Luath Press Rights Catalogue 2021

Rights 2021 

Luath Press 

committed to publishing well written books worth reading

2 Luath Press Limited 

Home 

JOHN MACKAY 

210x135mm 

256pp 

978-1-910022-40-5 

Paperback 

£9.99 

FBA Modern and 

contemporary fiction 

World Rights 

Set in the Western Isles, the long awaited 4th novel from John MacKay, presenter of STV’s 

News at 6 and Scotland Tonight, Home explores a journey to reconnect a family over a 

momentous century. The narrative is driven by the search for a missing grandson born of 

a father who never returned after the war. Different people, divergent lives and 

distinctive stories. Bound together by the place they called home. 

This book explores issues that have a universal relevance and is ideal for lovers of 

dramatic fiction and of Hebridean Islands. 

HOME has been written from the heart with a deep understanding of 

love and loss, suffering and celebration. It paints a vivid portrait of a 

family who have to cope with so much and somehow manage to survive. 

I read it in one sitting and I’m already looking forward to John’s next 

book. 

Lorraine Kelly 

JOHN MACKAY was born in Glasgow in 1965. His childhood 

summers were spent at his grandmother’s home on the Isle of 

Lewis. Home draws heavily on the influences of that background. 

MacKay is a journalist and newsreader for STV and presents the 

STV News at Six and Scotland Tonight.

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The Road Dance 

JOHN MACKAY 

198x129mm 

192pp 

978-1-910022-40-5 

Paperback 

£7.99 




The Road Dance has been 

made into a movie staring 

Mark Gattiss, Morven 

Christie and Hermionie 

Corfield. It is due to release 

late 2021/22 

Kirsty MacLeod dreams of America, of following the setting sun 

west to a better life. She meets the man who dreams her dreams 

and promises to make them come true. But then the Great War breaks out and the men 

must leave for battle. In their honour, the islanders organise a grand Road Dance. 

That night she is raped. She is left with a secret that will bring shame upon her and her family 

and ultimately on the child she is carrying. On a night of storms and sorrow, she has to make 

her choice and it is no choice at all. 

A heartfelt story based in the Hebrides. The 

summons to the bedside of his dying aunt 

drags Cal MacCarl away from the blur of city 

life to the islands where time turns slowly and 

tradition endures. 

Cal finds that secrets are buried deep and 

begins to understand that Aunt Mary was not 

the woman he knew and he might not be the 

person he thought he was. 

Last of the Line 

Heartland 

JOHN MACKAY 

978-1-913025-29-8 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

180pp 

£7.99 


JOHN MACKAY 

978-1-913025-28-1 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

156pp 

£7.99 


A man tries to forge a new future for himself 

by reconnecting with his past. Iain Martin 

hopes that by returning to his Hebridean 

heartland and embarking on a quest to 

reconstruct an ancient family home, he 

might find a new purpose. But as he begins 

work on the old blackhouse, he uncovers 

a secret from the past which forces him to 

question everything.


The 15 Minute City 

‘We don’t want to 

recreate a village. We 

want to create better 

urban organisation.’ 

Professor Carlos Moreno, 

Sobonne, Paris 

How Cities Can Get Better 

By Getting Smaller 

NATALIE WHITTLE 

Hardback 

210x135mm 

224pp 

£14.99 


The 15 Minute City explores how having 

everything to live comfortably within a 15 to 20 

minute radius would improve the health and 

wellbeing of residents and the environment. 

In this book, Financial Times journalist Natalie 

Whittle examines the two theories that have 

gained interest with government policy makers 

and global media, the 15 minute city and the 20 minute neighbourhood – the concept that 

amenities such as housing, offices, restaurants, parks, hospitals and cultural venues would 

be available within a 15 or 20 minute walking radius in an accessible, easy to understand 

way. 

In the book, she looks at examples including Melbourne, Glasgow and Paris to assess how 

the principles have been implemented in government policy to improve the quality of life 

and the environment for its inhabitants. 

This book will be relevant for those who are environmentally conscious and interested in 

improving their productivity and wellbeing. 

