Linda Strachan has tackled them all. Speed in Spider. Blades in Dead Boy Talking. Fire in Don’t Judge Me. Novels centred around issues can be tricky – there’s a danger they will come across as preachy. But readers of these 3 can rest easy on that score in the expert hands of a Catalyst Book…
Okay, not that ABBA (though knowing Linda I’m sure the singing would be just as good as her writing – talented woman). No, this is Awfully Big Blog Adventure – where a lot of writers hang out. Here Linda muses on how the little things characters say and do can tell us so much more…
There’s been quite a bit in the media recently about knife crime, including this BBC report and of course the tragic events at Cults Academy near Aberdeen. It’s a problem that’s not going away, despite groups like Break The Chain working hard to help turn things around. Books can’t single-handedly solve the problem. But perhaps they can be part of the…
Young people know too much these days. That’s what Linda Strachan, Matt Cartney, Cathy MacPhail, Kirkland Ciccone and Keith Charters found out when they competed in author teams at recent heats of the Kids’ Lit Quiz – the KLQ. There were lots of prizes on the day, but had their been £1 for each time an…
Previous Catalyst Award-winner Linda Strachan on tour with her incendiary new novel Don’t Judge Me….Linda Strachan visits North Lanarkshire’s Caldervale High School
Watch it here: Trailer for the novels of Linda Strachan