Truestory

PART OF THE Festivals ISSUE

Catherine Simpson gives insight into writing Truestory’s incisive portrayal of autism

Catherine Simpson appears at Dunbar’s CoastWord Festival with author Shelley Day on May 21st to talk about Truestory.

The world through the prism of Shakespeare’s universal drama

‘Yes, I hear voices, all the time, and I love it’

David Robinson Reviews: The Loch of the Bees

‘The past’s current flows through the characters in his fiction so strongly that it almost becomes t …
The Nightkeeper’s Apprentice by Jude Reid

‘She’d never seen anything like it. The whole sky was lit up in ribbons of colour – blue, green, yel …
David Robinson Interviews: Gavin Francis

‘He’s not my GP so I can’t say this for sure, but based on this book – wise, informed, well-written, …
The Cromarty Library Circle by Shona MacLean

‘No one in the room could have been unaware of what it was that Dr Fraser alluded to. The horrors pe …
In Search of Gems by Kenneth Steven

‘It still amazes me that these magnificent shells grow in a river. Never mind whether they have pear …
Winterbourne by Elisabeth Wolf

‘The Coopers stared at each other for a second, two seconds. ‘It’s a sign—’ said Cooper.’