
GHOSTS, BOOKS, AND THE ISLE OF IONA
Our very own Fran Brady recently gave a talk on the beautiful isle of Iona. Her book, The Ghost of Erraid is set on Iona and Mull in the...

FRANCES GAY LIVES ON
A Scottish cultural icon appeared at the recent Tidelines Book Festival! Or rather, his current incarnation did. David McLaughlan has...

RITCHIE'S WINS
If you are going to celebrate winning an award as an independent bookshop, you might as well celebrate with customers and cake! Gillian...

LOVE TO LAOS
Janice Andrews, author of It's All About Jesus, has a new book out. As if that wasn't wonderful enough, all the profits go towards...

BLESSED ARE... THE WRITING PROMPTS 4
I don't think we got any responses to our last Beatitudes-inspired writing prompt. I should have expected that, though. It was "Blessed...

AUTUMN COMP CORRECTION
Many of you will have received the (late) Summer WordWise by now. For some, it should be appearing in your e-mail in-box soon....

BLESSED ARE THE MEEK
Okay, so we can move on past "Blessed are those who mourn." It was always going to be a difficult topic, but it did produce one...

BEAUTY FROM BROKENNESS
Using the Beautitudes to inspire writing takes us into some difficult areas - like Blessed ar those who mourn. Of course, our experiences...

BLESSED ARE... THE WRITING PROMPTS 2
We had some wonderful responses from our first "Blessed are the..." writing prompt. Poetry rather than prose. But, inspiration strikes...

BEING A WRITING COMMUNITY
It's an ad for a book, but she addresses an important issue, and one that was raised at our last committee meeting. How do we ensure our...