For the first time ever, I approached a book by Elizabeth Laird with more apprehension than excitement. Although I was born about twenty five years…
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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…
This is a piece I wrote a couple of years ago. I don't think I can improve upon it. To the Edge of the…
In Welcome to Nowhere Elizabeth Laird tells Omar’s story. Omar is a twelve-year-old from a fairly average Syrian family who hates school and has great…
Of all the children’s authors I collect, Dorita Fairlie Bruce is my favourite. In a large part I think it’s because she’s a Scot and…
It's no great secret that I hold Elizabeth Laird's books in very high esteem. She's a talented writer, a superb storyteller and also a humanitarian. …
This is Elizabeth Laird's latest novel and it's excellent as you would expect. The story is based on actual events in Abyssinia and England and…
It's true! I seem to have been reading non-stop all summer: for The Scotsman, for the Edinburgh International Book Festival and for our own book…
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…
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…
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