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Birlinn (publisher)
Scottish independent publishing house From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Birlinn Limited is an independent publishing house based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1992 by managing director Hugh Andrew.[2][3]
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Imprints
Birlinn Limited is composed of a number of imprints, including:
- Birlinn, which publishes Scottish interest books, from biography to history, military history and Scottish Gaelic. (Its name comes from the old Norse word birlinn, meaning a long boat or small galley with 12 to 18 oars, used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.[4])
- Polygon Books, which publishes literary fiction and poetry, both classic and modern, from Scottish writers such as Robin Jenkins, George Mackay Brown, and the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith. It was founded in the late 1960s by students of the University of Edinburgh.[5]
- Mercat Press, founded in 1970 and acquired by Birlinn in 2007, which publishes walking and climbing guides. (Mercat is the Scots language word for "market" or "trade".[6])
- John Donald, publishing academic books about Scotland.[citation needed]
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Notable authors and works
- Alexander McCall Smith[7]
- Love in the Time of Bertie (2021)
- The People's City (2022)
- Martin C. Strong[8]
- The Great Folk Discography, Vol. 1: Pioneers & Early Legends (2010)
- The Great Folk Discography, Vol. 2: The Next Generation (2011)
- Andy Wightman
- The Poor Had No Lawyers (Third Edition, 2015)[9]
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