Scottish authors
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Never believe the weather report ~ The sun shines in Scotland too, you know!
Friends from down south come to visit us in Fife, or travel with us further north or west, but we often hear the phrase ‘We don’t come to Scotland for the weather.’ We get phone calls invariably asking, ‘what’s the weather like?’ We can almost hear the disappointment or lack of belief when we say…
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I’m excited to share with you a Scottish Poet ~ Pauline Prior – Pitt
Having just returned from a memorable trip to the Outer Hebrides ~ the island of Barra via Oban, then on to South Uist and back from Lochboisdale to Mallaig ~ I am excited to share with you Pauline Prior – Pitt. I bought ‘be an angel’ in the new Kildonan Centre. This is an interesting…
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A Salt Splashed Cradle by Chris Longmuir
I met Chris in the craft tent at Glamis Castle Vehicle Extravaganza and after a chat I bought a signed copy of this book. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read, all the more so because I am gradually exploring Scotland and will be heading to Montrose in a few weeks. Chris’s colourful description of the…
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Scottish Author Book review ~ A Darker Domain by Val McDermid
This is a multi layered crime / mystery, with flashbacks to the time of the tumultuous miners’ strike in Fife, as DI Karen Pirie works to solve two seemingly very different cold cases. Meanwhile Bel Richmond, a freelance journalist, finds a sinister poster and some blood stains in an abandoned villa near where she is…
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A Birthday Party al fresco in the January Sunshine
On Wednesday we went back to the roots of our Scottish adventure and our total change of life’s experience. A little bird told us that it was Moira’s birthday and though The Wee Shoppe is not usually open on a Wednesday there were whispers that there was going to be a wee celebration. The Wee…
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Scottish Author ~ Book Review ~ Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
Today’s book review takes us back in time to an author who has long left this earth and yet her compelling words live on in the mountains of Scotland which she called home. Scottish Author Review ~ Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd What magical prose! This little white book caught my eye whilst browsing in…
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Scottish Author ~ Book Review ~ The Queen’s Grace by Nigel Tranter
I was introduced to the works of Nigel Tranter when discussing Scottish Literature with Alex at The Wee Shoppe in Kinghorn; if fact I borrowed several of Nigel Tranter’s books from Alex. The Queen’s Grace, is but one of those books, which I have recently reread. Tranter was proficient in the skill of weaving credible and…
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Scottish Author ~ Book Review ~ Shadows in the Stone by Diane Lyn Mc Gyver
An adult fantasy of dwarfs, elves, half castes and hauflins. A tale of love between adopted daughter and father Corporal Darrow, but also his unexpected unrequited passion for Alaura, a half breed enchantress who aids Darrow in bringing up Isla in Aruam Castle. All is not harmony at the castle as the balance in society…