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The Good Books, Jenni Fagan: ‘I found Alice Walker at a really pivotal moment in my reading life’

Author and poet Jenni Fagan on finding her love of reading as a child, being inspired by Alice Walker and the book she always recommends....
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The Good Books, Angie Spoto: ‘I re-read The Hobbit and fell in love with it all over again’

Angie Spoto on the book she recommends to everyone, reading the books of her childhood to her son, and her favourite place to read.Ā   ...
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The couple who gambled everything to become Wigtown bookshop owners

Joyce Cochrane had just discovered she was pregnant when she and her partner Ian gave up their jobs and moved from Edinburgh to revive a...
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The Good Books, J.D. Oswald: ‘Realising you can stop reading something you don’t enjoy and pick up something else is liberating’

J.D. Oswald on his memories of reading as a child, how he doesn't enjoy Dickens and becoming addicted to audiobooks.Ā    The first book I...
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Shortlist announced for Bloody Scotland 2024 McIlvanney Prize

The shortlist for the 2024 McIlvanney Prize at Stirlingā€™s crime writing festival has been revealed. The prestigious award, named in honour of the iconic late...
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The Good Books, Catherine Hokin: ‘I come from a working class background which prized education, our house was full of books’

Catherine Hokin on the books of her childhood, her best books of the year so far, and reading in rainy Glasgow.   The first book...


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