Next Saturday, 7th March, I will be reading poetry at Rebel Row in Inverness, from 2-4pm, as part of an event they are holding for International Women’s Day. Rebel Row on Union Street in Inverness is the flagship store for Prickly Thistle mill. Their website with full event listings is here: https://pricklythistle.shop/pages/rebel-row-events, and you can … More Poetry Reading for International Women’s Day
Here are some of the interesting books I read in 2024: I don’t always keep a note of the books I read, but sometimes I do. I’ve blogged about favourite books in other years (here and here), and I’ve noticed that it’s always a popular post. I amn’t sharing any numbers (perhaps you’ve noticed that … More Books of 2024
I’ve been really pleased with the response to the installation of our blue plaque for Josephine Tey. Here is a wee round-up of some of the news coverage and responses: BBC online article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn3zl2drk0ko I was also interviewed for the BBC Radio Scotland Highlands & Islands news bulletins, who ran a short piece about the … More blue plaque – responses
Penguin have just reissued three of Josephine Tey’s crime novels in new paperback editions, with striking new cover design. I love how diverse the covers for Josephine Tey’s books are in their different editions. I originally read the small A format Penguin versions of her books, which belonged to my mum – the person who … More new Penguin editions of Tey novels
The new issue of Northwords Now magazine is out now, and I have an article in it profiling Clive Boutle of Francis Boutle Publishing. “From Rusty Staple to Highest Apple” looks at Francis Boutle’s publication of a new anthology of Scottish Gaelic literature, and goes deeper into their back catalogue of minority language publishing to … More Northwords Now Spring-Summer 2022
Jennifer Morag Henderson 