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NEWS AND COMMENT 2002
20 DEC 02	Inverness Courier	Scottish Place-Name Papers
		The newly-published collection of William J Watson's Scottish Place-Name Papers was reviewed (in Gaelic) in the Inverness Courier.
		'... bidh sibh eòlach air toradh a chuid sgoilearachd anns an dà leabhar -- Place Names of Ross and Cromarty (1904) agus The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland (1926). Ma tha sibh measail orra sin, mar a tha mise, cuiridh sibh fàilte mhòr air leabhar a th' air ùr-nochdadh ... Tha rudan fìor phrìseil anns an leabhar seo ... Mholainn an leabhar gu mòr dhuibh ma tha ùidh agaibh anns a' chuspair ... Carson is e "Avoch" a tha sgrìobhte air na soighnichean anns an Eilean Dubh, ged is e "Och" a chanas daoine ann am Beurla? Aa, uill, deagh adhbhar eile airson an leabhar ùr aig MacBhàtair a cheannach ...'
		(... you will know the fruits of his scholarship in the two books -- Place Names of Ross and Cromarty (1904) and The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland (1926). If you think highly of those, as I do, you will greatly welcome a newly-appeared book ... There are things of real value in this book ... I would strongly recommend the book to you, if you are interested in the subject ... Why is it "Avoch" that's written on the signs in the Black Isle, but "Och" that folk say in English? Ah, well, another good reason to buy Watson's new book ...)

12 DEC 02	Baptist Times	Life, Love and Laughter
		The Baptist Times recommended James A. Simpson's recent book Life, Love and Laughter, published on 24 October.

DEC 02	John O'Groat Journal	Life, Love and Laughter
		The John O'Groat Journal advised its readers not to miss out on James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter.

28 NOV 02		Life, Love and Laughter
		Life, Love and Laughter was reprinted to meet demand.

24 NOV 02	The Sunday Post	Life, Love and Laughter
		The Sunday Post ran a feature on James A. Simpson and his granddaughter Sally, with plenty of material about his new book Life, Love and Laughter.

NOV 02	Life and Work	Life, Love and Laughter
		The Church of Scotland magazine Life and Work ran an item on James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter.

7 NOV 02	Edinburgh Evening News	Life, Love and Laughter
		James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter, was mentioned in Gibson's column.

1 NOV 02	Northern Times	Life, Love and Laughter
		The Northern Times ran a feature on James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter.

NOV 02	Presbyterian Herald	Life, Love and Laughter
		James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter, was mentioned in Ireland's Presbyterian Herald. 'With Christmas on its way, here is an ideal present at an affordable price. The recipient will gain some wisdom through wit and a splendid charity will be helped - your friends will love you for it!'

OCT 02	The Ross-shire Journal	Life, Love and Laughter
		The Ross-shire Journal ran a feature on James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter.

31 OCT 02	The Groucho Club	Crazy Love
		Victoria Mosley scored a hit with her new Literary Lounge at London's Groucho Club.

29 OCT 02	Wandsworth Arts Festival	Crazy Love
		Victoria Mosley read poems from The Dry Season (1998) and Crazy Love (2002) and her third collection, In a Dream. This was one of a series of talks by women writers who live in South London.

26 OCT 02	The Logos Centre	Life, Love and Laughter
		James A. Simpson had a successful signing session for his new book, Life, Love and Laughter, at the Logos Centre in Crieff.

26 OCT 02	The Herald	Life, Love and Laughter
		The Glasgow-based newspaper The Herald ran an article by Cameron Simpson about James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter, published on 24 October.

24 OCT 02	Waterstone's	Life, Love and Laughter
		James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter was launched at the Perth branch of Waterstone's. Professor Peter Howie introduced the author and his book, and the audience of over eighty people bought every copy of the book in the shop.

OCT 02	The Aberdeen Press and Journal	Life, Love and Laughter
		The Aberdeen Press and Journal ran an article by Ron Ferguson about James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter.

OCT 02	The Perth Advertiser	Life, Love and Laughter
		The Perth Advertiser ran an article about James A. Simpson's new book Life, Love and Laughter.

21 OCT 02	The Courier	Life, Love and Laughter
		The Dundee-based newspaper The Courier ran a feature on the Very Rev Dr James A. Simpson, whose new book Life, Love and Laughter is published this week.

19 OCT 02	The Cheltenham Festival of Literature	Crazy Love
		Victoria Mosley, author of the new collection of poems Crazy Love, appeared at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature with Abraham Gibson.

SEP 02	The Scots Magazine	Letters from Hamnavoe
		The Scots Magazine reviewed the new edition of George Mackay Brown's Letters from Hamnavoe
		'This welcome paperback edition will bring his writing to a new generation of readers ... readers of Letters from Hamnavoe do not need to be from Orkney to appreciate these elegant, finely-crafted short essays ... There is much good reading here about this and that, and a hundred or more other things ... These Letters are sprinkled with dry humour, and are rich in the apt phrase ... George Mackay Brown thought that perhaps a selection of these writings might make "a pleasant bedside book": they do, and more.'

9 AUG 02	TLS	Letters from Hamnavoe
		The TLS reviewed George Mackay Brown's Letters from Hamnavoe
		'Letters from Hamnavoe was first published in 1975, but time has not diminished its pleasure ... There is humour, wit, a playful -- sometimes self-mocking -- irony in many of these letters ... There is also pure poetry ... George Mackay Brown writes without sentimentality or quaintness of this unfamiliar, northern region, and his reminiscences of boyhood and narratives of past Orkney life are never nostalgic.'

AUG 02	Imperial College	Crazy Love
		Victoria Mosley has been appointed Writer in Residence to the Astrophysics Group at the Blackett Laboratory in Imperial College, London.

JUL 02	Scottish Field	Letters from Hamnavoe
		The paperback of George Mackay Brown's Letters from Hamnavoe received a mention in 'Scottish Field'.

JUN 02	The Herald	Letters from Hamnavoe
		The paperback of George Mackay Brown's Letters from Hamnavoe was reviewed in 'The Herald'.

29 MAY 02	ICA	Crazy Love
		Victoria Mosley's new collection Crazy Love was launched at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts.
		'At the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London ... Victoria Mosley's superb book launch of her new volume Crazy Love. Sponsored by Plymouth Gin, with everyone getting a Crazy-love cocktail on arrival, performances were from an elaborate stage set, with a massive back projection screen, plus a full percussion group accompaniment and poetic support by the acclaimed performance poets, Skorpio da Nemesis, Abraham Gibson, Keith Waithe (on flute) and Manjit. Victoria wowed the audience of about 60 with a powerful reading and finished to wild and enthusiastic applause.' --Adrian Bishop, Poetry Life

17 APR 02	BBC Radio Orkney	Letters from Hamnavoe
		The new edition of Letters from Hamnavoe received a mention on the radio programme 'Around Orkney' this morning.