Libraries have come a long way since the days when books were their only stock-in-trade. NORMAN NEWTON surveys the range of services available to users of the Highland Libraries service.

The participants in the Health & Happiness Projects of Skye & Lochalsh report on their current activities.

HI~Arts offers a suite of awards schemes for visual artists, writers, musicians and makers. These can help professionals to develop many different aspects of their practice. In the case of Sutherland-based writer MANDY HAGGITH it took her much further than most of our awards do, and, as she explains, perhaps even further than she herself had expected…

Andy White speaks to MARCUS WILSON about visiting the Highlands, his new album and the business of making music.

IAN STEPHEN looks at the work of two very different writers from the Highlands.

ALISTAIR PEEBLES reflects on the recent changes in the arts infrastructure in Shetland, and looks back on last month’s very successful book event

JASON ROSE looks forward to welcoming a diverse range of writers to his third festival.

SUSANNA JONES has recently completed a short appointment as writer in residence with Shetland Arts, and reflects on the experience of getting to know the islands and the people, and on the influence that may have on her own work.

KENNY MATHIESON catches up with Inverness-born writer ALI SMITH ahead of the premiere of her play The Seer in Inverness

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the death of George MacKay Brown. ALISTAIR PEEBLES discusses the poet’s life and work with composer Peter Maxwell Davies.