Pentlands Book Festival: Nov each year

Jonathan Findlay: Stuff – A Poetic Tale of Hoarding

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Jonathan Findlay, a Scottish author, is the former editor of a bilingual cultural magazine, and a keen poet.  Some of his work has been set to film and presented to festival audiences.   Jonathan has learnt to create stories with plenty of unexpected yet intriguing twists and turns when challenged over the years with requests for spontaneous, imaginary, bedtime stories.

Stuff is Jonathan’s first adventure into the world of children’s story-writing.  It is a visually rich, fun, adventure, set to rhyme and in a Scottish castle, that revolves around the lives of Lord and Lady McStash and their daughter, Flora, each with a very different attitude towards accumulating stuff.  Like a roller-coaster, the story has plenty of unexpected twists and turns while it explores multiple themes – the ups and downs of hoarding clutter; the resourcefulness of children; entrepreneurship; the value of experiences over materialism; the natural environment, and, not least, the power of love!

Stuff offers heaps of humour, piles of progressive vocabulary, stacks of mental stimulation and layers of lovely intrigue.  Fun for adults and children alike.  More stuff here https://www.more-stuff.com/