Jackson Brodie’s tour of Edinburgh
Jackson goes to the book festival! In the book ‘One Good Turn’, Kate Atkinson of course features a lot of the action in and around the book festival and the…
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A tour of Edinburgh in book covers
I thought I would take you on a short tour of some sights in Edinburgh as depicted on book covers. There are more but I just wanted to keep near…
The Jackson Brodie tour of Edinburgh
Many of you will have read at least one book by Kate Atkinson – especially her Jackson Brodie series which has been a very successful television series too. Well, having…
Meet the author – Tan Twan Eng
Meet the author Tan Twan Eng came to Waterstones recently to showcase his amazing novels set in Malaysia and Asia . His books have been shortlisted for the Man Book Prize 2012 and…
A road trip via books 1
The UK’s Guardian newspaper recently ran an article on 100 cultural figures as they reveal what books are most meaningful to them – the books that shaped their outlook on life…
