News Summary

• Arbuthnott Church in Kincardineshire was the inspiration for the 1930s novel.
• The remains of its author Lewis Grassic Gibbon are buried in its graveyard.
• A community group had hoped it might be possible to take over the building.
• But the A-listed church is now officially up for sale, with offers over £45,000 being sought.
• The Church of Scotland has said it needs a significant reduction in the properties it owns.
• Sunset Song was voted Scotland's favourite book in a BBC poll, ahead of the Wasp Factory by Iain Banks and Lanark by Alasdair Gray.