“Another new young author, “Gordon Daviot”, the pen-name of a woman writer who is likely to do big things…” I was delighted to receive a Gordon Daviot / Josephine Tey gift in the post the other day: a copy of The Stage from April 1933, containing a review of her first play Richard of Bordeaux. … More “The Stage”, April 1933
I have recently updated and added some new work to the Writing page – please click on the link and have a look around. And here is one bonus link, to the new website for Inverness’ Victorian Market. This page features my poem for the market, which I’ve talked about on this blog before. As … More links
The university I went to in Canada, Dalhousie, is celebrating its 200th anniversary, and as part of that they are highlighting famous alumni – this literary one caught my eye: https://alumni.dal.ca/dalhousie-originals/lucy-maud-montgomery/ Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of “Anne of Green Gables”, went to Dalhousie University for one year. She later fictionalised some of her experiences … More LM Montgomery and the Dalhousie Gazette
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 