Committee

Ken Cox

BOOKMARK Patron, Ken Cox is one of the world's leading experts on rhododendrons.  A nurseryman, lecturer, traveller in India and Nepal and author of numerous books, he is also Managing Director of his family firm, Glendoick Gardens Ltd, a garden centre in Perthshire.

Magnus Linklater

Magnus Linklater is one of BOOKMARK’s patrons. A highly respected journalist and former newspaper editor, Magnus continues to write on political and cultural matters to do with Scotland. His interests, as shown in his books and programmes for television and radio, are wide-ranging; Scottish history, European influences and politics of all shades and sizes. Photograph courtesy of CraicN Communications

Olga Wojtas

Olga Wojtas was first introduced to BOOKMARK audiences as a new novelist in 2018 and is now a firm favourite – and one of our Patrons. A former editor of the Times Educational Supplement, Scotland, Olga’s preoccupation with the news prompted her to seek solace in writing comic novels, featuring the hapless Shona McMonagle and ‘cosy’ crime fiction written under the name of Helena Marchmont (and yes, there’s a story behind that too!)

Rosemary Goring

Rosemary Goring won a prize for Scottish History in her final year at St Andrews and history has continued to be of particular interest to her. She began her working life as an editor with Chambers ‘but was lured into newspapers with the promise of free novels’. Her own books include 2 novels about the aftermath of Flodden and acclaimed histories of Scotland, most recently Homecoming, which told of the Scottish years of Mary Queen of Scots.