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Posted on August 30, 2020

Some Further Thoughts on DFB

In my less realistic and rational moments (I can't actually write and I don't own the copyright) I imagine writing a follow on novel for…

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Posted on August 29, 2020

Some Fan Fiction

Regular readers of this blog will have been unable to avoid the revelation that my favourite mid twentieth century writer is Dorita Fairlie Bruce. I…

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Posted on July 28, 2020March 19, 2021

Elizabeth Wein

I only meant, last night, to read the first few pages of The Enigma Game to get a feel for it but I ended up…

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Posted on July 27, 2020April 2, 2021

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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Posted on June 16, 2020

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…

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Posted on June 13, 2020

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…

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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…

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Posted on May 23, 2020May 23, 2020

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…

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Posted on May 19, 2020

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…

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Posted on May 17, 2020

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.…

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