I really do love a map and I love Scotland even more! So this book always seemed like a good choice for me. If the…
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It must be a thankless task trying to select the people to include in a book like this so thank you to the team at…
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The Northern Lights have been frequent visitors, especially recently, to my former home of Lossiemouth on the southern side of the Moray Firth. More dramatically,…
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Before I even saw it, I knew this would be my kind of book. And it is. It's full of maps and plans and stories…
I've always wanted to know why. It's why I became a librarian, in fact. My original plan was to become a reference librarian. During my…
The Hideaway is a work of art. I rarely get precious or over-excited about books as objects. I buy and collect them for their contents.…
I wish What On Earth Books had been around when I was a child. They publish the sort of books I'd have loved. Fortunately I've…
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There's always one As befits the story of an adventurous bat, Scaredy Bat turns popular convention on its head. Day is dawning in the Dark,…
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Once upon a time I saw Keith Gray fairly often at book festivals and library events at both of which I often found myself interviewing…
The thing about Tanya Landman is that she makes you feel as though you are living in her stories. Her novels have wildly different settings…
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