Picaresque Books

07/09/2026

Book/Author of the week:
Jane Austen (a study guide)
by Robert P. Irvine

This book is an excellent study guide as it gives an introduction the contexts, perspectives, and interpretations of Austen's life and works.

04/09/2026

31/08/2026

Book/ Author of the week:
The School by the Ross and Cromarty heritage society

This book covers everything from the establishment and development of Maryburgh primary school to it's staff, former pupils, and extra curriculars, up to its closure in 2012

24/08/2026

Book/ Author of the week:
When the sky falls by Phil Earle

1941. War is raging. Beneath the buring skies of London, an unlikely friendship is forged between an angry, forgotten boy and a caged majestic gorilla.

17/08/2026

Book/ Author of the week:
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
by Lewis Carroll

A magical tale following a young girls adventure in a mystical world filled with talking animals, whimsical tea parties, and painting the roses red.

10/08/2026

Book/ Author of the week:
Never look back, by Susan Lewis
Romy's husband drowned six weeks ago, and now Romy has gone missing.
A post on her Social Media makes the police think she just needed space, but her family doesn't believe she would leave without telling anyone. They must now try and find her, but will it be too late?

03/08/2026

Book/ Author of the week:
Changeling by Frances Gordon

Fael, when faced with the task of writing a full scale musical by her father, makes a pact with a mysterious figure called Scathach, for his help she will owe him a debt that seems to be far more vengeful than she had originally anticipated.

27/07/2026

Book/ Author of the week:
Artezans: The forgotten magic
Edward Crane is part of a magical family. With magic slowly fading from the world, and his twin sister always seeming to do better than him, Ed is worried he will be the only one without magic. Finding out he has magic is a dream... or is it a nightmare.

20/07/2026

Book/ Author of the week:
The Grizzly Forager's guide to Family Foraging, by John Shahabeddin

Packed with all the information you need to start foraging, with recipes, crafts, and notes on identifying over 60 wild foods from berries, to mushrooms, and edible flowers.

13/07/2026

Book/ Author of the week:
Ross-Shire Football's Forgotten Pioneers
by Niall Harkiss

A history of the Royal Burgh of Tain and Dingwall's Victoria United - from before one joined the senior ranks, and the other disappeared.