Category: Books
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Silver award for Rockfield Primary readers
Reading Schools is an accreditation programme for schools across Scotland that are committed to building a reading culture for their learners and communities
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Books we think you will love…
we have three books that ticked all the boxes for us and we hope you will love them just as much as we do.
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Tales of an Arran lass from the horse and cart era
Elizabeth Dale has published a memoir of life on the west coast of the island from the time before readily available electrical power and when horses were still the only form of transport.
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The Highland Bookshop: staff reviews for Christmas
Kelsey’s favourites were unexpected but utterly unputdownable! Edible Economics: The World in 17 Dishes by Ha-Joon Chang: Myth-busting, witty and thought-provoking, Edible Economics shows that getting to grips with the economy is like learning a recipe: if we understand it, we can change it – and, with it, the world. Of Cabbages and Kimchi: A…
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Tarbert Book Festival a real page turner
Some good books, interesting people and a fine glass of gin to round off the day, that sounds like a great way to spend tomorrow (Saturday). The Stonefield Castle plays host to the Tarbert Book Festival, which has been a highlight of the village’s festival programme since 2013. Wildlife writer and illustrator Jane Smith opens…
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Arran author pens Pods for Pigs
A new novel with the intriguing title, Pods for Pigs has been published by well-known Arran author, Gordon MacLeod.
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Lochgilphead consultant writes book of nursery rhymes
A Rhyme in Time is published by Norns Triad Publications in the United States.
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Library offers up a way with words for Book Week Scotland
Running from November 13-19 the Scottish Book Trust Book Week Scotland is being celebrated at the Kinloch Park venue with a poetry exhibition running all week and two poetry reading events taking place.
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New publication offers inspiration In This Season of Waiting
Wild Goose Publications has launched an inspiring addition to its list with Thom Shuman’s latest book.
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Inverlochy, Glenfinnan and Morar on Alistair Moffat’s war paths
Writer Alistair Moffat walks the battlefields upon which Highland clans fought in his new book War Paths.