21/08/2026
It was a real privilege to be the only bookseller in attendance at the Publishing Scotland lunch at Oran Mor today celebrating a special visit from the International Publishing Fellowship - with members coming all the way from Norway, France, China, USA, Brazil, Germany and Ukraine 🌍
Publishing Scotland is the trade and network body for the book publishing sector in Scotland and, after a busy week of fellowship events in Edinburgh, the group stopped off in sunny Glasgow on the way to Oban ☀️
It was great to catch up with Scottish publishers Into Creative, Luath Press and Gaelic Books Council, and a joy to hear live readings from authors Gillian Shirreffs, Angus Peter Campbell, Jen Mowat and, especially, Graeme Armstrong (who’s new book Raveheart is a firm favourite at Daydreams) 📚
Thank you so much to Sheila, Vikki and the rest of the Publishing Scotland team for organising the lunch and inviting me along - a lovely wee Friday off ❤️