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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I have never been to Vienna, although I have long wished to go. I've seen photographs and travelogues of the city and it looks splendid.…
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…
I've met Frank Cottrell Boyce and he's a delightful man. We should have met at the Carnegie Kate Greenaway Medal award ceremony in July 2005. …
I adore the Ottoline books, both as items and for the content. This one is my favourite, though, because it has Norway and the sea…
I'm already an admirer of Hilary McKay's writing so it wasn't a stretch for the publisher (Macmillan) to get me to read a proof of The…
I have never grown out of my delight at reading books set in places I know so when I realised that Frank Cottrell Boyce had…
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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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