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Secret Book Swap | No. 2 - Davidson's Mains May 2025

The Village Bistro
May 30, 2025 by Laura Barnet in Books, Secret Book Swap

All the books we swapped and our guest author Allison Meldrum at the Secret Book Swap in Davidson’s Mains

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Secret Book Swap | No. 2 - North Berwick May 2025

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May 10, 2025 by Laura Barnet in Books, Secret Book Swap

Read about our latest Secret Book Swap in North Berwick. The books we swapped, our guest author, Mary Turner Thomson and more!

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May 10, 2025 /Laura Barnet
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Secret Book Swap | No. 5 - Currie May 2025

Craws Nest Collective
May 07, 2025 by Laura Barnet in Books, Secret Book Swap

Read about our latest Secret Book Swap. The books we swapped, our guest author, Naydene Jardine and more.

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May 07, 2025 /Laura Barnet
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Secret Book Swap | No. 1 - North Berwick March 2025

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March 28, 2025 by Laura Barnet in Books, Secret Book Swap

Read about our first Secret Book Swap in North Berwick. The books we swapped, our guest author, Michelle Hogg

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Secret Book Swap | No. 4 - Currie March 2025

Craws Nest Collective
March 19, 2025 by Laura Barnet in Books, Secret Book Swap

Read about our latest Secret Book Swap. The books we swapped, our guest author, Gillian Lee Gibson and more.

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March 19, 2025 /Laura Barnet
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The Hundred Thousand Billion Poem

January 30, 2025 by Laura Barnet in Books, writing, Things that make me happy, Secret Book Swap

Have you heard of the book that no-one can finish? Here’s the story of the Hundred Thousand Billion poem

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January 30, 2025 /Laura Barnet
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Secret Book Swap | No. 3 - January 2025

Craws Nest Collective
January 30, 2025 by Laura Barnet in Books, Secret Book Swap

Read about our latest Secret Book Swap. The books we swapped, our guest author, Mary Turner Thomson and more.

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January 30, 2025 /Laura Barnet
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Secret Book Swap | No. 2 - December 2024

Craws Nest Collective
January 08, 2025 by Laura Barnet in Books, Secret Book Swap

Read about our second Secret Book Swap. The books we swapped, our guest, Edinburgh author, Michelle Hogg and more.

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January 08, 2025 /Laura Barnet
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Book worm, book bear, book dragon: Which reader type are you?

December 12, 2024 by Laura Barnet in Books, writing, Things that make me happy, Secret Book Swap

We’ve all heard of a book worm, but what about book bears, book dragons and book bees? Inspired by tiktoks and getting creative wtih Ai, I take a look at some of the different creatures representing reader archetypes and ask, what kind of reader are you?

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December 12, 2024 /Laura Barnet
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Secret Book Swap | No. 1 - October 2024

Craws Nest Collective
October 30, 2024 by Laura Barnet in Books, Secret Book Swap

Read about our first Secret Book Swap. The books we swapped, our guest author, Sarah MacGillivary and more.

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October 30, 2024 /Laura Barnet
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Local Authors: Edinburgh (and other bits of Scotland!)

September 22, 2019 by Laura Barnet in reading challenge

I asked for recommendations for local authors, here’s who follow Edinburgh book lovers recommended!

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September 22, 2019 /Laura Barnet
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Don't judge a book by it's cover - Secret Book Swap

November 07, 2018 by Laura Barnet in Things that make me happy, Books

I’m not sure if you’ve seen those photos online of books wrapped up in brown paper with a description on them? The idea being that buyers literally “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” but instead choose a book based on what the person has said about it. We'll that’s what I decided to do with a group of friends at a recent afternoon tea, book swap.

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November 07, 2018 /Laura Barnet
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Reading Challenge Newbie

February 23, 2017 by Laura Barnet in Books

In 2016 I started my first reading challenge. Keen to get back into the habit of reading more after books had taken a bit of a backseat to my crocheting, I decided that setting some sort of goal might help. 

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February 23, 2017 /Laura Barnet
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