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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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.…
Continue reading → Two Young Missionaries: Celia and Margaret in Africa
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…