Book Festivals and Book Launches
Over the last few weeks I've met and listened to about as many authors as I could cope with! Without exception they've been lovely people…
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Helen Dore Boylston
A couple of weeks ago I was reading an article in a professional journal written by someone I know in the world of publishing. It…
The Scotsman Reviews
My next set of reviews will be in The Scotsman on Saturday 27. June 2009. I hope you find them interesting!
Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
I've been waiting years to read this book, having loved the first two parts of the series, Airborn and Skybreaker. Starclimber tells the story of…
Lifegame by Alison Allen-Gray
A couple of days ago, I picked up my proof copy of Lifegame by Alison Allen-Gray meaning to flick through it. I started at the…
Elizabeth Laird
Elizabeth Laird often writes about subjects in which I am not at all interested. But that never discourages me from reading her books. They are…
The Scotsman Reviews
My spring round-up of children's books will be published in The Scotsman on Saturday 4. April.
More Desert Island Books
A while back I promised that I’d write more about the newer children’s books I love. As my bookshelves prove, there are many of them…
Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
Hot off the press at Macmillan is this fascinating and engaging first novel. It tells the story of seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove growing up in Victorian…
Comfort Reading: The Big Three
Ages ago I wrote about Anne of the Island and said that it was one of my desert island books. I chose the books in…
