April book

The Doon Book Group has just finished reading The Silent and the Damned by Robert Wilson. The book is a detective story set in Seville, Spain and is part of a series featuring Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon. The group all enjoyed the book. They felt it was gripping, pacy and kept the reader guessing until near the end. It had a satisfying twist in the tail. We also felt we would like to read some of the other titles in the series that this novel referred back to.

Carnegie Medal Shadowing Conference, Stirling

Our Carnegie Medal Shadowing Group had a great trip to the Albert Halls in Stirling to hear some of the shortlisted authors. Some of the group managed to get autographs and have their books signed and to chat to come of the authors.

Meg Rosoff talking about her book Just in case and the part fate plays in the book and in her life.


Siobhan Dowd talking about her first book A swift pure cry and how excited she was to be nominated for the Carnegie Medal

Kevin Brooks chatting through a question and answer session with the audience. Some our group got their questions answered. He was a big hit with the group as he talked at length with some of them afterwards about violence. His book The road of the dead is about revenge and is quite violent.

Anne Fine speaking passionately about how she came to write A road of bones and how important it was for young people to be involved with politics and the world around them.

Berlie Doherty talked about how excited she was about winning the Carnegie Medal the first time and how amazed she was to win it a second time.

We had a great day out and and enjoy graffiti wall, the competition and autograph hunting as well as listening to all the interesting things the authors had to say.