BOOKMARK CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS 2025


Natalie Russell
Natalie Russell

Natalie Russell is a Dundee based author of children’s picture...

Sean Lusk
Sean Lusk

Sean Lusk is an award-winning short story writer and novelist,...

Victoria MacKenzie
Victoria MacKenzie

Victoria MacKenzie is a fiction writer, poet and essayist based...

Brigadier Sir Melville Jameson
Brigadier Sir Melville Jameson

Mel Jameson was born and brought up at his home...

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\nBring along pictures of your own favourites to celebrate the intoxicating mix of words and pictures.


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Blairgowrie Library - 01250 871305: 
 Adventure into Books - 01250 872852 
 


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Three fascinating women from history, subjects of fictional biographies by two award-winning writers will be discussed after our AGM.  

Sean Lusk’s A Woman of Opinion and Victoria Mackenzie’s For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain bring the 18th and 15th centuries vividly and unforgettably to life.

A raffle, tea and home bakes will be served at the end of this event.

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 Adventure into Books - 01250 872852 

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