Showcasing Scottish Novel Debuts

There's nothing like watching a book go from idea, to page, to publication - even if you're simply standing in the shadows cheering the author on. This month sees the publication of two new novels, both from talented Scottish-based women, both set in Scotland: Ann Lilley brings us Vermillion Days, and from Sarah Clayton, comes The Wrong Daughter.

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Bhola's Children @ Special Olympics

After competing local ly and then nationally, Bhola's Children was invited to send five of our talented young athletes out to the Berlin Special Olympic as a part of Bangladesh delegation.

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More Writing, Less Custard

Getting to grips with social media is like pushing custard up a hill with a rake. It’s so slippery that you just get to grips with, say, Facebook and suddenly that’s passé and everyone in the know is on Insta. You’re still looking at that – and calling it Instagram – with suspicion, when the young and the bold are on TikTok (not to mention its BookTok, spin-off)...

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Reviewing Both Sides

Authors are constantly  - if with trepidation – seeking reviews for their published work. The longed-for 4 and 5* variety can be re-tweeted, re-posted, repeated, all helping to bump up social media visibility of a book and, with inexplicable algorithms, encouraging more sales.

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February's Writing Portfolio

If I were counting writerly success in amount of original fiction written, then February would be anunmitigated disaster – I’m guessing my word count would be far below zero, when I take editing into consideration.

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