“ 

We will take steps that support the idea of 20 minute neighbourhoods 

– where people can meet their needs within a 20 minute walk from their 

house – enabling people to live better, healthier lives and supporting our 

net zero ambitions. 

Protecting Scotland, Renewing Scotland – The Scottish Government 

NATALIE WHITTLE has worked for the Financial Times for 13 years. She 

currently serves as their Executive Editor in the Life & Arts section and the 

Development Editor for FT Weekend. She is also involved with the Outwith 

Agency a creative copy and content agency and bookshop which provides 

writing spaces for writers in Glasgow.


Activism for Life 

ANGIE ZELTER 

Paperback 

234x156mm 

224pp 

£12.99 


Activism for Life is part invitation, part 

instruction manual for anyone interested in 

the future of life on earth. From Greenham 

Common to Extinction Rebellion, Activism 

for Life takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the 

last 45 years of nonviolent direct action in the 

UK and abroad, all through the eyes of one 

determined woman. 

Angie Zelter has dismantled Trident research 

facilities, ‘borrowed’ a police boat to 

investigate war crime preparations, cut fences 

with Catholic priests around a US base, protested the logging of old growth forests, 

helped organise a 7-mile-long pink peace scarf and been arrested around 200 times. 

Her actions are told with candour, composure and a hint of a chuckle but always 

with an unflinching eye to the long term and deadly serious goal of worldwide 

disarmament and a safe and just world for all. 

Angie personifies what being an activist means – courage, commitment 

and a conscience. She’s an inspiration to us all. 

Caroline Lucas – Green Party MP 

Angie Zelter has distilled an extraordinary amount of determination and 

learning into an absolute gem of a book. 

Professor Paul Rodgers 

ANGIE ZELTER is a political activist who has been arrested around 200 

times. She is the founder of the international campaign groups Trident 

Ploughshares and the International Woman’s Peace Service. Zelter is 

well-known for her hard work and non-violent action, and. She is the 

author and editor of several books on campaigning, environment and 

international law. One of the ‘Trident Three’, Zelter was awarded the 

Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize.


Why Men Win at 

Work 

... and how we can make 

inequality history 

GILL WHITTY-COLLINS 

210x135mm 

224pp 

978-1-913025-62-5 

Hardback 

August 2020 

£14.99 

JBFA Social Discrimation 

& Equal Treatment 


Rights Sold: Brazil 

Why are men still winning at work? 

If women have equal leadership ability why are they so 

under-represented at the top in the workplace and society? 

Why are we still living in a man’s world? 

And why do we accept it? 

In this provactive book, Gill Whitty-Collins looks beyond the facts and figures on gender 

bias and uncovers the invisible discrimination that continues to sabotage us in the 

workplace and limits our shared success. Addressing both men and women and pulling 

no punches, she sets out the psychology of gender diversity from the perspective of 

real personal experience and shares her powerful insights on how to tackle the gender 

equality issue. 

#MeToo has provided a huge distraction and has, frankly, given men who 

are not guilty of the hideous ‘bottom of the pyramid’ stuff an opportunity 

to feel complacent, even smug and to disengage from gender equality issues: 

‘I don’t sexually harass or abuse or manipulate women so I am above 

all this.’ ... we lose men from the conversation – because most men don’t 

do these things, don’t understand them, find them irrelevant and feel 

they can therefore disengage themselves from the whole issue.

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It’s about what happens when women make it to work, in a 

good job, which they do very well alongside good men. It’s 

about all the invisible, unconscious things that will ultimately 

be what defeats most of these strong, intelligent, talented 

women. 

Praise for Why Men Win At Work 

‘In the tradition of the most efficient execs, Whitty-Collins 

sets out an almighty set of recommendations.’ - Sunday 

Times Style 

‘a provocative call to arms’ - Daily Mail 

‘A fantastically astute and compelling exploration of equality’ 

--Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room 

‘This book has changed my world view on gender equality in a 

way others have not.’ 

