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Scottish Books for Christmas: in the name of trees and bears!

 

 

Ye Olde Christmas 145 Canongate The Royal Mile Edinburgh © 2012 Scotiana

 

Dear readers,

No more sweeties… the little candles which had given life to the eyes of our plump red-cheeked pumpkin have gone out and the witches and weird creatures have vanished in the cold spooky night of Halloween. […]

Travelling with my Kindle AND with my books…

 

(Old luggage at Arley railway station on the Severn Valley Railway – Wikimedia)

Hi everybody!

As we are spending a few days away in the family, I’m busy preparing our luggage but on the eve of our departure I feel, as I always do on such occasions, very frustrated not […]

Books from the croft at Two Ravens Press on the Isle of Lewis

 

Ferry to the Outer Hebrides Oban-Barra © 2004 Scotiana

Hi everybody,

Before resuming our virtual ‘Journey around Scotland‘, let me tell you a few words about the titles I’ve just added to my summer reading list for whether we are going to take our favourite books with us on the beach, on […]

Scottish Top Authors share their favourite reads…

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Mairiuna, I just stumbled upon an article in the Scotsman online magazine that compiles a list of top Scottish authors’ favourite books for the year 2012.

In all, 44 authors contributed to this project. Wow… Ain’t it exciting to find out what our best authors reads are?

So happy to find on the list […]

Great Scottish books to read by the fireside…

Source : Le coffre aux images de Kate

 

As Father Christmas is already driving his heavily loaded reindeer-drawn sleigh across the icy territories of his faraway country I’m very busy preparing the festivities of the end of the Year, dreaming of a vivifying walk in the countryside or […]