Bringing the suffering of war to life for today’s children
Popular children's author David MacPhail tells Caroline Lindsay about working with his writer mother on a poignant book for the Armistice
View ArticlePeace in the mountains: memoirs of a hillwalker
Author and artist Jack Harland has captured his passion for hillwalking in a new book, discovers Caroline Lindsay
View ArticleWriting is the best medicine for author Conner
Author Conner McAleese tells Caroline Lindsay how writing has helped harness his anxiety and the woman who inspired his new book.
View ArticleCelebrating Jim Stewart: the Dundee poet who paid attention
They say he’s one of the best poets you’ve never heard of – or, more accurately, have not yet heard of – and the publication of a collection of poetry by Jim Stewart is as much a testimony to love,...
View ArticleAuthor interview: Robin A Crawford
When Robin Crawford and his wife Angie were walking on the Isle of Lewis, a tractor came past with a trailer full of peat.
View ArticleWriting her own crime novel is a real thrill for Lucy Foley
Describing herself as “a bit of a poacher-turned-gamekeeper”, Lucy Foley explains how she came to writing from reading.
View ArticleFrom the horse’s mouth: Mungo the horse helps with language skills
A unique new picture book for children means it can be enjoyed at the same time as helping their language skills. Caroline Lindsay finds out more
View ArticleCrime writer Doug Johnstone: “Inspiration is all around me”
Doug Johnstone admits he had a rather strange, circuitous route to becoming an author. Growing up in Arbroath, he went to Edinburgh University to study physics, eventually getting a PhD in nuclear...
View ArticleAuthor Lisa Jewell followed her dream
Best-selling author Lisa Jewell tells Caroline Lindsay how her writing career began
View Article‘There are too many tortured detectives out there’, says crime writer Claire...
Crime writer Claire MacLeary tells Michael Alexander about her latest book ahead of its launch in St Andrews and Dundee.
View ArticleLife of crime ‘not worth it’, says Dundonian bodyguard turned author who...
Dundonian Mike Carr tells Michael Alexander why he has decided to write a book about his real-life experiences of facing potential death in the criminal underworld.
View ArticleTalk in Dundee by son of historic early flight pioneer
The son of a flying pioneer who made the first flight from Britain to India will give a talk on his ancestor in Dundee.
View ArticleAuthor explores crossover between fantasy of Game of Thrones and reality of...
Author David Weinczok tells Michael Alexander how his new book explores the crossover between the fantasy of Game of Thrones and real-life Scottish history.
View ArticleA life of crime has paid off for internationally-renowned thriller writer...
Author Jeffery Deaver tells Caroline Lindsay what drew him to crime writing in the first place.
View ArticleArabs Away: Tangerine dreams of Dundee United supporters celebrated in new book
Michael Alexander spoke to the author of a new book that celebrates the highs and lows of Dundee United fans’ away days.
View ArticleA leap into the wild: The secret life of the mountain hare
Wildlife photographer Andy Howard gets up close and personal to the mysterious mountain hare in his new book.
View ArticleNew book tells incredible story of football megastars Claudio Caniggia and...
It was one of the most remarkable periods in Scottish football when two world superstars played at Dens Park - and “even the Hand of God was in Dundee’s corner”.
View ArticleAuthor interview: Joe Heap
Imagine being blind for most of your life and then, thanks to surgery, suddenly being able to see. It would be the most wonderful thing in the world, right?
View Article“I’ve got to get to the essence of the thing I’m writing about,” says poet...
Perthshire poet Margaret Gillies Brown turns 90 next month. Gayle Ritchie learns of a life very well lived...
View ArticleMemories of the changing face of Dundee’s waterfront are revealed
Memories of the changing face of Dundee waterfront have been drawn together in a project to preserve the past.
View Article
