Crime in the Uists!

Customers of the Uist Mobile Library were pleased and surprised when they were visited by best selling thriller writer Ann Cleeves recently.

Ann is best known for her Shetland Quartet of novels, the first of which, ‘Raven Black’ won the prestigious Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award in 2006.

Ann and her husband Tim were up on holiday, staying with friends in North Uist.  As this is her first visit she wanted to get an idea of what the area was really like, not just by appreciating its beauty and looking at its historic places, but also by meeting some of the people who live here.

“Return again”

As she likes to work closely with libraries she realised that the Mobile Library is an ideal way of meeting people, and Mobile Librarian Donald Ewen Morrison a wonderful source of amusement, and information about life in Uist.

She also met members of the local Creative Writing Group when she visited Lionacleit Library later in the week, and there was a fruitful discussion about her own writing career, and the difficulties of getting work published in an increasingly competitive market.

Although Ann was only here for a week she enjoyed herself very much, and hopes to return again next year.

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