Elizabeth Wein
I only meant, last night, to read the first few pages of The Enigma Game to get a feel for it last but I ended…
One Button Benny and the Gigantic Catastrophe by Alan Windram
Benny, a cute and friendly robot, has one button that is to be pressed only in the event of an emergency. We've met Benny before…
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To the Festival
I have always known Edinburgh. I was born here and lived my first five years here. My Mum's parents lived in Musselburgh only a few…
Dorita Fairlie Bruce’s Song of the Clyde
If I ever had to make the decision to keep my entire collection of only one author, my choice would be Dorita Fairlie Bruce. I…
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…
My Lockdown Books: Sixty Seven
I reviewed all three books in Teresa Flavin's trilogy, mostly because I loved them and thought that they were well written but partly because I…
My Lockdown Books: Sixty One
I know I'm not alone in having had horrible experiences of being compelled to read books in primary school that I hated. But, hopefully, I'm…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Eight
Who to trust. What to believe. How to survive. These are the questions battering Jack Shian as he continues his quest to find his father.…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Two
I met Mollie Hunter a couple of times: once at a book festival I organised to mark the Carnegie Medal, held at the original Carnegie…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Nine
My sister wanted me to write about an Alexander McCall Smith book so here you are: School Ship Tobermory. It's the first in a series…
