Neil Wilson Publishing: 117 books

The craft of the cooper goes back to ancient times and was an essential part of the life of every old burgh in Scotland. Although they existed in the city of Glasgow long before then, it wasn't until 1569 that the city's coopers were officially incorporated as a guild or 'craft'. After that they played...

Donald Findlay's first novel is a revealing and well-paced courtroom drama surrounding the murders of Glasgow hardmen Kevin Boyle and Mick Clark from rival families. The Crown has charged Clark's boss, Charles Gallagher and the defence is lead by James Muirhead, one of Scotland's leading criminal...

Glasgow Greens is a selection of 100 creative vegetarian recipes by Kathryn Hamilton, which were first published in the Saturday Times, Glasgow's leading weekend paper. They deliciously illustrate how vegetarian food has moved on from the stodge of the 70s into a real, cosmopolitan cuisine of the...

Seton Gordon was born in 1886 into an Aberdeenshire family and was to live to the age of 91. In that time his life spanned some of the most momentous changes in civilisation and yet his travels rarely took him away from Scotland for long. He dedicated his life to natural history and in his awareness...

‘Rhyme I had given up; but meeting with Fergusson’s Scottish Poems, I strung anew my wildly-sounding rustic lyre with emulating vigour.’ (Robert Burns recalling his younger self in 1787) But who is Burns referring to? It’s not easy to answer if you go beyond naming him as the poetic...