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The Good Books, Natalie Jayne Clark: ‘I raced through Lessons in Chemistry, it’s sobering the amount of discrimination women still face today’

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Perthshire author Natalie Jayne Clark on the book she's most looking forward to, her love of Iain Banks and why Lessons in Chemistry is the...
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The Good Books, Alessandra Thom: ‘Daphne Du Maurier is a master of tension and atmosphere’

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Aberdeenshire author Alessandra Thom talks her books of the year, the authors who have inspired her and the books of her childhood.    The first...
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The Good Books, V. E .Schwab: ‘I’m a very reluctant DNF-er when it comes to reading’

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Best selling author V. E .Schwab was born in California and currently splits her time between Denver, Colorado and Edinburgh. She got her masters in...
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The Good Books, Foday Mannah: ‘I always recommend Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart, it’s a stunning novel’

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Foday Mannah on reading as a child, the author who has inspired him, what he's reading now.    The first book I remember reading: Children...
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Scottish author Val McDermid awarded an honorary degree from University of Edinburgh

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Scottish author Val McDermid has been awarded an honorary degree from University of Edinburgh. Originally from Kirkcaldy, Val is one of the UK’s most accomplished...
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The Good Books, David Goodman: ‘It’s a shameful thing to admit for an English Literature graduate, but I couldn’t get through Ulysses’

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David Goodman on not being able to get through Ulysses, how Iain Banks inspired him, and the books of his childhood.    The first book...
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