2020

December

– Sara wrote about the history of Scotland’s disabled women in the National.

November

– Sara was interviewed by the crime review.

– Sara’s short story set in Edinburgh in 1821 and featuring botanist Lady Henrietta Liston was published by the National Library of Scotland.

October

– For Black History Month Sara wrote about black women in Scottish history for Historic Environment Scotland’s blog.

– Sara spoke to Claire Mitchell QC and fellow writer, Zoe Ventidozzi about the campaign to put up a national monument to Scotland’s accused witches.

September

– Sara wrote about her commitment to the Yes movement for Yes Scotland.

August

– Dr Anna Notaro and lecturer Jonathan Brown discuss Sara’s book Where are the Women? at Dundee University’s Book Club.

– Sara was interviewed about books, crime and reading on Shots blog

July

– Sara wrote about some of her favourite books in this interview with Books From Scotland.

– Sara was recorded talking about Edinburgh’s most lamentable statues.

June

– Sara wrote about re-evaluating statues in our built environment and landscape in the wake of the Colston statue being taken down in Bristol for Bella Caledonia.

May

– Sara was interviewed for a profile about the Highland Noir genre in the Sunday Post.

– Sara gave a talk on the National Galleries of Scotland site during Lockdown.

April

– Sara read for the virtual show of Noir at the Bar Edinburgh

– Sara was interviewed by Stef Woods of Wokingham Libraries about the 1950s Mirabelle Bevan Mysteries. Listen here.

March

– Sara fronted Historic Environment Scotland’s campaign to commemorate more amazing women from our history.

January

– Sara wrote about the UK’s political swing to the right and deciding to talk publicly about being Jewish in the Jewish Chronicle.

– Sara interrogated the Rabbie Burns legend from a female perspective for the Sunday National.