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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 April 30, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Thirty Two

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…

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Posted on April 26, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Twenty Six

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…

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Posted on December 5, 2018

5th December

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…

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Posted on May 15, 2017March 24, 2021

Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird

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. …

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Posted on March 24, 2012March 24, 2012

The Prince who Walked with Lions

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…

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Posted on October 13, 2011

Too Busy Reading to Blog!

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…

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Posted on September 7, 2009September 9, 2009

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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Posted on April 20, 2009

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…

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Posted on August 6, 2008August 6, 2008

The Blog’s Name

I expect that some of you recognise the allusion in the title of my blog.  It's to Lewis Carroll, of course, in Alice's Adventures in…

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