking up the Edinburgh lit scene, and Michael performs poems from his debut Play With Me, and forthcoming collec…

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 2 - Nan Shepherd - The Living Mountain 48:24

7y ago48:24

48:24

In the second episode of a new podcast about Scottish books, Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd discuss Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain. We continue to celebrate the Cairngorms with Patrick Baker, author of The Cairngorms: A Secret History, and the marvellous Andrew Greig shares a couple of his mountain poems.Poems by permission of An…

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 1 - Robert Burns, Poems (Kilmarnock Edition) 44:21

7+ y ago44:21

44:21

A regular podcast presented by Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd. Travelling the highways and byways of Scottish literature.In the first episode of a new podcast about Scottish books, Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd discuss Robert Burns’ Kilmarnock Edition of Poems, 'Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect'. Helping them celebrate…

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Douglas Skelton introduces A Rattle of Bones with Jane Hamilton 29:19

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An introduction to Fringed With Mud and Pearls by Ian Crofton 8:32

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Alastair McIntosh - Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being 22:25

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Alistair Moffat - In Search Of Angels: Travels to the Edge of the World 19:55

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Ray Perman - The Rise and Fall of the City of Money: A Financial History of Edinburgh 32:56

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Bob Wylie - Bandit Capitalism: Carillion and the Corruption of the British State 21:08

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Stuart Cosgrove - Cassius X: A Legend in the Making 28:28

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Blair Bowman and Nikki Welch: The Pocket Guide To Whisky (New Edition) 15:15

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Whisky Galore read by the Birlinn Team 17:15

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Reading from A Day Like Any Other by Isla Dewar 8:42

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The Lost Poets at the National Library of Scotland 1:04:12

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: At Bloody Scotland 2018 - Various Artists 1:01:15

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 15 - Gail Honeyman 48:47

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 14 - Alexander McCall Smith 43:00

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 13 - Ron Butlin - The Sound Of My Voice 57:23

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 12 - The Robinsons of Defoe And Spark 58:46

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 11 - Muriel Spark - The Comforters 47:41

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 10 - John Buchan - Sick Heart River 55:48

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 9 - Ian Rankin - Black & Blue 56:04

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 8 - Emma Tennant - Two Women Of London 57:41

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 7 - James Hogg 57:01

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 6 – Naomi Mitchison – Travel Light 55:09

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 5 – Iain Crichton Smith - Consider The Lilies 1:01:42

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 4 - Elizabeth Melville - Ane Godlie Dreame 59:06

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 3 - Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting 57:44

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 2 - Nan Shepherd - The Living Mountain 48:24

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 1 - Robert Burns, Poems (Kilmarnock Edition) 44:21

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