Copies of 'Craiturs: Snapshots of Life' by Alex Berry and Elaine Palmer has been selling like toasty scones these last couple of months as word-of-mouth spreads around the region. A feisty collection of poems and stories from Karachi to Portpatrick and edited by Robert Burns Writing Fellow Hamish MacDonald, it's available from DGAA at Gracefield, 28 Edinburgh Road, Dumfries, DG1 1JQ (01387 253383) - or call in directly at the portacabin...
