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Posted on February 25, 2021

Up in the Air with Barrington Stoke

It's always a good day when a book from Barrington Stoke lands on my desk so when two touched down together I was extremely pleased.…

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Posted on February 24, 2021April 9, 2021

A Posy of Books

Following on from books with colours in their titles we have those blooming with flowers. There are many to choose from on my shelves, particularly…

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Posted on February 20, 2021April 6, 2021

The Colour of Reading

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…

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Posted on February 12, 2021February 13, 2021

Interview with Linda Newbery

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…

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Posted on December 18, 2020

Continuity Girl by Angela Mack

Well, we're back to career novels with no plot here. The blurb doesn't even mention the main character or the setting. What it talks about…

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Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020

Out of Nowhere by Paul Dowswell

You may remember that I posted an interview with Paul Dowswell the other week in which I mentioned his most recent book which has been…

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Posted on December 14, 2020March 12, 2021

Travels of a Nursery Nurse by Beatrice Lloyd

Of its type this is one of the better books I've read recently. I collect career novels more for their social history than their plots…

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Posted on December 1, 2020

Interview with Paul Dowswell

I’ve known Paul Dowswell long enough to have forgotten exactly when we met.  It was at an Edinburgh International Book Festival when I was chairing…

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Posted on November 9, 2020March 11, 2021

Two Young Missionaries: Celia and Margaret in Africa

To say that I was intrigued when I saw a copy of Two Young Missionaries by Nansi Pugh for sale is to put it mildly.…

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Posted on September 13, 2020March 18, 2021

The Great Revolt by Paul Dowswell

I've never troubled to hide my feelings about history. With very few exceptions, if it happened before 1800 I'm just not interested. I realise that…

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