Angela Wilkinson / Derbyshire Reading Detectives

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Hi there! I am a Children's Librarian working in the West area of Derbyshire and am based at Buxton Library. I have worked for Derbyshire Libraries for over 30 years and am a native of the Peak District so am really looking forward to bringing together the two loves of my life - the beautiful countryside of Derbyshire and reading in this exciting project!

In Place of Execution.... Find!

17 September 2009 This is an amazing multi-layered psychological thriller from writer Val McDermid. Set in the winter of 1963, 13 year old Alison Carter vanishes from her home in the isolated Derbyshire hamlet of Scarsdale. The effect of her disappearance reverberates down... Read more or Comment

The Jane Eyre Connection Find!

17 September 2009 The setting of Charlottle Bronte's novel Jane Eyre was apparently inspired by her visit to Hathersage in 1845. Her description of Thornfield Hall certainly appears to match that of the 15th Century manor house of North Lees and Morton could... Read more or Comment

The Wonders of the Peake... Find!

17 September 2009 Charles Cotton was an English writer and big friend of Izaak Walton.He not only helped to write the second part of the Compleat Angler but he also composed the long topographical poem "The Wonders of the Peake" which is amazingly... Read more or Comment

Blue John Find!

11 September 2009 Wow - have just rediscovered this wonderful picture book by local author Berlie Doherty - a great writer whose many books are inspired by the beautiful Peak District landscape in which she lives . It is beautifully illustrated by Tim Clarey... Read more or Comment

Buxton under the crust..... Find!

11 September 2009 Have just been reading 2 collections of short stories of the supernatural by Buxton writer Terry Lamsley - "Conference with the dead" and "Under the Crust". Terry reckons in the blurb of "Under the Crust" that Buxton deserves more ghosts... Read more or Comment

The poet and the pool..... Find!

18 August 2009 David Bell's book "Derbyshire Ghosts and legends" refers to the legend of the Mermaid's Pool near Hayfield..."The mermaid's Pool near Kinder Reservoir is a lonely and desolate place. No fish live in it, no animals will drink from it, and... Read more or Comment (3 comments)

27 July 2009 It was great to finally meet Stephen Booth at our first meeting - I am a great fan and thought his talk was brilliant and pitched just right to get our detectives on the trail of local ghost stories, murder mysteries and... Read more or Comment

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