Tam MacPhail passed from this life on Tuesday, the 8th of September.
A Tribute To Tam MacPhail
Scotland’s Reading Challenge For Young People
The challenge is available to all primary and secondary schools as well as community groups and libraries in Scotland, and aims to build positive reading cultures and improve literacy for young people.
‘Skara – The Fourth Wave’
“Having just finished ‘Skara – The Fourth Wave’ by Andrew Appleby I thought I’d write of my response to reading this book”
Frankenstein – Or Is It Fronkensteen?
“Written when Mary Shelley was only 20 years old, it’s an exceptional piece of work, for its time, and has continued to be an inspiring piece of work, though time, to today.”
Audiobook Review: Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
“Thrawn is left exiled on an Outer Rim world by the Chiss Ascendency as a form of punishment only to be discovered by an Imperial ship.”
Audiobook Review: Marvel Superheroes: Secret Wars by Jim Shooter et al, adapted by Alex Irvine
“The majority of The Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four as well as Spider-Man and a large motley crew of villains and…unknowns…both famous and obscure are all summoned to a strange dimension known as Battleworld.”
The Building is Closed but Orkney Library Continues to Provide Extensive Services
Orkney Library and Archive is currently still closed – the building that is – but you can still borrow books and use its services.
Scotland’s First Public Library
“Faill not to keep your sone diligent reading and wreating yt he loss not what he hes attained”
The Joys Of Punctuation – Or – Mind The Stop!
“I realise that my use of punctuation is a bit wayward.”
Stromness Book Shop: Scotland’s Only Drive-In Book Shop
“Before it was a bookshop the premises were part of Stockan’s bakery. Before that the tiny building was a tea shop, a painters and a grocers.”
