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I’m a collector of children’s books. My particular interest is girls’ books from the mid twentieth century, but I also have a more general collection of books from about 1850 to now. I love reading books, meeting their authors and sharing them with others. I freelance as a children’s book specialist, blogging, reviewing, writing articles, working with authors to promote their books and doing bits and pieces for BBC Scotland. I'm a regular at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, chairing panels and interviewing authors.Podcasts
The Colour of Reading
Published: April 5, 2021, 11:10 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds
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Oi Cat! by Kes Gray and Jim Field
Published: April 2, 2021, 10:39 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 3 seconds
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One Button Benny and the Gigantic Catastrophe by Alan Windram
Published: April 2, 2021, 12:17 a.m.Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
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The Mapmakers Race by Eirlys Hunter
Published: March 25, 2021, 11:42 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 38 seconds
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Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird
Published: March 24, 2021, 11:37 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 24 seconds
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Armistice Runner by Tom Palmer
Published: March 23, 2021, 11:45 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
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The Key to Flambards by Linda Newbery
Published: March 23, 2021, 12:42 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds
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Sputniks Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Published: March 21, 2021, 3:33 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Published: March 20, 2021, 8:10 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
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The Great Revolt by Paul Dowswell
Published: March 18, 2021, 10:52 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 2 seconds
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Ishmael by Michael Gerard Bauer
Published: March 17, 2021, 2:45 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
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The Children of Swallow Fell by Julia Green
Published: March 16, 2021, 11:11 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
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Molly Hilton: Library Assistant by Bertha Lonsdale
Published: March 13, 2021, 11:56 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 15 seconds
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Travels of a Nursery Nurse by Beatrice Lloyd
Published: March 12, 2021, 10:57 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 49 seconds
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Two Young Missionaries: Celia and Margaret in Africa
Published: March 11, 2021, 11:39 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 17 seconds
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Amanda in Floristry by Jane Sheridan
Published: March 11, 2021, 2:34 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 12 seconds
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Hester: Ships Officer by Valerie Baxter
Published: March 10, 2021, 12:43 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 45 seconds
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June Grey: Fashion Student by Lorna Lewis
Published: March 8, 2021, 11:53 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
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Jane: Young Author by Valerie Baxter
Published: March 8, 2021, 12:22 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 43 seconds
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Sarah Joins the WRAF by Shirley Darbyshire
Published: March 6, 2021, 11:07 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 9 seconds
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Air Hostess Ann by Pamela Hawken
Published: March 6, 2021, 12:48 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 7 seconds
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Janet Carr: Journalist by Josephine Kamm
Published: March 4, 2021, 10:36 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 9 seconds
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Margaret Becomes a Doctor by Joan Llewelyn Owens
Published: March 4, 2021, 1:03 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 37 seconds
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Helen Dore Boylston
Published: March 3, 2021, 1:13 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 17 seconds
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Suffragette: the battle for equality by David Roberts
Published: March 3, 2021, 12:25 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds
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Wave by Paul Dowswell
Published: March 2, 2021, 12:28 a.m.Duration: 1 minute 3 seconds
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Exposure by Mal Peet
Published: Feb. 27, 2021, 11:22 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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More Desert Island Books
Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 3:27 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 58 seconds
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The Light Between Worlds by Laura Weymouth
Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 1:07 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 42 seconds
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Comfort Reading: The Big Three
Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 12:44 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 57 seconds
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A Sense of Community and Place
Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 2:40 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 33 seconds
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What's in a Name?
Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 2:33 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 31 seconds
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How It All Began
Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 12:25 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 48 seconds
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Dorita Fairlie Bruce's Song of the Clyde
Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 11:03 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 19 seconds
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