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The Good Books, Eliza Chan: ‘Fantasy can mean so much more than what’s 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...

Was This the Box That Sealed Mary, Queen of Scots’ Fate?
Was This the Box That Sealed Mary, Queen of Scots’ Fate? The silver casket behind 450 years of intrigue to go on display in Stirling for...

The Good Books, Andrés N. Ordorica: ‘I have held onto The Wind in the Willows since I was a child, it’s a magical reading experience’
Andrés N. Ordorica on love, poetry and how James Baldwin continues to inspire him. The first book I remember reading: I don’t quite think...

The Good Books, Gordon J. Brown: ‘Stephen King nearly got me fired from my job as a bar man because I couldn’t 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...