– Jo Scaife, CEO of Clearblue® 

‘This book tells the inconvenient truth about the gender 

inequality issue’ – Paul Polman, Founder & Chair Imagine, Ex 

CEO Unilever 

Gill Whitty-Collins was born near Liverpool and after 

attending the local comprehensive high school went to 

study at Cambridge University. After graduating, she 

joined Procter & Gamble, where she led global brands 

such as Always, Pantene and Olay and swiftly moved 

up the ladder to Marketing Director, General Manager 

and finally Vice President. Her Story and vision will 

inspire you to join the force to make gender inequality 

history in the workplace and our society.


Irish Unity 

Time to Prepare 

AUTHOR CANNOT BE REVEALED UNTIL MAY 2021 

Paperback 

234x156mm 

256pp 

£14.99 


Irish Unity is the first book to explore Irish reunification 

inthe aftermath of Brexit. In this book the author 

explains and gives his insight on the current situation 

regarding Irish Unification, The Good Friday Agreement 

and Brexit and what it would take to win a Border Poll 

referendum. 

The author gives a deep insight from a Northern Irish 

perspective about how the finanical, cultural and social 

ramifications could pan out for citizens in both parts of Ireland and 

how it would affect the United Kingdom, Europe and the world. 

Scottish By Inclination 

BARBARA HENDERSON 

978-1-910022-42-9 

Paperback 

234x156mm 

224pp 

£12.99 


Scottish by Inclination 

celebrates European 

immigration and explores 

recent political events throurgh 

the eyes of an EU immigrant 

living in Scotland. 

Barbara Henderson has been Scottish by inclination for 

30 years. She fell in love with the country and its people 

when she left Germany at the age of 19 and hasn’t looked 

back since. Barbara’s story takes us on her journey, from 

her first ceilidh to married life in the remote Highlands 

but also features 30 profiles of other EU citizens who 

have chosen to call Scotland their home. 

BARBARA HENDERSON was born in Germany. She has lived in Scotland for 

thirty years, teaching and writing for children. Her historical and eco-novels 

are widely used in Scottish schools and her interactive events take her 

all over the country to schools and book festivals. She lives in Inverness 

with her family where she divides her time between writing and teaching 

Drama. Scottish by Inclination is her first non-fiction book for adults.


The Case of the Catalans 

Why So Many Catalans No Longer Want to Be Part of 

Spain 

CLARA PONSATÍ (ed) 

978-1913025-38-0 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

168pp 

£7.99 


Catalonia Reborn 

How Catalonia Took on the Corrupt Spanish State 

and the Legacy of Franco 

Catalonia Reborn is a 

detailed guide to the 

region’s political, historical 

and cultural issues. For the 

layman as well as the expert, 

it takes the reader through 

the rich history of Catalonia. 

CHRIS BAMBERRY and 

GEORGE KEREVAN 

978-1912147-38-0 

Paperback 

234x156mm 

264pp 

£12.99 


The Case of the Catalans is a 

landmark book that explains the 

injustice Catalans have faced by 

being marginalised with their 

political beliefs rendered unlawful 

by the Spanish government. 

Ponsatí and her team of influential 

academics discuss the future of the 

Catalan people and the political 

and social tensions that led to the 

famous ‘illegal’ referendum. 

Homage to Caledonia 

Scotland and the Spanish Civil War 

DANIEL GRAY 

The Spanish civil war was a call to 

978-1913025-36-6 arms for 2,300 British volunteers, of 

Paperback 

which over 500 were from Scotland. 

234x156mm 

The first book of its kind, Homage 

228pp 

to Caledonia examines Scotland’s 

£9.99 

role in the conflict, detailing exactly 


why Scottish involvement was so 

profound. 

Shortlisted for Saltire Literary 

Awards History Book of the Year


Poverty Safari 

Understanding the Anger of Britain’s 

Underclass 

DARREN McGARVEY 

978-1-529006-34-6 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

World Rights (via Picador) 

Published by Picador in 

assocation with Luath Press 

People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. 

Darren McGarvey aka Loki gives voice to their feelings and concerns, and the anger that 

is spilling over. Anger he says we will have to get used to, unless things change. 

He invites you to come on a safari of sorts. A Poverty Safari. But not the sort where the 

indigenous population is surveyed from a safe distance for a time, before the window on 

the community closes and everyone gradually forgets about it. 

