Suse Coon

Suse Coon started life training to be an architect but ended up as a fashion buyer then civil servant. After some time out to bring up her family of three, she returned to what had been a hobby and entered the field of freelance journalism. After becoming regional correspondent, then editor of the orienteering magazine CompassSport, she formed Pages Editorial & Publishing Services. In this guise, West Lothian Life was launched, while Suse maintained a level of freelancing and wrote the award winning children's novel Richard's Castle. In 1999, Suse bought over CompassSport and found her time taken up pretty well exclusively with the two magazines. In 2004, West Lothian Life was expanded to form Lothian Life, however, the workload was too great. In 2006, CompassSport was sold and Suse is concentrating now on the web version of Lothian Life. Her hobbies include gardening, orienteering and Tai Chi. She is currently building an eco house in Argyll. See www.larickhouse.co.uk

Articles by Suse Coon:

Shaken and Stirred

Murray Drysdale and Kevin Griffin are the cocktail kings of Scotland, following their wins in the Appleton Estate Bartender Challenge. As finalists in the regional heats they now go through to the London final where they will have the opportunity to decorate pop up bars showcasing their creativity and style as well as designing their own bespoke cocktail menus. The ultimate prize is an all expenses paid trip to Jamaica to represent the UK in the World Final in October 2012.

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A Simple Twist of Not Fate

Edinburgh’s Nicola Morgan is the talk of the book world after her novel Wasted won the Scottish Book Awards for older children.

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A Greek Tragedy That’s Set to be a Triumph

Every year, artistic director Maria Oller chooses a theme for a play to be performed by Lung Ha’s theatre company. This year she selected Greek tragedy, this being the root of all western theatre. She admits Antigone had been in her mind from the start and after inviting Adrian Osmond to adapt the Sophocles classic, she introduced it to the company.

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Calling all Magnus Fin Fans

Janis Mackay crept modestly onto the children’s book writing scene in 2009 when she won the Kelpie’s Award with Magnus Fin and the Ocean Quest. Modestly but not quietly.

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