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The Good Books, Ali Millar: ‘Iā€™ve tried and tried to get into Jane Austen, but I just canā€™t’

Ali Millar on her best books of the year, why she can't get into Jane Austen and being inspired by Rachel Cusk.   The first...
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More than 100,000 people attended this yearā€™s Edinburgh International Book Festival

More than 100,000 people attended this yearā€™s Edinburgh International Book Festival, with ticket and book sales significantly up on previous years. Future Tense, the first...
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The Good Books, MargaretĀ McDonald: ‘Jackie Kay is my absolute idol’

MargaretĀ McDonald on her love of The Hunger Games, her favourite books of the year so far, and falling in love with Jackie Kay.Ā    The...
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The Good Books, Lydia Travers: ‘Agatha Christie and anyone from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an inspiration’

Lydia Travers on her love of historical novels, her favourite books of the year so far, and being inspired by Agatha Christie.   The first...
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Children’s book review: The Highland Cowgirl and The Great Aukā€™s Great Escape

Izzy Alexander takes a look at two new children's picture books by debut author Louisa MacDougall.   The Highland Cowgirl by Louisa MacDougall is a...
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The Good Books, Daniel Aubrey: ‘I started writing crime fiction because of Harlan Coben. Damn, that man can write a plot twist’

Daniel Aubrey has been shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize with his crime fiction novel, Dark Island.Ā    The first book I remember reading:...


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