Story Calendar

October 2020

A Poem for October – Fall

The following is taken from Alexander’s collection of poetry, ‘In a Time of Distance’, to be published in 2021. In it, he has a sequence – A Scottish Four Seasons. Here is Autumn as we say in Scotland, or Fall: Autumn or Fall Look, the migrating birds Are leaving us, small souls That brave three […]

September 2020

A Story for September – No Double Bed

No Double Bed is an exclusive extract from the forthcoming book, ‘How to Raise an Elephant’, the twenty-first volume in The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. How to Raise an Elephant will be published in November 2020.

August 2020

A Story for August – Pope Ron

The first adventure of Pope Ron Pope Ron, the first Australian pope, came from a small town south of Perth. His father, Bill Stokes, was an agricultural machinery salesman; his mother, Sandra, gave music lessons at the local high school. Ron, who had been an enthusiastic altar-boy, had nursed an ambition to be a priest, […]

July 2020

A Story for July- London and Its Games

In recognition of this Olympic month here’s is a throw back to a piece written about the 2012 London Olympic Games.

June 2020

A Story for June: What happened during the Antipasti

This extract is the first chapter from ‘The Geometry of Holding Hands‘, the thirteenth novel in the Isabel Dalhousie/Sunday Philosophy Club series. The book is published in the UK later this month. US/Canadian publication follows in July.

May 2020

A Story for May: The Flying Psychotherapist

Another monthly treat from the master storyteller, this time set in the Australian Outback.

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