Winner of the Orwell Prize 2018 

Nothing less than an intellectual and spiritual rehab manual for the 

progressive left. 

Irvine Welsh 

Part memoir, part polemic, this is a savage, wise and witty tour-deforce. 

An unflinching account of the realities of systemic poverty, 

Poverty Safari lays down challenges to both the left and right. It is hard 

to think of a more timely, powerful or necessary book. 

J.K. Rowling


A Basic Income 

Handbook 

ANNIE MILLER 

234x156mm 

304pp 

978-1-910745-78-6 

Paperback 

£12.99 

QDTS Social & 

Political Philosophy 


Following on from A Basic Income Handbook, 

Annie Miller expands on her rigorous research to 

put it in the context of our ever-changing political 

climate to give the reader an understanding of 

how a Basic Income could benefit anyone in a 

post-Brexit Britain. 

This innovative book provides a new 

perspective on Basic Income – a 

regular, unconditional payment to 

every citizen resident in the country. 

This comprehensive book has been 

rigorously researched and will appeal to 

academics and policy-makers, as well as 

to the general reader who is concerned 

about the current state of social security 

in the UK and beyond. 

A Basic Income 

Pocketbook 

978-1-912147-62-5 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

192pp 

£9.99 

Essentials of Basic Income 

978-1-913025-58-8 

Paperback 

170x110mm 

48pp 

£4.99 

Annie Miller condenses her research in a short, readable form. 

ANNIE MILLER spent over 20 years lecturing Economics at Heriot-Watt 

University She has presented papers on Basic Income at the Basic 

Income Earth Network (BIEN)’s biannual congresses, and is the Chair of 

the Citizen’s Income Trust (CIT).


Can a song change your life? 

Us Versus the World 

CATRIONA CHILD 

978-1-910022-48-1 

Paperback 

210x135mm 

August 2021 

£9.99 




Can a song bring people, places and 

moments in time alive again? 

Davie Watts is the Trackman. He knows 

what song to play to you and he knows 

exactly when you need to hear it. Davie 

seeks out strangers in need and helps 

them using the power of music. 

Trackman 


978-1908373-43-4 

Paperback 

210x135mm 

£9.99 


contemporary 

fiction 


15 year old Sam and his 

pregnant mother Jude have 

a secret. One that requires 

chains and padlocks, and 

turning the heating off to 

keep it hidden. A secret that 

could attract the attention 

of the whole world and turn 

their private lives into front 

page news all over again. 

Swim Until You Can’t See Land 


978-1912147-02-1 

Paperback 

210x135mm 

£8.99 




Swim Until You Can’t See Land charts the 

relationship between two women, born sixty 

years apart, whose chance encounter marks 

a watershed for the younger woman. 

Hannah’s delight in the medium of water and 

the rhythms of swimming are set in dramatic 

counterpoint to Mariele’s of torture by 

water, an ordeal that puts her in touch with 

her core strength – something Hannah starts 

to discover in herself. 

CATRIONA CHILD was born in Dundee. She won the Sunday Herald 

Blog competition in 2007, was shortlisted for the National Library of 

Scotland/The Scotsman Crime short story competition in 2008, and has 

been published in the Scottish Book Trust Family Legends anthology 

and in Northwords Now. Her first novel, Trackman 2012, was described 

by The Herald as having ‘all the makings of a cult hit’. She lives in 

Edinburgh with her husband Allan and daughter Corrie.

A dramatic coming of age 

story. When Domenica is given 

the opportunity to marry her 

childhood sweetheart, she holds 

back, the time never feels right. 

Her family has always come first. 

Then the war breaks out, the 

battle of Monte Cassino – 

described as the hardest fought 

battle of WW2 – is about to begin. 

The family of nine are forced 

to leave their home to escape 

Nazi soldiers raiding the village. 

Then an English soldier falls from 

the sky and he is only one more 

mouth to feed. 

