Reviews
Adam Kay
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
Kay delights readers once more with tales from the hospital wards at the most wonderful time of year
Billy Connolly
Tall Tales and Wee Stories
Hilarious tales capture the essence of legendary Scottish comic
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
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