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Checkout My Basket: £0.00 0 itemsWe’re really looking forward to doing a reading and activity event this Saturday (4th August 2018) at a lovely cafe in Edinburgh called Beetroot Sauvage. We’ll be there from 11am with our Beltie stories and fun activities. Shalla used to live in Edinburgh so is really looking forward to going back to the city. And […]
We’re delighted that the new book from storyteller Sandy McKnight is about to go to the printer! Shalla has been busy creating the most wonderful pen and ink drawings to illustrate the book and her incredible pointillism technique means that they reflect hours of intensive work. But they’re worth it and the finished book will […]
Woop Woop! We’re celebrating gaining 1000 likes on our facebook page with a great competition. You have a chance to win one of four lovely books by just commenting on the post. Why not take a look and you can keep up to date with events and news by liking the page. Just follow the […]
It’s the Spring Book Weekend from 4th to the 6th May 2018 here in Wigtown and there are a host of fab events going on in the town including music, storytelling, readings and lectures. At Curly Tale Books we have three authors appearing over the weekend to talk about their books and tell other stories. […]
The fabulous Nip Nebs interactive story trail will be part of the fabulous annual Big Lit Festival in Gatehouse of Fleet this April (2018). Storyteller Susi Briggs and Ruthie Redden will be leading an exciting trail exploring the enchanting world created by Nip Nebs (Jack Frost). Help Ruthie find the pixies while diddle daddling with […]
Our new author Susi Briggs and artist Ruthie Redden are really looking forward to taking part in the second Big DoG children’s book festival in Dumfries from March 23rd to 25th. They’ll be leading the popular Toon Trail starting at Waterstones in the town centre at 1pm on Saturday 24th March. This interactive story trail […]
These cute peg pixies were created for a fantastic Nip Nebs Trail taking place over the next two weekends (January 20th and 27th) in Dumfries. The trail has been devised by author and storyteller Susi Briggs with help from artist Ruthie Redden. Together with ‘Nip Nebs’ (Scot’s name for Jack Frost) they will be […]
Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas. Jayne And Shalla
It’s been a busy weekend for the Nip Nebs author and illustrator Susi Briggs and Ruthie Redden. They were at Waterstones in Dumfries for most of Saturday due to popular demand! They met lots of lovely people who are so enthusiastic about this little book in Scots. We’re getting great feedback from teachers who see […]
First time author Susi Briggs and illustrator Ruthie Redden were captured on camera seeing their book for the first time. The friends had been working on the idea of the picture book for four years and were thinking they would have to self publish using crowd funding because of the story being in Scots. But […]