Posts Tagged ‘Polygon’
A moving journey of travels around the world
60 Degrees North – Around the World in Search of Home is written from the personal memoirs of Malachy Tallack’s travels. Tallack’s story is brave and honest, while also deeply moving. Although his physical journey is fascinating, it is through his emotional journey that he manages to overcome his feelings of isolation and grief, and grow to love…
Read MoreA satirical look at what we value in modern culture
The Brilliant & Forever is an unusual novel draws the reader through its satirical looking glass into a recognisable but not-quite-familiar world. On a small island populated entirely by writers, the annual Brilliant and Forever Festival is a focal point in the calendar. Its stakes are glory or ignominy. Who will be chosen by the…
Read MoreDiscovering the secret of Thunder Bay
Reporter Rebecca Connolly – who lives on the fictional Scottish island of Stoirm – senses a story coming on when Roddie Drummond returns to the island. Fifteen years, previously, he he was charged with the murder of his lover, Mhairi. Returning for his mother’s funeral, Roddie’s whereabouts have remained a mystery since he was last…
Read MoreNovel with lost souls on the Portobello coast
Set on Portobello’s coast, It Takes One to Know One is a heart-warming yet harrowing story, embellished with Isla Dewar’s needle-sharp humour and effortless narrative gift for storytelling. The tale is based around Charlie Gavin, the lost and hopeless founder of the Be Kindly Missing Person’s Bureau whose mission is to find other lost souls…
Read More