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Valentine’s Reads | Love Stories in All Their Forms – Luath Press

Love stories are never just one thing 💘

This Valentine’s Day we are celebrating books that explore love in all its complexity, from myth and memory to war, poetry and devotion.

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YouTube video by The Saltire Society Saltire Sessions: Gerda Stevenson

Saltire Sessions: Gerda Stevenson

The Saltire Society talks to Gerda Stevenson – actress, writer, director & musician – about storytelling, the Scots language, loss, & Gerda’s new #shortstory collection CAT WUMMIN, published by @luathpress.bsky.social
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A much-appreciated review of 'The Tongue She Speaks' on Amazon!

Available directly from @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.

🚨 WE ARE HIRING 🚨
We are looking for a new Gaelic co-ordinator to join our team!

If so, please send your cv and/or an introductory email to sales@luath.co.uk by Friday 13 February.

This is a remote position with Luath Press.

This is yer sign tae grab a copy o ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ fae @luathpress.bsky.social!

The story o a feart moggie who teaches a wee lassie hoo tae be brave.

To a Louse, On Seeing one on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church Robert Burns Ha! whare ye gaun, ye crowlan ferlie! Your impudence protects you sairly: I canna say but ye strunt rarely, Owre gawze and lace; Tho’ faith, I fear ye dine but sparely, On sic a place. Ye ugly, creepan, blastet wonner, Detested, shunn’d, by saunt an’ sinner, How daur ye set your fit upon her, Sae fine a Lady! Gae somewhere else and seek your dinner, On some poor body. Swith, in some beggar’s haffet squattle; There ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle, Wi’ ither kindred, jumping cattle, In shoals and nations; Whare horn nor bane ne’er daur unsettle, Your thick plantations.

A black-and-white pen drawing of a lady in profile, looking to the left. She has a self-satisfied expression on her face and is wearing a huge bonnet, tied on with an enormous bow and topped with more bows and two slightly bedraggled feathers. A large, fat, creepy-crawly hovers above her.

Now haud you there, ye’re out o’ sight, Below the fatt’rels, snug and tight, Na faith ye yet! ye’ll no be right, Till ye’ve got on it, The vera topmost, towrin height O’ Miss’s bonnet. My sooth! right bauld ye set your nose out, As plump an’ gray as onie grozet: O for some rank, mercurial rozet, Or fell, red smeddum, I’d gie you sic a hearty dose o’t, Wad dress your droddum! I wad na been surpriz’d to spy You on an auld wife’s flainen toy; Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, On ’s wylecoat; But Miss’s fine Lunardi, fye! How daur ye do ’t?

O Jenny dinna toss your head, An’ set your beauties a’ abread! Ye little ken what cursed speed The blastie’s makin! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin! O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us An’ foolish notion: What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us, And ev’n Devotion!

O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An’ foolish notion:
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
And ev’n Devotion!

—Robert Burns, “To a Louse”
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#BurnsNight #C18
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It’s no jist Rabbie Burns’s birthday, wee Tammie Norrie is four the day!

It’s hur first birthday as the star o a Scots buik fur bairns, ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’.

Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!

#ScotsLanguage #BurnsNicht

A wee poyum by ma great-granda fur Burns Nicht. It imagines whit Rabbie would hink if he came tae haunt a Burns Supper in 1967…

Originally appearin in The Herald, it wis republished by @luathpress.bsky.social in 2022 as pairt o wee Cathy O’Kelly’s story in ‘The Tongue She Speaks’.

Celebrate Burns Night! 🥮📚 Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect lets you enjoy Robert Burns in his own words and voice.
A timeless classic.
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#BurnsNight #RobertBurns #ScottishPoetry #ScottishDialect

Burns Night is almost here! ✨ Celebrate the bard with Burnsiana, a beautiful collection of Robert Burns’ life, words and legacy. 📚
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As Burns Night approaches! 📚 Burns and Black Lives explores the connections between Robert Burns’ work and the histories of Black people in Scotland and beyond.
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Celebrate Burns Night! 🥮📚 The Luath Burns Companion is your perfect guide to Robert Burns’ life, work and world. Full of insight, context and celebration.
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The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much | Kids' Scots Book - Emma Grae – Luath Press

I’m sorry that the writing content has slowed down a wee bit. Currently in the middle of sorting my life admin so that my stories can get 100% of me going forward!

