Val McDermid’s new book “Broken Ground” is out now, and I would highly recommend it… a new Karen Pirie thriller, it also has a Josephine Tey connection, as you can see if you look at the acknowlegements. Val McDermid wrote the Foreword for my biography “Josephine Tey: A Life”, where she said “Jennifer Morag Henderson’s … More Val McDermid & Josephine Tey
I will be speaking about my biography of Josephine Tey on the evening of Friday 23rd November at the Pentlands Book Festival. The venue is (perhaps aptly for a crime writer!) Porteous Funeral Parlour in Juniper Green, which is on the 44 bus route from Edinburgh. The event starts at 7:30pm. Details of how to … More Pentlands Book Festival
It’s the end of August, and the end of what has been a very sunny summer. A lot of book festivals and events happen in the autumn (and I have a couple of fun events coming up soon), but the big Edinburgh International Book Festival has just finished. I managed along to listen to three … More two days at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Josephine Tey (Beth MacKintosh) was born on 25th July 1896 – so last Wednesday was the 122nd anniversary of her birth. Recently, I met up with writer SG MacLean to talk about Josephine Tey’s books, ahead of a talk she is doing on historical fiction and politics – check out her Instagram here. Beth, the … More birthdays
The scaffolding is down from Josephine Tey’s family shop on Castle Street in Inverness – though the building now has what look like giant staples in it to keep it together. Castle Street has changed a lot since Josephine Tey’s day – originally, there were shops on both sides of the street, but a landslide on … More Castle street
Jennifer Morag Henderson 