Mandy is guest poet tomorrow on an Arvon poetry course at the Moniack Mhor writing centre, led by Scotland's bard, Liz Lochhead, and Glasgow poet Tom Leonard. She will be reading tree poems from her A-B-Tree poetry pamphlet, giving it its first airing.

Mandy said, 'I am hugely proud to be invited to be guest poet for Liz and Tom. The first poetry course I went on was tutored by Liz, ten years ago, and Tom was my tutor at Glasgow University for two years between 2003 and 2005. To be asked by them to be guest reader is a big honour.'