Speaking of which, my braw publisher @luathpress.bsky.social currently has a 3 for 2 offer on!

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We had an amazing time at our pop-up bookshop at John Lewis Glasgow! 📚✨

It was wonderful to meet so many of you face to face, make new connections, and even have a few of our authors stop by to sign some books. 🖊️💛 Thank you for coming along and sharing the love of books with us!

The moggie thit meowed tae much!
🐱📚 A braw new read for bairns, full o fun, mischief an purr-fect adventures! 😸

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#ScotsLanguage #KidsBooks #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch #MiddleGrade #NewBook

Escape to the Highlands! 🏔️✨ Wild Mountain Times is a gripping tale of adventure, courage and discovery set against Scotland’s stunning mountains 🌿📚
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#WildMountainTimes #NewBook #Adventure #ScottishHighlands #Readers

It’s out now! 📚✨ The Ultimate Guide to Time Travel is here. Explore the mysteries, ideas and adventures of time travel in this fascinating new book ⏳🚀
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#TimeTravel #BookRelease #NewBook #Science #Curiosity

Cover reveal! 📚✨

Northern Isles No More is coming this February.
Take a first look at the striking cover and get ready to explore the remarkable stories of islanders abroad since 1700 🌍📖

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#NorthernIslesNoMore #CoverReveal #ComingSoon

Exciting news! 📚✨

Beyond Palatable by Sophie Jane Lee (coming this March) is hitting the road on tour! 🎉

Catch Sophie in: London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, York, Hull, Oxford, Brighton and Bristol. More details on dates and venues coming soon – stay tuned! 🗺️💛

Coming this April! 📚✨ Enter Eddie Shakespeare is perfect for readers aged 8–12. Full of humour, heart and theatre adventures! 🎭
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Cover reveal time! 📚✨

Whistlebare is coming in late spring, and we cannot wait to share it with you. Take a first look at the stunning cover and get ready for something special. 🌿

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#Whistlebare #CoverReveal #ComingSoon #Books #NewRelease

Coming this February! 📚✨ Goodbye, Day Job is on the way, celebrating courage, creativity and taking the leap into something new.
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#GoodbyeDayJob #ComingSoon #NewBook #Inspiration

Buzzing: a historical adventure for 8-12 year-olds, featuring the Bard, his much younger brother Edmund, and Elizabethan London. Out in April. @saaupdates.bsky.social @shakespearesglobe.bsky.social @shaxbull.bsky.social @nashaxpodcast.bsky.social @shakespeareandcompany.com

If you’ve not already grabbed a copy, now is the perfect time to support my wee fictional world by grabbing my latest children’s book, ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’, directly fae @luathpress.bsky.social – or your local independent bookshop!

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Out now! 📚✨ Outlander and Scotland is here. Discover the history and places behind the beloved series 🌄
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#Outlander #Scotland #BookRelease #OutlanderFans

This week marked the release and delivery of a pretty remarkable edited collection from colleagues at Glasgow and @luathpress.bsky.social. It contains an incredible *44* contributions and represents an affordable, accessible tour-de-force of cultural connections between Outlander and Scotland. (1/2)

Thank you so much, @lindasbookbag.bsky.social !
@luathpress.bsky.social !

Pink Camouflage is now out in paperback with a fresh cover and chapter-opening illustrations by Beth Morgan. A vibrant new way to experience this unforgettable story! 💖📚
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🎭 Cover reveal! Enter Eddie Shakespeare by Barbara Henderson, coming this April, follows 11-year-old Eddie into Elizabethan London, chasing his dreams and uncovering a mysterious plot. Adventure, history and theatre await! 📚✨
#EnterEddieShakespeare #ChildrensBooks #CoverReveal

Have you seen the cover of Beyond Palatable by Sophie Jane Lee? 📚✨ This powerful manifesto for unapologetic women is publishing in March and challenges the norms that keep us small, helping readers embrace their true selves and power.
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#BeyondPalatable #SophieJaneLee #NewBook