Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize Shortlist: Q&A With Doug Johnstone

Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize Shortlist: Q&A With Doug Johnstone

Any one who has been following the blog for some time will know that there are two things I really do like quite a lot. 1 - Orenda Books, and 2 - Bloody Scotland Crime Fiction Festival. Sadly Bloody Scotland isn't going ahead in its usual format this year due to the ongoing pandemic, but [...]

A Year of Orenda – Maria In The Moon by Louise Beech

A Year of Orenda – Maria In The Moon by Louise Beech

Beech Week Day two of Beech Week and today I'm looking back at the beautiful but melancholic Maria In the Moon. What I love most about Louise Beech's writing is that you genuinely never know what you are going to get. This is one woman who will not be pigeonholed into a genre and Maria [...]