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Scotiana’s Books for Christmas: The Great Tapestry of Scotland

 

Christmas decorations at our local garden centre © 2015 Scotiana

Dear readers,

I’d better hurry if I want to give you one or two more ideas of books to offer at Christmas for we can already hear the merry sound of the jingle bells of Santa Claus’s sleigh. We are leaving […]

December 22nd, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Books | 2 comments

Scotiana’s Books for Christmas: Alistair Moffat’s Scotland

 

Santa’s Sleigh, part of a display in Glasgow – Wikimedia

Dear readers,

The book I’ve chosen today for our Christmas selection is Scotland, A History from Earliest Times by Alistair Moffat. It is the author’s last published book and a very good choice for people who love Scotland and more especially the […]

December 20th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

Scotiana’s Books for Christmas: “The Coming of The Unicorn”

Gather the bairns and the grown folk and set sail for a fine collection of Scottish tales retold by a master storyteller!

Williamson was celebrated for a lifetime of traveling the byways of Scotland, collecting and telling tales. In these 18 stories, broonies, fairies and, of course, a unicorn cross paths with common folk […]

December 16th, 2015 | Tags: , , , | Category: Books, Folk Tales & Mysteries | Leave a comment

Scotiana’s Books for Christmas: Jules Verne’s Scotland

 

Wigtown quotation in The Bookshop © 2006 Scotiana

 

‘A mind amongst books, like fire in the heather’

 

Wigtown The Bookshop © 2007 Scotiana

Books ! Books ! Books !

Wigtown, the famous Scottish book town situated in Dumfries & Galloway,

is […]

December 15th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

Scotiana’s Books for Christmas: “Darker Ends”

Christmas funfair in George Square Glasgow – Photo Thomas Nugent

Dear readers,

Christmas time is quickly approaching now, so I’d better hurry to add a couple of books to Scotiana’s selection for Christmas. My problem is to choose among so many interesting books published in Scotland recently;-)

A Drop in the Ocean, […]

December 9th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Children's Literature | 2 comments
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