In March 2008 we published The Big J, the latest novel from Andrew Murray Scott, prizewinning author of Tumulus, Estuary Blue and The Mushroom Club. This new book is set in a small town on Scotland's coast.

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When strangers like 'the Big J' come into small towns on the edge of the sea, they will be noticed. And for Robbie Strachan and his crowd, the Big J stands out anyway - ultra-cool and a little bit older, someone to look up to, someone to imitate. He has a motorbike and the poise of a born leader. But then an innocent summer romance goes terribly wrong...

Full of lively humour and evocative local detail and set against the drama of the red sandstone stacks and hidden beaches of the Scottish North East coast, soundtracked by seagulls, The Big J is a read that is hard to set down.

'Beautifully drawn... compels the reader... Robbie and the enigmatic Big J will stay with you for a long time'
-- Eileen Ramsay

In December we published Creme de la Creme - Girls' Schools of Edinburgh, by Alasdair Roberts. This fascinating and absorbing piece of social history weaves together first-person accounts and historical records to create a vivid picture of Edinburgh's fee-paying girls' schools from about 1870 to the present day. Illustrated with numerous evocative photographs, the book brings to life the real schools that inspired Muriel Spark to write her fictional portrayal of Miss Jean Brodie.

'A mix of nostalgia and humour ... A delight'
--Scotland Magazine

David Toulmin was one of Scotland's most powerful creators of short stories. He has been compared to Lewis Grassic Gibbon as well as the Russian writers Gogol and Gorki. Toulmin's Collected Short Stories, a book that includes many vivid tales of farmtoun life in Buchan, is available (£14.95) in the hardback Gordon Wright edition.

'His literary talent is a thing of wild and simple beauty, rippling like corn in the wind or raising memorable scents in the nostrils.'
- Jack Webster, Daily Express

A new short story award to commemorate David Toulmin's writing will be presented in May at this year's Word festival in Aberdeen.

Our list includes books on Scottish history, literature, languages and folklore, as well as guidebooks, humorous titles, and new and classic writing from Scotland and elsewhere.

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Founded in July 2001, Steve Savage Publishers started with the acquisition of the list of Gordon Wright Publishing Ltd, of Edinburgh. Our intention is to develop Gordon Wright's strong commitment to Scottish writing. Steve Savage Publishers is a member of the Independent Publishers Guild.