Bear Witness special offer

Added on 21 September 2015

Mandy's second novel, Bear Witness, is the perfect read for people wondering what Scotland might have been like if the country had voted for independence in the referendum on 18 September 2014. Get a discounted, signed copy, posted free to you here until further notice.

Skipper ticket

Added on 08 September 2015

I'm proud to be able to tell the world that I passed my Day Skipper practical exam, so I'm now officially able to skipper our sailing boat, Each Mara.

Autumn events

Added on 05 September 2015

Mandy had quite a few events in autumn 2015: Sat-Sun 3-4 October: Reforesting Scotland Gathering, Assynt Saturday 17 October, 11-12.30: Streetrees - a native tree walk in Dingwall, part of the Words on the Street festival Wednesday 21 October: Galloway writing group workshop Thursday 22 October: Ga...

Events update

Added on 29 August 2014

Apologies for not keeping this up to date very much, but here's a round-up of some writing and reading events in Mandy's diary between now and the end of 2014. Get in touch with Mandy if you'd like to know more, and if you'd like to have Mandy to do an event with you, she's alway...

letting light in

Added on 27 March 2014

Mandy's first poetry collection, the pamphlet letting light in, is now available as an ebook for just 77p from Amazon.co.uk here, or Amazon.com here. The poetry is a response to the quiet arrival of spring in Assynt, so having been out of print for years, it is appropriate that it is once again ...

Special offer on Into the Forest

Added on 15 March 2014

For the rest of March, Mandy will make a £2 donation to Reforesting Scotland, as well as a donation to Trees for Life, for each copy of Into the Forest bought from the Special Offer page of this website. For a bigger donation to Trees for Life, you can still buy a copy here.