SHIPS – launch day huddle
Saturday was a gala day for the newly formed Scottish Highlands and Islands Poetry Society with successful launches on-line and at Waterstones Inverness. This week has been full of ‘feel good’ satisfaction at two events that both sailed smoothly. Just as ‘chance favours the prepared mind’ I think any successful endeavour requires a large […]
Read more of SHIPS – launch day huddle...The Barrier Book Club
Weaving my way through fields and across causeways I headed towards Robertson’s bistro in St Margaret’s Hope last night at the invitation of the local book group. I was excited and nervous in equal measure as the wipers squeaked across the salt-smeared windscreen and the car came to rest . The Barrier Book Club had […]
Read more of The Barrier Book Club...Across the Silent Sea – review
This review gave me goosebumps. To create out of ideas a world which lives in another’s mind gives such satisfaction. I will treasure this and I feel incredibly grateful for both the time and generosity to review my work. ‘‘The novel explores, on multiple levels, themes of pain, addiction, relationships, loss, language and change. It […]
Read more of Across the Silent Sea – review...Wirdsmit – Orkney young writers
On Saturday I facilitated another young persons workshop for Wirdsmit. It was a frisky day with freezing wind from the north and hailstones gathering in the gutter. The miles dropped off the electric car quickly as I drove to Stromness, but there would be a tail wind back. Our theme was ‘The Hidden Horror’ and […]
Read more of Wirdsmit – Orkney young writers...Guesting on Cal Flyn’s writers’ blog
A couple of weeks ago Cal Flyn generously invited me to be on her writers’ blog for Stromness Books and Prints. Stromness Books and Prints is a unique bookshop that is stacked from floor to ceiling with excellent publications. See the photo below – yes, it is packed with books. I warn you, this is […]
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