Is There a Pigeon in the Room?

'Cameron Wyllie's account of his four decades as a teacher is rich in anecdote and reflection, but its most notable feature is its generosity of spirit'

-- Allan Massie * The Scotsman *

'A warm and witty memoir'

* Sunday Times *

'This certainly isn’t a book that only educators can appreciate. It is far too well-written, and far too human, for that'

-- James McEnaney * Bella Caledonia *

'An enlightening and excruciatingly honest look at what it’s really like to educate and prepare young people for their future. Packed full of hysterical anecdotes, colourful characters and told with such a lightness of touch – this is an earnest, laugh-out loud memoir'

-- EMUN ELLIOTT (actor)

'Cameron Wyllie’s prose, like his teaching, is funny, warm, surprising and not quite like that offered by anyone else . . . one discovers Mr Wyllie’s most interesting virtue: his unerring eye for the truth'

-- DAVID GREIG (playwright)

'A scrumptious selection box of a schoolteacher's anecdotes, musings and erudite observations . . . his book has a warm heart, a dry wit and a resilient aftertaste. It touches on a universal and everlasting truth: that education is not really about subjects and exams after all . . .  A delight'

-- JANEY JONES (novelist children’s author)

'It made me laugh and cry - most of all I was touched and  in awe of the sheer joy that comes through - joy in the work and joy in engaging with young people'

-- CLARE BRE