Susie Maguire

Marion Sinclair

Twenty-five new and previously unpublished works together with contributions from estab. talents such as Muriel Spark, Neil Gunn, Naomi Mitchison and James Kelman.

Scottish Love Stories

Amanda Hargreaves

Completely re-written, with new examples, this book provides practical advice for companies keen to join the fast track. Based on the experiences of some of the UK's most dynamic companies, it presents a range of strategies for managing growth, showing how companies can fulfil their potential. With recent case studies from fast growing enterprises, it focuses on issues such as funding, ownership structure, developing management capability, acquisition, innovation, and global expansion.

Scottish Crime Fiction

Something Wicked

Former comedy actor and TV presenter Susie Maguire's second story collection is instantly engaging, with its seductive, dark and witty explorations of the human condition. Two Irishmen in Purgatory discuss their own suicides; a book-snob on holiday reflects on the nature of addiction; a pair of thoroughly modern dog-lovers find breast issues impede perfect coupling; a 19th-century Parisian cat narrates his master's obsession with a favourite model; a young man's romance founders as he spends Christmas befriending new flatmate Steve, a fearless mouse; and fans of the irrepressible Marina McLoughlin will applaud her latest adventures in art and astral travel.

Furthermore

Samuel Tongue

New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every year it publishes the very best from both emerging and established writers, and lists many of the leading literary lights of Scotland among its past (and present) contributors. With Their Best Clothes On: New Writing Scotland 36 is the latest collection of excellent contemporary literature, drawn from a wide cross-section of Scottish culture and society, and includes new work from forty authors - some award-winning and internationally renowned, and some just beginning their careers.

Susie Maguire

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