There is a national saint for Scotland!  It’s a thing: Other UK nations have patron saints too (St George for England, St David for Wales ...

“Where do you get your ideas from?” It’s a question I get asked all the time – and I’m sure all authors do. And every time I get asked my mi...

I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of magical rings in natural environments. My interest might have been sparked by the strange ring ...

  What a can-do bunch the Victorians were! I decided to return to the Victorian age in my latest book Rivet Boy for a whole lot of reaso...

As I write this blog post, Christmas lights are everywhere. The shops are blaring out the same melodies, shoppers crowd the streets and ther...

The national tourism organisation for Scotland, VisitScotland, has since 2009 been running themed years to celebrate aspects of Scotland – i...

The garden of my house in Perth, Scotland, lost its iron rail fence in World War II – not to an enemy bomb, but to patriotism. All over the ...

I for one visit my library regularly. I was there this morning, in fact, editing my current manuscript. I borrow books, I use the reference ...

I have a new book out this week. Yes, right now. It is an exciting and terrifying time for any author – exciting for all the obvious reason...