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Another time, another plague It’s buboes not bubbles that occupy The Plague Letters. Kate Griffin talks to its author about past (and present) horrors 14 May, 2021 — By Kate Griffin Detail from a copper engraving of Doctor Schnabel (Dr Beak), a plague doctor in 17th-century Rome Despairing medics are baffled by a deadly epidemic. Wealthy Londoners abandon the city for their country retreats. Those who remain go warily about their business; one eye on the mounting death tolls, the other on neighbours who flout the rules of quarantine. If this sounds horribly familiar, it’s a qui...

Revealed - Exciting streamed event for Harrogate with creator of DCI Banks An internationally-renowned crime author is to launch his new book in a special event to be streamed by Harrogate International Festivals. Monday, 8th February 2021, 5:51 pm Bestselling author Peter Robinson will talk about his new novel Not Dark Yet online for Harrogate International Festivals in a streamed event. An Evening with Peter Robinson will take place online on Thursday, March 18 to launch the best-selling author latest novel, Not Dark Yet. The English-Canadian crime writer is best known for his crime novels ...

THREE Scottish-based writers are to be given support as they embark on major projects, with the Scottish Book Trust announcing its Ignite Fellowship awardees for 2021. The panel selected poet and performer Courtney Stoddart and artist and filmmaker Raman Mundair as well as poet and translator Niall O’Gallagher, who receives the Gaelic Ignite Fellowship, funded by the Gaelic Books Council. The Ignite Fellows will receive a £2000 bursary and creative support. Stoddart, from Edinburgh, is a Scottish-Caribbean performer whose work focuses on racism, womanhood and growing up in Scotland....