Reviews
Stewart Ennis
Blessed Assurance
Whether Ennis is attempting to mock religion or convert people to it is unclear but the book is certainly a colourful portrayal of life in the 1960s
Dark Nights, Dark Deeds; Death in Grantown: The Wee Crime Festival
Visitors to Grantown’s independent bookshop, The Bookmark, find a warm welcome for the town’s 7th crime fiction festival.
Shaun Bythell
Confessions of a Bookseller
Life as a bookseller back under the microscope in Bythell’s follow-up which will have readers flocking to Wigtown
Julie Mayhew
Impossible Causes
Mysterious and evocative literary thriller is a tale of two halves with one half better than the other
Kirsty Logan
Things We Say in the Dark
Logan’s distinct voice is marked by a perverse originality in this nightmarish collection of short stories
A. J. Cronin – The Citadel
The novel that inspired the NHS is as relevant today as it was when written
Alistair Moffat
To the Island of Tides
Renowned author’s intimate pilgrimage and in-depth depiction of Saint Cuthbert
Ambrose Parry
The Art of Dying
Writing duo find a winning balance with their second historical crime novel
Notre Dame de Paris aka The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Multi-skilled performers deliver a visually stunning interpretation of a French classic
Christopher A Whatley
Pabay: An Island Odyssey
A story of the hard realities of trying to survive on a small island
Story Builders
Discover the building blocks to make your own stories in the hands of Interactive Storytelling Collective
Mary Paulson-Ellis
The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing
A mystery novel in the most classic sense which despite slight stumbles retains a charm