‘The store in question was made of shining black bricks, bricks the colour of midnight that sparkled in the blood-orange light of the setting sun.’
If you’re still on the hunt for the perfect gift for children aged between 9 and 12, then we recommend the final instalment in Ross Mackenzie’s thrilling – and award-winning – Nowhere Emporium series. With pirates, nightmares, treasure monsters and a whole lot of magic, readers will surely delight in the twists and turns on offer. But you don’t need to take our word for it – here is Ross Mackenzie to tell us more . . .
The Otherwhere Emporium
By Ross Mackenzie
Published by Floris Books
The Otherwhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie is published by Floris Books, priced £7.99.
Donald S. Murray was a teacher of English for 30 years. Since leaving that profession, he has written full-time. His non-fiction work includes ‘The Guga Hunters’, ‘Italian Chapel, Orkney’, (Birlinn) and ‘Herring Tales’ (Bloomsbury). The latter was wide …
We have a long history of publishing – Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum opened in 1901, and people have been writing about and publishing on the city’s collections ever since. The focus of Glasgow Museums Publishing programme is naturally the one mil …