A novel telling the history of women and children coal bearers and miners in Craigmillar and Newcraighall.
It seems strange to recommend a book about the history of madness as a ‘page-turner’ but Lisa Appignanesi’s exploration of this subject covering the last two centuries and relating it to women in particular was a very absorbing and accessible read.
We were lucky enough to have Jackie Kay and Suzanne Bonnar at the library last night. Jackie was launching her new book Red Dust Road, and entertained about 100 of […]
Darling envisioned new ways of understanding illness, a patient administered poetic cure
I will always carry on reading now.
Sometimes I think my job can’t get any better – and then it does. On Sunday, Sue and I were lucky enough to be invited to look through Hannah Frank’s […]
I like this because it reminded me about the time I was looking to get an education years ago.
What with one thing and another, I only made it to one event at Aye Write this year, but did I pick a good one or what? Myself, Kay and Sue headed along to the Jackie Kay and Val McDermid reading last Sunday night. It was totally packed out, which made for a great atmosphere.
Takes a surprising selection of men from legend, literature and history, rewriting their tales from the wives’ perspectives
Not the most well-known of poets, but her original, thoughtful and affecting work Life makes you wonder why not.
