Welcome to Tartan Moon - books to satisfy diverse tastes
Tartan Moon Publishing was established with a pertinent agenda. There are far more captivating, life-affirming stories waiting to be told than there are outlets for sharing them. Launching in Edinburgh in 2025, we are on a full-throttle mission to share creative writing in a variety of formats. Short story anthologies. Creative non-fiction. Poetry. Biographies. Novels.
Books are golden tickets into the limitless world of the human imagination. Whether you crave journeys into fact, contemporary fiction, or any of many genres, Tartan Moon's literary menu will cater to your reading tastes. We are particularly keen to give a voice to anyone with lived experience of mental health issues, as sharing these stories is a crucial aspect of destigmatising this subject.
Tartan Moon welcomes proposals for new books. Please feel free to drop us a message via the Contact page, outlining your prospective title.
Discover our uplifting collection of books
Our first publication was HEIDS UP, a riveting, thought-provoking anthology by Edinburgh writers, Neil Renton and Mark Fleming. Earning plaudits from Ian Rankin, Alan Bisset, and Tommy Mackay, this contains 50 pieces of life-affirming writing - flash fiction, longer short stories, essays, and mental health memoirs.
Tartan Moon's second publication, due soon, is BAR CODES FOR SPRING, a sublime poetry collection by longstanding cult spoken-word performer, Rodney Relax. Rodney first took to a stage as a teenage songwriter and guitarist with Fife punk band The Alternative. His verses continues to blend the hard hitting /razor sharp angles honed during his youth with the poignancy and wider themes that have developed over years of writing and performing.
