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Following Literary Trails in Scotland: Edinburgh…

 

 

Edinburgh Advocate's Close © 2006 Scotiana

To discover literary Edinburgh, you have to walk it, defying Robert Louis Stevenson’s “bleak winds” and exploring Dorothy Wordsworth’s “passes of dark stone”, simply because there is no other way of penetrating the ancient wynds, closes and creeper-ridden burial grounds of this city, whose literary […]

August 22nd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors, Books, Edinburgh | Leave a comment

Inspector Sweeney, a new Scottish detective in Edinburgh…

 

(Keltia n° 23 – juin/août 2012 – Editions du Nemeton)

Open on my desk, at the very page of the article I’m going to write about today, lies the new issue of Keltia, one of my favourite French magazines which I’ve already mentioned in Scotiana. Indeed, I wrote an […]

June 13th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Celtic Culture, Detective Novels | Leave a comment

Google Doodles Celebrating Scotland…

Hi Mairiuna!

It was truly a pleasure to read your last post triggered by Google Doodle’s commemoration of the 220th birth anniversary of Gioachino Rossini. The music was such a joy to hear!

Gioachino Rossini – Google Doodle- 29 February 2012

Thanks for sharing such great insights about Rossini and the nature of his […]

March 18th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors, Books, Google Doodles, Robert Louis Stevenson | Leave a comment

The Golden Bough by J.G. Frazer – Cover Art Design by Peter Goodfellow

As you all know by now, I’m a long time fan of anything and everything related to Unicorns, be it in literature or in any other form or shape.

So when Sir James George Frazer’s book titled The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, landed on my doorstep, I was more than enthusiast […]

February 7th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Books, Folk Tales & Mysteries, lllustrators | One comment

Discover Scottish Landscapes and Wildlife with Nature Lovers…

 

The Scots Magazine January 2012

Hi everybody,

I’m always looking forward to receiving The Scots Magazine. Its covers are generally gorgeous and its wee size allows me to take it with me in the tram. Indeed, so deeply immersed I often get in my reading that I soon forget where I’m going […]

January 19th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Scottish Landscapes, Scottish Wildlife | Leave a comment
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