“New Writing Scotland remains the most accurate barometer of new trends in Scottish writing”
Simon Hall, The Herald
New Writing Scotland is an annual volume publishing poetry and prose from both emerging and established writers. Every piece appears here in print for the first time, and has been drawn from a wide cross-section of Scottish culture and society. Available individually or on subscription.
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nothing but a set of eyes for stars
New Writing Scotland 41 – 2023
ed. Kirsten Innes, Marjorie Lotfi
and Niall O’Gallagher
Read the NWS 41: Introduction
nobody remembers the birdman
New Writing Scotland 40 – 2022
ed. Rachelle Atalla, Marjorie Lotfi
and Maggie Rabatski
Break in Case of Silence
New Writing Scotland 39 – 2021
ed. Rachelle Atalla, Marjorie Lotfi
and Maggie Rabatski
The Last Good Year
New Writing Scotland 38 – 2020
ed. Rachelle Atalla, Samuel Tongue
and Maggie Rabatski
A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening
New Writing Scotland 30 – 2012
ed. Carl MacDougall and Zoë Strachan