Glasgow’s annual book festival, Aye Write!, is getting underway. Now in its 11th year, big name writers making appearances include the philosopher AC Grayling, broadcast journalist Robert Peston, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Giamatti portrays a weary, misanthropic schoolmaster in the film - Seacia Pavao / Focus Features Oscar-nominated film The ...

EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed Scottish writer Jenni Fagan has struck a two-project development deal with UK drama indie Buccaneer Scotland, which is also producing Fagan’s adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s The ...

A late Scottish writer who helped shine a light on overlooked lives is being honoured with a centenary programme. Milngavie-born Agnes Owens (1926–2014) is being celebrated through a series of ...

LONDON (AP) -- Scottish writer Iain Banks, who alternately wowed and disturbed readers with his dark jokes and narrative tricks, has died, his publisher said. He was 59. Banks, whose writing took ...