The search is on for exciting, short work by Highlands & Islands Theatre companies for the Play Pieces lunchtime theatre season.

A new book documenting the lives of a famed family of Gaelic singers will be officially launched at Celtic Connections.

This AmbITion Scotland Roadshow and webcast will give an insight into some of the issues and opportunities raised by digital (or self) publishing. Whether you’re a reader, writer, author, publisher, or professional who creates or curates written work in the creative, cultural and heritage sector, you’ll be able to explore the emerging potential of using digital publishing tools to enable your written and literary output to have increased global reach, access, impact and scale.

Ann Cleeves will launch her fifth ‘Shetland’ novel, Dead Water, on Thursday 31st of January, in Mareel.

A new book by Angus Peter Campbell with photographs by Cailean Maclean will be launched at the Aros Centre, Portree on Saturday 8th December at 2pm.

As from November 2012 Northwords Now is available in Kindle format as well as in paper form.

We are delighted to announce the inauguration of the annual White Review Short Story Prize.

Bob Pegg has set up a blog on the Every Picture Tells a Story project.

Shetland celebrates Book Week Scotland.

A panel of 29 young people from across the Highlands, who have been selected to promote the arts and represent Eden Court Theatre within their local communities, met this week for the first time. School pupils from as far afield as Thurso, Lochaber and Plockton travelled to Eden Court for the launch day of the brand new Eden Court CREATIVE Ambassadors scheme.