Wind&Bones

Wind&Bones

Wind&Bones is an independent publisher. We publish beautiful books with spirit and substance. We also run projects exploring how writing, storytelling and philosophy can make the world a better place. Headquartered in Scotland, running projects everywhere from the UK to Bulgaria to Taiwan. Directed by Dr Hannah Stevens & Dr Will Buckingham.

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Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and work in translation. Go to our bookshop to buy our beautiful books!

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Vessels by Ningli Deng: Coming in 2027

Vessels by Ningli Deng: Coming in 2027

VESSELS: an exquisitely beautiful poetry collection by Chinese poet Ningli Deng

Local Writers' and Publishers' Fair

Local Writers' and Publishers' Fair

At the local Writers' and Publishers' Fair

Hannah Speaks to Borderless Journal

Hannah Speaks to Borderless Journal

An author Q&A

Edinburgh City of Literature Six Minute Reads

Edinburgh City of Literature Six Minute Reads

Tâigael Story included in Stellar Lineup!

At the Kaohsiung Readers Festival

At the Kaohsiung Readers Festival

Readers Festival

Berlin Books to Look Out For

Berlin Books to Look Out For

Hilda's Hoy's Mother Tongue featured in Berlin Books to Look Out For

A Books from Scotland Feature

A Books from Scotland Feature

On the Bodies of Strangers featured in Books from Scotland

Location, Location, Location

Location, Location, Location

Some news and updates on our location

Mother Tongue Taiwan Book Tour Ends on a High

Mother Tongue Taiwan Book Tour Ends on a High

Mother Tongue Taiwan Book Tour Ends on a High

On the Bodies of Strangers Publication News!

On the Bodies of Strangers Publication News!

On the Bodies of Strangers Out Now

Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic Turns One!

Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic Turns One!

Tâigael Turns One

Mother Tongue in Pingtung City

Mother Tongue in Pingtung City

Literature in Pingtung

Garry MacKenzie

author of Scotland: a Literary Guide for Travellers

Praise for Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic

Four thoughtful and thought-provoking stories in conversation across languages and cultures - how exciting, and how necessary! This marvellous anthology, full of grace and wit, shows how writers and indeed whole literatures thrive when in contact with other voices.

Jenna Tang

Translator of Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise

Praise for Mother Tongue

Subtle, yet incredibly tender.

Li Yuan (李遠)

Taiwan Minister for Culture

Praise for Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic

I am grateful for the publication of this book. A mother tongue is the root of culture, and a culture that loses its mother tongue is like a plant without roots. This book will greatly inspire the promotion of language equality and literary translation.

Michelle Kuo

Author of Reading with Patrick

Praise for Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic

Imaginative and profoundly original.

Left Lion magazine

Praise for Finding Our Sea-Legs

An examination of philosophy and stories that will leave you waving, not drowning…

Victoria MacKenzie

Author of For thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain

Praise for On the Bodies of Strangers

Meticulously observed and emotionally compelling… Hannah Stevens is a vital voice in contemporary short fiction.

Dan Powell

Author of Looking Out of Broken Windows

Praise for On the Bodies of Strangers

As finely drawn as a beautiful tattoo, Hannah Stevens' stories reveal both the pain and joy that life can bring, and how a line as thin as that laid down by the tattooist’s needle can lie between the two.