Celebrating Mrs Shakespeare
Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell Maggie O’Farrell is a skilled writer, deft in expressing the joys and sorrows of family life, and no less so in …
Books
Book reviews by local author Liz Treacher.
A journey to the wild side
Bear Witness, by Mandy Haggith Bear Witness, by the Scottish writer Mandy Haggith, was published by Saraband in 2013, but there is a passion for …
Hope springs eternal
Spring, by Ali Smith Ali Smith was born in Inverness and her writing is still profoundly influenced by Scotland. In her latest novel, the plot …
A gripping read for the dark winter nights
As this is my first book review for the Kyle Chronicle, I wanted to feature a book by a local author: Helen Sedgwick’s second novel The Growing Season