You wait months for some new writing from me, and then two come along at once.
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Books of the year
25 OctI’ve just provided Shepherd (a book rating site) with my top three books from October 2023 to September 2024. (Weird cut-off points, I know.)
Continue readingNovel London Longlist
19 SepJust a quick one to say that my unpublished novel The Sarcophagus Scroll has been long-listed for the Novel London Literary Competition – whoohoo!
Continue readingA View from (and of) a Bridge
7 Sep
Many of you will know that I am a bit of a bridge enthusiast. How it happened is a long and not especially interesting story, but suffice it to say that I am now writing a book on Glasgow’s history told through its bridges. So naturally, I was very excited by the opening of the new Govan Footbridge (or the Pointy Bridge, as I insist on calling it).
Continue readingThat sporting life
26 JulPeople who know me quite well probably know that I’m not very sporty myself and don’t have much interest in watching sport (although those who know me a bit better know that I love watching snooker and clear my diary for the two-day final of the World Snooker Championship every year). So it was an interesting and new challenge to interview former Rugby Union player Peter Browne.
Continue readingAn incredible true story
26 JunYou’ve probably heard those words too often, but this guy’s story really is incredible. He was shot at point blank range, twice, overdosed on drugs who knows how many times, and is still around to tell me all about it.
Continue readingAll about Easter
28 MarI’m just back from a lovely ‘holiday’ in Albania. I use the inverted commas because I did some work while I was out there for the video studio I used to work for, and then spent a day being a good daughter-in-law serving coffee and raki to visitors, and at the end of the my week there I got commissioned to write two articles on Easter themes.
Continue readingMy year in review – 2023
30 Dec
It’s not been a great year for me. All work and not enough play made Karen a dull girl in 2023; Artemis’s avian romance ended in tragedy; and there was the major disappointment of not getting Eurovision tickets 😭 But it hasn’t been all bad. Let’s have a look at it.
Continue reading‘Rambling Round Victorian Glasgow’ talk
6 Nov
Just a quick one to say that I’m giving a talk to the Old Glasgow Club this Thursday, 9th November, at the Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, G2 4JP. The talk is called Rambling Round Victorian Glasgow with Hugh MacDonald (although he will not be making an appearance in person).
Continue readingPaisley’s Weaver Poets
27 Oct
Ok, perhaps a bit of a niche subject, but something I came across while working on Hugh MacDonald’s Rambles Round Glasgow (he knew a lot of poets, as well as being a poet himself), and thought I might as well get an article out of.
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