The Bench – a moving and funny play about love, loss and football – was a huge hit at the Customs House last year, and now it’s set to tour the region. Written by playwright and broadcaster Jeff Brown (you’ll know him from ‘Look North’) ‘The Bench’ won…

The debut novel from this Chinese Canadian author is an ok thriller that wades deep into the murky world of social influencers. The set-up is suitably daft. In the US are twin sisters. Julie works at the checkout in her local store, while Chloe lives in N…

Edinburgh-based Tariq Ashkanani was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger – and won the Bloody Scotland Debut Award – for his debut novel ‘Welcome to Cooper’, a dank and rather gory thriller set in small town America. Next up was ‘Follow Me to the Edge…