A fool on a hill

  A couple of months ago, a friend put me onto a detective series by a writer I hadn't heard of, Louise Penny. They're set in Canada...

 I first came across Elif Shafak when I was listening to an online talk last year from the Hay Festival. She was on a panel with Philippe Sa...

 I've just read that Kathleen Jamie has been named as the new makar (national poet) for Scotland. I met Kathleen a couple of years ago o...

You can probably just about see from this picture that this is a well-worn book. You'll see it even better from the picture below: one p...

  The first thing to be said about this book is that it is very, very beautiful. The photograph doesn't actually do it justice: the cove...

This book was written for children - but that certainly doesn't mean it should only be read by children. It's original and captivati...

Dear readers!  I've often felt a little bit sad that although I get readers on this blog, I never seem to get any comments. But I've...