The Wee Italian Girl 

Serafina Crolla 


Domenica 

SERAFINA CROLLA 

978-1-910022-44-3 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

July 2021 

£8.99 




The Wee Italian Girl 

SERAFINA CROLLA 

978-1-910022-46-7 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

July 2021 

£7.99 

BC Creative Memoir 


A little girl tells the story of her 

last year at home high up in the 

Apennines of Italy. The love of 

her family and neighbours. The 

beloved grandmother she will 

leave behind as her parents 

head for the factory floors and 

restaurant kitchens of 1950’s 

Edinburgh. 

The Wee Italian Girl will resonate 

for many Scottish Italians who 

wish to really understand their 

heritage beyond the picturesque 

villages and majestic mountains. 

SEREFINA CROLLA is a wife, mother and grandmother who lives 

between Edinburgh and Val’ Comino in the province of Frosinone 

in Italy. The Wee Italian Girl is a fictionalised creative memoir of 

her early life.


The Trials of Mary 

Johnsdaughter 

CHRISTINE DE LUCA 

Paperback 

210x135mm 

February 2022 

£9.99 




Almost all Shetlanders in 1773 lived a hand to mouth existence, even in good years. 

But, for the inhabitants of the crofting-fishing township of Waas, the unexpected 

arrival in October of a shipload of poor Caithness emigrants bound for North America 

is about to change their lives dramatically. 

In this largely true story there are parallels with today’s migrations: people washed 

up on poor shores, at the mercy of strangers whose tongue is unfamiliar. And lives 

dominated by small powerful elites. 

In this authentic, if fictionalised, retelling of events, we are transported to that place 

and that time. We see through the life of a young Waas lass, Mary Johnsdaughter. 

Mary’s troubles do not end when the Batchelor of Leith eventually departs. We follow 

her through youthful promise and passion, through the throes of ritual humiliation of 

kirk discipline, to final denouement. 

CHRISTINE DE LUCA lives in Edinburgh. She writes in English and 

Shetlandic, her mother tongue. She was appointed Edinburgh’s 

Makar (poet laureate) for 2014-2017. Besides several children’s 

stories and one novel, she has had seven poetry collections and five 

bi-lingual volumes published (French, Italian, Icelandic, Norwegian 

and English) – several prize-wining. She has participated in many 

festivals here and abroad and numerous translation activities. She 

particularly enjoys collaborating with composers, musicians and 

visual artists. 

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Barnhill 

A Novel 

NORMAN BISSELL 

198x129mm 

256pp 

978-1-912147-87-8 978-1-913025-51-9 

Hardback 

Paperback 

£12.99 

May 2020 

£8.99 

FBA Modern & 

Contemporary Fiction 


George Orwell left post-war London for Barnhill, a remote farmhouse on the Isle of 

Jura, to write what became Nineteen Eighty-Four. He was driven by a passionate desire 

to undermine the enemies of democracy and make plain the dangers of dictatorship, 

surveillance, doublethink and censorship. 

Typing away in his damp bedroom overlooking the garden he created and the sea beyond, 

he invented Big Brother, Thought Police, Newspeak and Room 101 – and created a 

masterpiece. 

Barnhill tells the dramatic story of this crucial period of Orwell’s life. Deeply researched, 

it reveals the private man behind the celebrated public figure – his turbulent love life, his 

devotion to his baby son and his declining health as he struggled to deliver his dystopian 

warning to the world. 

Bissell fills out and explores more deeply the Orwell’s character and his 

relationships with those around him. It’s a very believable portrayal, 

digging beneath the surface of a man who could be awkward, opinionated 

and intransigent in an attempt to see what made him tick. 

Alastair Mabbott, The Herald on Sunday


A Killing in Van 

Diemen’s Land 

Book 5 

DOUGLAS WATT 

978-1-913025-45-8 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

216pp 

March 2021 

£8.99 

FFH Historical Crime & Mysteries 


Edinburgh, 1690. The body of a wealthy merchant 

is discovered in his home in the city centre. Was 

his killing the result of a robbery gone wrong? 

The vicious mode of his death seems to suggest 

otherwise. Scotland is in upheaval as political 

and religious tensions boil, and there is mystery 

concealed behind the walls of Van Diemen’s Land. 

