Aisling McGuire
@aisling1105
Aisling is currently Assistant Head of Year at The Edinburgh Academy and is qualified to teach Secondary English, Dance, Learning Support and Primary. She has just finished writing her first book which she is in the process of editing and is a regular features writer for the Times Educational Supplement. When not reading, teaching, writing or at the theatre she can often be found at the gym or out running and recently completed her first Sprint Triathlon.
Reviews: 245
Other Articles: 17
Coward: Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It
A refreshing approach on anxiety best designed to be dipped in and out of
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Plenty of punch and sass but missing that infectious number you just can’t get out of your head
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Delighted audience are magically transported into a tale as old as time
balletLORENT: The Lost Happy Endings
A wonderful lesson in storytelling through the magic of fairytales
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Enthusiasts and novices alike appreciate the mastery of both the music and the musicians
Dàimh
Lively folk tunes blend with slow Gaelic laments in this fusion of traditional and contemporary sound
Duncan Chisholm
Traditional sounds played with solemnity and passion allow audience and artist to reflect on the current times
Woke
Two narratives explore how ‘woke’ America has really become in the space of forty years
Lesley Lokko
Soul Sisters
Well-crafted novel spans ninety years of secrets and political ambitions which threaten to destroy a relationship
Elle Connel
Down by the Water
All is not quite as it seems when seven ‘hens’ descend on a Scottish castle, one of them eager for revenge
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Daughters of Night
Twists and turns just keep on coming in this triumphant historical crime thriller
Louise Kennedy
The End of the World is a Cul de Sac
Everyday lives explored but not concluded in this short story collection by award-winning writer
Colin Bramwell
The Highland Citizenship Test
Poetry with both poignancy and humour not as rooted in the Highlands as might be supposed
Lisa Harding
Bright Burning Things
Deeply poetic novel with similarities to Booker Prize winning Shuggie Bain
Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish
Clanlands
A journey through the history of the Scottish Highlands perfectly served with a dash of whisky and a dollop of humour
Shaun Bythell
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Scotland’s grumpiest bookseller puts his customers under the microscope in latest hilarious offering
Alexander McCall Smith
In a Time of Distance
Prolific fiction writer turns his hand to poetry with some beautifully worded reflections on life
