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In Wigtown’s Oldest Bookshop A Very Old Storyteller Introduces Ghost Stories Writers

“The strange human craving for the pleasure of feeling afraid….”

(Virginia Woolf – The Common Reader)

In The Book Shop (Wigtown, Scotland)

We’re not of the kind to discriminate against anybody, so let us share our readings with this old guy relaxing in his armchair, or… is it […]

September 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

Women detectives in Scottish crime fiction with Wilkie Collins & Alexander McCall Smith

Wilkie Collins

The first Scottish fictional female detective, Valeria, created by Wilkie Collins, back in 1875, in his book titled The Law and the Lady was all about attacking the “Not Proven” verdict that still exists today in Scotland laws.

It is quite surprising Mairiuna, that Wilkie Collins had a great success with […]

August 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

Scottish Crime Fiction Gallery: David Ashton and French guest, Fred Vargas

How amazing! Our blog seems to possess a life of its own now, with its authors sometimes desperately trying to follow it ! There are so many roads opening everywhere that we sometimes feel as if lost in a labyrinth. Mind you ! That’s the kind of thing that may well happen to you if […]

August 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | 2 comments

The Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective

Christopher Brookmyre at Sherlock Award Ceremony

The Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective? Sure Mairiuna, it is with great pleasure that I will talk more about it, especially that information on this very unique literary award is not easily gathered online. Furthermore, it is rather confusing as they are several categories.

I first […]

August 10th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

Christopher Brookmyre’s Pandaemonium Book Launch at The Mitchell Library Theatre

Christopher Brookmyre – Scottish Crime Fiction Novelist

There is so much to say and so much going on at The Mitchell Library in Glasgow that I will, Mairiuna, stay in the building for another blog post.

Especially so, that there will be a Book Launch this month in the Mitchell Library Theatre, for […]

August 5th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | 2 comments
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