Skip to content

Pictures and Conversations

meandering thoughts on fiction for young people (mostly)

  • Home
  • Contact
  • About
  • More From Me!
  • Who is Jane?
  • Podcast

Tag: O Douglas

Posted on December 15, 2023December 30, 2023

Advent Reading Challenge Day Fifteen

A Book Set in a Village There was no shortage of books to choose from for this category. And even once I'd selected an author, narrowing…

Continue reading → Advent Reading Challenge Day Fifteen

Posted on June 12, 2020

In Priorsford with O Douglas

My first foray into books that were published for adults takes me very close to home. I've known Peebles in the Scottish Borders since I…

Continue reading → In Priorsford with O Douglas

Posted on December 19, 2018

19th December

Mum tried for years to interest me in O Douglas’ books but it took a lot of persuading before I finally delved in. Of course,…

Continue reading → 19th December

Posted on December 14, 2018

14th December

My first of two books by O Douglas (Anna Buchan) is The House that is Our Own, the last of her completed novels. It was…

Continue reading → 14th December

Posted on December 24, 2009December 24, 2009

Christmas Reading

  For many years I had books that I almost always re-read at Christmas.  They formed a mixed bag but, inevitably, they all had a strong…

Continue reading → Christmas Reading

Posted on December 7, 2009December 10, 2009

Living in an O Douglas Novel

I'm soaking myself in the novels of O Douglas this week.  I have a cottage by Tweed in Peebles and honestly the town still seems…

Continue reading → Living in an O Douglas Novel

Posted on October 14, 2009October 14, 2009

A Book Launch in the Borders

A while ago I said that there had been one other book event in August about which I'd write later.  So, finally, here I am!  On…

Continue reading → A Book Launch in the Borders

Twitter Updates

Tweets by SeasideReader

Categories

  • Adult Novels
  • Board Books
  • Book Collecting
  • Children's Books
  • Crafts
  • Illustration
  • Language
  • Libraries
  • Non-Fiction
  • Picture Books
  • Poetry
  • Reading
  • Teenage Books
  • Uncategorized
  • Writing

Tags

Advent Calendar 2018 Advent Reading Challenge Anna Buchan Antarctica Australia Austria Barrington Stoke Canada Career Novels Careers Less Taken Carnegie Medal Chalet School Chicken House Books Chris Riddell Christianity Christmas Clare Mallory Dan Smith DE Stevenson Dorita Fairlie Bruce Dorothy L Sayers Dumfries Edinburgh Edinburgh International Book Festival Elinor Brent-Dyer Elizabeth Laird Elizabeth Wein Elsie Oxenham Environmentalism Eva Ibbotson First World War Floris Books Germany Girls Gone By Great War Greyladies Helen Dore Boylston Helen McClelland Jean Estoril Joan Lingard Jostein Gaarder Judith Kerr Kate Greenaway Medal Kenneth Oppel KM Peyton Linda Newbery Little Door Books LM Montgomery Lossiemouth Mabel Esther Allan Macmillan Mal Peet Marie-Louise Jensen Michael Gerard Bauer Moray Council Libraries Morris Gleitzman Murder Mystery My Lockdown Books Norway Nosy Crow O Douglas Paul Dowswell Pavilion Books Peebles Prince Edward Island School Stories Scotland Sea Second World War Tom Palmer Travel Travel By the Book Vienna What On Earth Books Youth Libraries Group
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Home
  • Contact
  • About
  • More From Me!
  • Who is Jane?
  • Podcast
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Pictures and Conversations
    • Join 89 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Pictures and Conversations
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...