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Checkout My Basket: £0.00 0 itemsCover of Nip Nebs and the Last Berry We’re excitedly waiting for copies of Susi and Ruthie’s new book to come back from the printer and we have lots of wonderful events to tell you about. Susi is a fabulously engaging storyteller and her events are inclusive and fun filled. You’ll be able to join […]
Cover reveal for Nip Nebs and the Last Berry TA DAH! This is a first look at the new cover for our next book Nip Nebs and the Last Berry by Susi Briggs with wonderful art work again by Ruthie Redden. We’re currently on the final stages of putting the book together and hope to […]
Renita Boyle reads from Strange Visitor We’ve had a really wonderful time at this year’s Wigtown Book Festival with our authors and illustrators appearing across the ten days of the main programme and, in particular, the children’s Big Wig section. Shalla Gray was invited to read our Beltie titles and Charlotte’s Woolly Yarn (one as […]
Jayne with Big Wig We’re having a really busy time at this year’s annual Wigtown Book Festival which includes the Big Wig children’s festival. Jayne’s enjoying her five minutes of fame pictured here with the Big Wig mascot and the photo was featured on the BBC’s article about the festival. Shalla took part in a […]
The Strange Visitor We are very excited to announce the arrival of the Strange Visitor! Based on an old Scots tale this new version has been retold by storyteller Renita Boyle with amazing art work by illustrator Mike Abel. This is the second time this author and artist team have worked together, the first time […]
We are very excited that our wonderful book Nip Nebs by Susi Briggs and Ruthie Redden has been shortlisted for the prestigious first Scots Language Awards. The book has been included in the Books Fer Bairns category alongside three other excellent titles. We’re very proud of the fact that Nip Nebs is the only book […]
We were excited to see a fabulous double page feature on Alasdair Hutton and the reasons why he wrote the story Mustard and Pepper in The Southern Reporter newspaper. Alasdair has had a very interesting career including being a journalist and broadcaster in Australia as well as in his native Scotland. He has been a […]
Coaster with mug We are very excited have in stock a really lovely china mug featuring some of the beautiful watercolour illustrations by William Gorman, created for the book Mustard & Pepper by Alasdair Hutton. The mugs were designed by Shalla Gray from William Gorman’s original painting, and created for us by Galloway Graphics based […]
Scots Language Awards 2019 The first Scots Language Awards are being held this autumn and we would be thrilled if you wanted to nominate our wonderful book Nip Nebs by Susi Briggs and Ruthie Redden. There’s a section for books for bairns. We’re also excited that we are planning to bring out the next story […]
We’ve been absolutely delighted with the response to our new book Mustard & Pepper. People from all over the world have heard about the book, largely through the remarkable Dandie Dinmont owner community.