Scottish authors
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‘The Italian Chapel’ by Philip Paris ~ Diana’s July book review
This book caught my eye in Waterstones because I’ve visited The Orkneys and the beautiful Italian Chapel, lovingly created by Italian prisoners of war in WW2. It was an act of true devotion. This book was well researched, filling in many details of the life of the men on the tiny island of Lamb Holm,…
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Diana’s May Review ~ The Stolen Hours by Karen Swan
This is the second of Karen Swan’s novels set on St Kilda at the time of the evacuation, each from the point of view of one of the island girls. This time it is Mhairi Mac Kinnon who is in need of a husband and she is whisked of to the nearby island of Harris…
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Introducing Friend and Fellow Author Hamish Brown
Author Hamish Brown joined Eventispress for possibly his last book, at nearly 90 years of age. Having no access to the internet, a PC or a mobile phone, he was at a loss as to what to do with his completed manuscript when Sandstone Press closed as a publishing company last year ( they sell…
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Diana’s May Review ~ The Stolen Hours by Karen Swan
This is the second of Karen Swan’s novels set on St Kilda at the time of the evacuation, each from the point of view of one of the island girls. This time it is Mhairi Mac Kinnon who is in need of a husband and she is whisked of to the nearby island of Harris…
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Introducing Friend and Fellow Author Hamish Brown
Author Hamish Brown has joined Eventispress for possibly his last book, at nearly 90 years of age. Having no access to the internet, a PC or a mobile phone, he was at a loss as to what to do with his completed manuscript when Sandstone Press closed as a publishing company last year ( they…
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Diana’s February Review ~The Private Life of Spies by Alexander McCall Smith
Following on from my last blog post, when a friend claimed on Facebook that I told him that I had been a spy over a few glasses of wine once upon a time (in fact he is a member if my husband’s rock n roll band), I was amused to see The Private Life of…
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Celebrating two Authors Born in Kirkcaldy ~ Val Mc Dermid and Andrew Fyall
TWO AUTHORS FROM KIRKCALDY Val Mc Dermid Val Mc Dermid is a well known author worldwide, Scottish but also celebrated in her home town of Kirkcaldy in fact she is seen regularly at Stack’s Park watching her home side Raith Rovers. Val McDemid is also a prolific tweeter engaging with her readers and twitter friends…
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Book Review ~ The Chessmen by Peter May
I bought the paperback of The Chessmen by Peter May at the Kildonan Museum in South Uist, a perfect place to pick up a novel set in the bleak but stunningly beautiful landscapes of The Outer Hebrides. Fin and his mates grew up together in the close knit communities of the island of Lewis, the…