Elizabeth Wein
I only meant, last night, to read the first few pages of The Enigma Game to get a feel for it but I ended up…
A Town Like Alice
From the Ghan As I've written elsewhere, my early life was full of stories and memories of Australia. My parents' stories and memories. It was…
Eva Ibbotson’s Memories of Vienna
I have never been to Vienna, although I have long wished to go. I've seen photographs and travelogues of the city and it looks splendid.…
In Priorsford with O Douglas
My first foray into books that were published for adults takes me very close to home. I've known Peebles in the Scottish Borders since I…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Nine
In 1914, a year of significant anniversaries, Flying Eye Books chose to mark a less heralded one in Shackleton’s Journey. This beautiful book, written and…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Six
Yes, I know that I’ve already written about one of LM Montgomery’s books but it’s my birthday so I’m indulging myself. No-one is surprised that…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Seven
My childhood was filled with books published by Pickering & Inglis, purveyors of Christian literature. As a daughter of the manse the basic premise of…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Five
Every so often, but not often enough, a book comes across my desk that makes me laugh and laugh. Cue: Weasels by Elys Dolan and…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Four
Eleanor Updale is an intelligent, imaginative and beguiling writer and I have enjoyed all her books. I've been fortunate enough to work with her a…
My Lockdown Books: Thirty Eight
I have come to the conclusion that Meg Rosoff is a genius. I’ve been reading her books since How I Live Now which I really…
