Birlinn (publisher)
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Founded | 1992 |
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Founder | Hugh Andrew |
Country of origin | Scotland |
Headquarters location | Edinburgh |
Distribution |
BookSource (UK) NewSouth Books (Australia) Independent Publishers Group (US) Casemate (US military books)[1] |
Publication types | Books |
Imprints | Polygon, Mercat |
Official website |
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Birlinn Limited is an independent publishing house based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Established in 1992 by Managing Director Hugh Andrew,[2]
Imprints
Birlinn Limited is composed of a number of imprints, including:
- Birlinn publishes Scottish interest books, from biography to history, military history and Scottish Gaelic. The 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.[3]
- Polygon Books 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. Polygon Books was originally set up in the late 1960s by students of the University of Edinburgh.[4]
- Mercat Press, founded in 1970 and acquired by Birlinn in 2007, now an imprint publishing walking and climbing guides. Mercat is the Scots language word for "market" or "trade".[5]
- Academic books about Scotland are published under the imprint John Donald.
Notable authors and works
- Martin C. Strong[6]
- The Great Folk Discography, Vol. 1: Pioneers & Early Legends (2010)
- The Great Folk Discography, Vol. 2: The Next Generation (2011)
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