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Children's author Alison Murray.

The Good Books, Alison Murray: ‘I keep trying to read in bed but it doesnā€™t work for me, I just fall asleep’

Children's author Alison Murray on falling in love with dogs after reading A Hundred and One Dalmatians, her passion for essays and why she can't...
Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson.

Edinburgh Book Festival: Salman Rushdie, Alan Cumming, Richard Osman, Dolly Alderton and Matt Haig lead line-up

Salman Rushdie, Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Richard Osman, Dolly Alderton and Matt Haig will star at this yearā€™s Edinburgh International Book Festival. New festival director,...
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The Good Books, Mike Billett: ‘As a child I loved reading books about animals’

Whisky connoisseur, Mike Billett on reading at The National Library of Scotland, growing up on Winnie The PoohĀ and why Moby-DickĀ is a book that has 'everything'....
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The Good Books, Sara Sheridan: ‘The trick is finding books that engage your brain. A good book is a brain workout’

Sara Sheridan on being inspired by Alasdair Gray, reading Wuthering Heights at just ten-years-old and why Lord Byron wasn't a 'romantic'.   The first book...
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The Good Books, Andrew O’Hagan: ‘When I was eight I discovered Peter Pan – and was thunderstruck’

The Booker Prize nominated author on becoming engrossed in the King James Bible as a child, why he always recommends The Strange Case of Dr...
Elisabeth Ingram Wallace.

Glencairn Glass: Read the runner up in this year’s crime short story competition

Elisabeth Ingram Wallace is the runner-up in this year's Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition with The Strange Sheep of Greshornish. It's a sinister tale...