Birlinn Origin

As the most advanced frontier construction of its time, and as definitive evidence of...

The Caledonian Canal records the history of one of Scotland’s most massive engineering...

Known as 'Britain's most beautiful shortcut', the Crinal Canal runs from Ardrishaig on...

Polly Pullar tells the fascinating tale of one of the Hebrides unique thriving small...

One of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves...

The loss of two British ships crammed with American soldiers bound for the trenches of...

Two thousand years ago, southern Scotland was part of a great empire, the Roman Empire....

Fife has always been one of Scotland’s most distinctive counties. Though never a...

Trains and stagecoaches stuck in the snow, wild storms driving sailing ships off...

Angus MacLellan was regarded throughout his own lifetime as one of Scotland's finest...

John Gregorson Campbell (1834-91) was one of the most outstanding folklorists working...

This classic nineteenth-century anthology is the largest and best known collections of...