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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: ‘A Drop in the Ocean’

A Drop in the Ocean Polly Pullar Birlinn 2014

 

“A watercolour painting hangs above my bed. A treasured possession, it depicts a Hebridean shoreline: turquoise, black, grey and moody, a surging sea with foaming waves leads the eye to the distinct shapes of Rum’s forbidding peaks. In the foreground there […]

December 5th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

Great Scottish books and magazines for Christmas…

 

Dear readers,

Christmas trees are glittering everywhere in crowded city streets, in the heart of towns and villages, in big stores and tiny shops while we are still looking for the best ideas of gifts to put under the little Christmas tree which is waiting for us at home.

December 12th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

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. […]

November 20th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment