My Lockdown Books: Thirty Six
Seriously Sassy is the first in a trilogy by Maggi Gibson. The books are bouncy and fun but touch on some serious issues. They're also…
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My Lockdown Books: Thirty Three
Maggie McKinley comes from a high-rise flat in one of Glasgow's overspill estates. James Fraser is from a town house in the Georgian New Town…
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…
My Lockdown Books: Twenty
When I was seventeen I went on a memorable family holiday. It turned out to be the last family holiday we had while my sister…
My Lockdown Books: Nineteen
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. …
My Lockdown Books: Sixteen
Three Girls and a Car was one of Mum's Sunday School prizes (for perfect attendance) and I first read it when I was about ten. …
My Lockdown Books: Twelve
The time has come, as you surely knew it would, for me to share this one from my collection. There's nothing random about Nancy Calls…
To the Edge of the World by Julia Green
To the Edge of the World is set on the west coast, in the Hebrides and beyond. It's the story of Jamie, recently returned to…
A Secret Diary of the First World War by Gill Arbuthnott
These past five years or so have been excellent for me. Over the years I have collected up as much fiction as I could set…
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Elizabeth Wein
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is drawing near and I am, once again, looking forward to introducing and chairing events. One of these is with…
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