The Balvenie Stories Collectio...

‘We were shy of each other, but my brothers and I trailed her through her garden.’

It’s a No-Money Day

‘I look after the everything-else jar. Mum says that if it ever gets full, we can get a kitten.’

The Coorie Home

‘For me, coorie encompasses the Scottish inclination to welcome all.’

Callum and the Mountain

‘The town, he decides, is a painful disappointment and everyone in it bears the blame – don’t they know they have a super-brain in their mid …

David Robinson Reviews: The An...

‘Money talks, and in the story of the British conquest of India, it talked louder than almost anything else.’

The Summer Isles

‘Some strange congress takes place when you look at a seal, some hint of recognition, reinforced by the sense that it appears to be mutual.’

The Stone of Destiny

‘Although the dream left her with a residual feeling of terror, she felt strangely hopeful.’

The Devil Upstairs

‘The boards in your place creak. The pipes clang. The doors bang. And sometimes I find it a little hard to sleep.’

Faces that Fled the Wind

‘Hawwa loves many things, and what she loves she gives a name’

Little Pearl

‘Tom wasn’t just my brother, he was my best friend. We did everything together. He always looked out for me.’