Investigative lawyer John MacKenzie and his 

assistant Scougall investigate. 

The Unnatural Death of 

a Jacobite 

Book 4 

978-1-912147-61-8 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

224pp 

£8.99 


It’s 1689 and the body of a young lawyer has been 

discovered near Craigleith Quarry, Edinburgh. 

MacKenzie and Scougall search for the truth. 

Douglas Watt was born in Edinburgh and brought up there and in Aberdeen. 

He was educated at Edinburgh University where he gained an MA and PhD 

in Scottish History. He is also the author of The Price of Scotland, a prizewinning 

history of Scotland’s Darien Disaster. He lives in Midlothian with his 

wife Julie.

978-1-913025-28-1 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

248pp 

£8.99 



Death of a Chief 

Book 1 

978-1-913025-27-4 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

196pp 

£8.99 


Testament of a Witch 

Book 2 

1687. The nation is gripped by fear of witches. In 

Edinburgh, a young woman is accused of witchcraft, 

tortured with pins and sleep deprivation. MacKenzie 

and Scougall investigate her suspicious death. 

Scotland, 1686. Mystery surrounds the murder of Sir 

Lachlan MacLean, an impoverished Highland laird 

with many enemies. Lawyer John MacKenzie and 

scribe Davie Scougall turn investigator to try to track 

down the murderer. 

Pilgrim of Slaughter 

Book 3 

978-1-913025-29-8 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

264pp 

£8.99 


Scotland in 1688 – a nation bitterly divided by religion 

and politics. When a nobleman is assassinated by 

a Catholic fanatic, MacKenzie and Scougall must 

investigate the killing, but they find themselves on 

opposing sides of the political divide.


Blood City 

Book 1 

DOUGLAS SKELTON 

978-1-910021-24-8 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

232pp 

£7.99 

FF Crime & Mystery Fiction 


Davie McCall has a troubled past. Under 

the guidance of Glasgow’s Godfather, Joe 

the Tailor, he hopes to rid himself of the 

demons that fuelled his father’s murderous 

rage. But, Davie must learn the hard way 

that you cannot change what you are. Set 

in Glasgow’s underworld, this is a tale of 

violence, corruption and betrayal, tested 

loyalties and broken friendships. 

Crow Bait 

Book 2 


978-1-910021-82-8 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

224pp 

£7.99 



It’s 1990, there are new kings in the West of Scotland 

underworld, and Glasgow is awash with drugs. 

Davie can handle himself. But now his father is back in 

town and after blood and there are people in his way. 

And Davie is one of them. 

Douglas Skelton is an established true crime author, penning various fiction and 

non-fiction books including Thunder Bay, The Dead Don’t Boogie and Dark Heart. 

He has appeared on documentaries and news programmes as an expert on 

Glasgow crime. His 2005 book Indian Peter was adapted for a BBC Scotland radio 

documentary. Thunder Bay has recently been published in German and Danish.

Open Wounds 


Book 4 


978-1-910745-33-5 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

232pp 

£9.99 



Davie is tired. Tired of violence, tired 

of the Life. He’s always managed to 

stay detached from the brutal nature 

of his line of work, but recently he has 

caught himself enjoying it. Old friends 

clash and secrets are unearthed as 

McCall investigates a brutal crime. The 

final instalment in the Davie McCall 

series. 

Devil’s Knock 

Book 3 


978-1-910021-81-1 

Paperback 

198x129mm 

224pp 

£9.99 



When Dickie Himes is killed, it sparks a chain 

of events that Davie knows can only lead 

to widespread gang war on the streets of 

mid-’90s Glasgow. When justice is so easily 

bought or corrupted, Davie needs to take 

matters into his own hands. When he finds a 

target on his back, will he be able to suppress 

the darkness inside him…Or will the devil’s 

knock be too tempting?


