Lightning Strike by Tanya Landman
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…
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…
Back in the days when Moray Libraries still needed me and my expertise, I had some responsibility for our Facebook page. For a while we…
Linda Newbery's writing career to date begins and ends with animal rights. In between is a diverse selection of topics, themes and genres for a…
In my less realistic and rational moments (I can't actually write and I don't own the copyright) I imagine writing a follow on novel for…
Regular readers of this blog will have been unable to avoid the revelation that my favourite mid twentieth century writer is Dorita Fairlie Bruce. I…
On my other blog ( please feel very free to wander over to http://www.janespicturejournal.com) I mentioned in an article that I am unable to daydream…
I met Mollie Hunter a couple of times: once at a book festival I organised to mark the Carnegie Medal, held at the original Carnegie…
You were expecting Anne of the Island, weren't you? I'm not surprised as I've cited it as one of my favourite books, never mind my…
If you were looking for a novel that captures the popular essence of Edinburgh in the 1930s, there's a fair chance you would light upon…
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The nominations for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were published today. As a former judge, I'm always excited, interested and sometimes disappointed. Like…