Welcome to Meet at the Gate, a site that seeks to provide a dynamic and interactive forum for great writing, intelligent and lively debate, and recommendations you can trust.

Although launched and hosted by the independent publishing house Canongate, Meet at the Gate is not a typical publisher's website. Yes you can search the Canongate catalogue and find out more about the excellent and diverse array of books and writers we publish, but Meet at the Gate has much broader and bigger ambitions. It's about the creation of a cultural hub, one that is totally independent in its spirit and content, a place with a particular focus on books, film, music and websites that will help guide you to the most interesting stuff around.

We hope that you find this site inspiring, informative and illuminating and that it encourages you to contribute your own personal recommendations, passions and opinions.

Happy reading.

The MATG team