Why Gardens 

Matter 

JOANNA GEYER-KORDESCH 

with DONALD SMITH 

978-1-912147-94-6 

Hardback 

202x153mm 

176pp 

April 2020 

£20.00 

WM Gardening 


With an exceptional academic career in natural history and medicine, Joanna Geyer- 

Kordesch found ‘reflection, consolation and healing’ in the soothing, healing powers 

of gardens after suffering from a major stroke. Sharing profound reflections on how 

gardening has helped her regenerate, Why Gardens Matter is as enlightening as it is 

inspirational. With contributions from Donald Smith, this is a powerful plea for us to reflect 

on our gardens and to acknowledge the life-affirming values of our green spaces. 

So many gardening books tell you what to plant and where and when. But 

how often do they tell you to just sit and enjoy them? And when you do, 

you can find yourself thinking of things in a different way. 

JOANNA GEYER-KORDESCH has a distinguished academic 

career bridging the disciplines of history of medicine and 

cultural history as embodied in our landscapes. After 

becoming the first woman to direct The Wellcome Unit for 

the History of Medicine at Glasgow University from 1990 

to 2001, she became Professor of European Natural History 

and History of Medicine at that University where, after 

retiring in 2006, she remains a Professor Emerita. 

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Decisive Moments 

The Guide to the Art of Photography 

ANDY HALL 

978-1-910022-10-8 

Paperback 

£16.99 

234x234mm 

AJTF Photography 


978-1-910022-11-5 

Hardback 

£24.99 

ANDY HALL has become an internationally 

renowned photographer over the past 

three decades, primarily as a result of the 

success of his books. These have included 

two volumes of A Sense of Belonging to 

Scotland, Touched by Robert Burns which 

was launched by Scotland’s First Minister 

at Edinburgh Castle in 2008 and Scotland’s 

Still Light, published in 2014 and launched 

at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. 

As we begin to venture outside of lockdown, photographers of all skill levels will be 

eager to capture the world around them. In Decisive Moments, Andy Hall combines his 

photographic and teaching experience by putting together a collection of stunning 

images, each of which has a key learning feature for photographers to reflect on. 

Throughout, Hall teaches and inspires photographers of all abilities from beginners to 

experienced practitioners and will help them to identify photographic opportunities 

and make successful images consistently. The advice is applicable to users of all types of 

cameras from professional DSLRs to smartphones. This is a must-have book not only for 

photographers who want to achieve their full potential but for people who simply enjoy 

the visual world around them. 

The most beautiful collection of photographs of Scotland that I have 

ever seen! 

Ewan McGregor on A Sense of Belonging to Scotland 

Any photographic work by Andy Hall takes your breath away. This book 

demonstrates his love of Scotland and highlights the mystic beauty and 

raw energy of our country. 

Sir Alex Ferguson on Scotland’s Still Light


The Real 

Stanley Baxter 

BRIAN BEACOM 

234x156mm 

336pp 

Hardback 

November 2020 

£20.00 

ATC Individual actors 

and performers 


BRIAN BEACOM is a multi-award winning 

Arts and Entertainment writer with The 

Herald newspaper in Scotland. His most 

recent biography, The Real Mrs Brown 

– The Authorised Biography of Brendan 

O’Carroll was a Sunday Times triple best 

seller and sold almost 250,000 copies. 

Why would Britain’s most successful entertainer turn down the chance to capture 

America? What could pressure an actor with a five-picture deal to consider taking his 

own life? How could a brilliant comedy actor and impressionist make millions of people 

roar with laughter over four decades – in theatre, television and film – yet find personal 

happiness elusive? The secret life of Stanley Baxter is now revealed... 

At the height of his success, Stanley Baxter was one of television’s most popular 

entertainers with an audience of twenty million, a brilliant comic and a matchless 

impersonator. The book also pulls back to reveal a bigger picture. Stanley’s story is the 

story of the theatre in the 20th century, the demise of variety and the arrival of television. 

Stanley Baxter is my comedy hero. He had big ideas and he fought for the 

money to do them. Then when he’d had enough he just walked away. 

Alan Cumming 

Legendary actor Stanley Baxter has come out as gay aged 94 after 25 years 

of living as a virtual recluse. 

