Portobello Book Blog

I’m delighted to be joined by Sara Romero today, author of An Orkney Hearth. An Orkney Hearth was published in August and available now in paperback and digital editions: full details below. Don’t miss your chance to win a copy of the book. You’ll find details of the giveaway at the bottom of the page. …

This weekend see a celebration of women’s fiction in Edinburgh as the fourth Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival takes place on Saturday 24th October at Christ Church Morningside (Morningside Road). Thanks to the generosity of Crowdfunders and matched funding from Creative Scotland, all the panels will also be available to watch online. If you want to …

What am I currently reading? I started reading Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth on Monday and I’m loving that! A busy weekend and a daytrip on Monday meant I haven’t been able to listen as much of Clare Mackintosh’s It’s Not What You Think as I’d have liked as I’m absolutely gripped by that one! …

This week’s topic: Book Days! This week’s topic should really be Things That Make Up My Perfect Day. Well, since books would always feature in my perfect day, I’ve tweaked it a bit to be books with day or days or days of the week in the title. Have you read any of these books? …

I’m delighted to be joined by Canadian author Gabriel Tait today, who is chatting about his book The Ranleigh Tapes. The Ranleigh Tapes is the second in his Meeks series and was published in October last year. It is available now in paperback and digital editions. Over to Gabriel to tell us more. Tell me …