Jim Aitken issues a callout for working people’s stories from contemporary Scotland. Photo: John Devlin Following the great success of A Kist of Thistles: an anthology of radical poetry from contemporary Scotland, Culture Matters intends to publish a companion volume of prose, to be published in late summer, which I…

Paul Simon reviews From the Plough to the Stars, edited by Jenny Farrell This anthology is another impressive book from the Culture Matters imprint and is funded by a range of Irish trade unions and trades councils. Inspired by James Connolly's freedom call, these 49 compact works are the product…