Pink News


Luath Press Limited 

ABOUT US 

DISTRIBUTION 

RIGHTS 

Established in 1981, Luath Press is a 

leading independent book publisher with 

over 500 books in print including modern 

fiction, history, politics, travel guides, 

poetry and much more. 

Luath Press was established by Tom 

and Rene Atkinson in Barr (near Girvan 

in Ayrshire) in 1981. Tom had recently 

returned to Scotland and, finding there 

were no good descriptive guides to the 

popular parts of Scotland, set about 

writing and publishing the Luath Guides 

Series. Other books by other writers 

followed including a number of popular 

titles that have remained in print for 

many years, such as Mountain Days and 

Bothy Nights, Bare Feet and Tackety Boots 

and more. 

Following Tom’s retirement, Gavin 

and Audrey MacDougall took over the 

running of the company and moved it 

from Barr to Edinburgh. 

Since 1997, Luath has built on the sound 

core of well established books first 

published by Tom and Rene, and created 

various new series (On the Trail Of..., 

Walk With Luath, The Quest For, Let’s 

Explore, Luath Storyteller, Viewpoints, 

Wild Lives) and launched various new 

writers and poets (Darren McGarvey, 

Alison Irvine, Daniel Gray, Rab Wilson, 

Mark Thomson and many more). 

We are now situated in offices on 

Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile, and we 

remain committed to publishing well 

written books worth reading. 

CONTACT US 

UK & IRELAND 

BookSource 

50 Cambuslang Road 

Glasgow 

G32 8NB 

Order Line: 0141 642 9192 

US & CANADA 

Independent Publishers Group 

814 N. Franklin Street 

Chicago, IL 60610 

Phone: (312) 337-0747 

Email: frontdesk@ipgbook.com 

GERMANY 

Missing Link 

International Booksellers 

Westerstr. 114 – 11628199 

Bremen 

Phone: +49 (0)421 50 43 48 

Email: info@missinglink.de 

REPRESENTATIVES 

SCOTLAND 

Don Morrison 

Phone: 07774 604569 

Email: donmo@blueyonder.co.uk 

LONDON & SOUTH 

Nic Webb and Andrea Grant-Webb 

nic@broomfieldbooks.co.uk 

Phone: 07984 901 972 

Phone: 01342 313 237 

Email: andrea@broomfieldbooks.co.uk 

Luath Press Limited, 543/2 Castlehill, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH1 2ND 

WORLD 

Andrea Joyce 

afgjoyce@gmail.com 

FRENCH 

Anne Confuron 

Anne Confuron Literary Agency 

23 rue Antoine de St Exupéry 

93130 Noisy le Sec 

France 

Email: aconfuron@gmail.com 

GERMAN 

Nina Arrowsmith 

Arrowsmith Agency 

Poststrasse 14-16, 

20354 Hamburg 

Phone: +49 40 85 100 295 

Email: agency@arrowsmith-agency.com 

SPANISH 

Sandra Biel Piera 

Julio F-Yanez Agencia Literaria S.L. 

Phone: +34 (0)93 200 7107 

Email: sandra@yanezag.com 

ITALIAN 

Beatrice Beraldo 

Ag. Letteraria Internazionale 

Phone: +39 (0)2 865 445 

Email: beatrice.beraldo@italianliterary.com 

CZECH 

Jana Borovanova, Dilia 

Phone: +42 (0)266 199 841 

borovanova@dilia.cz 

CHINESE 

Chris Lin 

Big Apple Tuttle Mori Agency 

Phone: +886 2 8771 6411 x 302 

chris-lin@bigapple1-china.com 

JAPANESE 

Mayumi Finn 

EJ International 

m.miyata417@gmail.com 

Phone: 0131 225 4326 • Website: www.luath.co.uk 

Director: Gavin MacDougall • gavin.macdougall@luath.co.uk 

Press & Events Co-ordinator: Lauren Grieve • lauren.grieve@luath.co.uk 

Production & Editorial: Carrie Hutchison • carrie.hutchison@luath.co.uk 

Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator: Eilidh MacLennan • eilidh.maclennan@luath.co.uk

Luath Press 

committed to publishing well written books worth reading

Luath Press Rights Catalogue 2021

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