BOOKS

The Good Books, Mairi Kidd: ‘I didnāt finish Terry Pratchettās last book, I couldnāt bear the thought there would be no more’
Author and Director of The Saltire Society Mairi Kidd on the best book she's read this year, her childhood memories of reading and the authors...

The Good Books, Eliza Chan: ‘Fantasy can mean so much more than whatās on the surface’
Eliza Chan on the best book she has read this year, why she could never finish Ulysses and her writing inspirations. The first book...

The Good Books, AndrĆ©s N. Ordorica: ‘I have held onto The Wind in the Willows since I was a child, it’s a magical reading experience’
AndrĆ©s N. Ordorica on love, poetry and how James Baldwin continues to inspire him.Ā The first book I remember reading: I donāt quite think...

The Good Books, Gordon J. Brown: ‘Stephen King nearly got me fired from my job as a bar man because I couldnāt put his books down’
Founder of crime writing festival Bloody Scotland, Gordon J. Brown, talks about his love of Stephen King, why he could never finish Lord of the...