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Category: Teenage Books

Posted on March 25, 2022

Talking History by Joan Haig, Joan Lennon and Andre Ducci

My sister laughs at my enthusiasm for words. She is gently amused by my delight in their history, the way they sound, they way they…

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Posted on March 4, 2022

Margaret Lang – Fashion Buyer by Mary Delane

Fairly unusually for career books, this is actually a good novel in its own right. For its time, of course, that time being 1956. The…

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Posted on February 11, 2022June 21, 2022

Nisha’s War by Dan Smith

There are some authors whose books a particular reader finds herself inexplicably drawn to. For me, Dan Smith is one such. A few years ago,…

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Posted on September 9, 2021

The Hideaway by Pam Smy

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.…

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Posted on August 5, 2021

The Climbers by Keith Gray

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…

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Posted on July 1, 2021

This Book is Cruelty Free: Animals and Us by Linda Newbery

Right at the beginning of her published writing career, more years ago than she or I would like to remember, animal rights was something about…

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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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