Poetry anthology progress

Added on 01 November 2012

Mandy is editing an anthology of tree poems, to be published by Saraband in the autumn of 2013. The selection of poems is now complete, although a few more may be added if exciting discoveries are made between now and publication. The anthology title will be Into the Forest: A Celtic Alphabet of Tr...

Guest Poet at Moniack Mhor

Added on 11 September 2012

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 i...

Poetry in the Persian Tent

Added on 02 August 2012

Peaceful Poetry Mandy will be reading at the Festival of Peace and Spirituality in Edinburgh later this month, as part of the Poetry in the Persian Tent. Mandy is reading on Sunday 26 August at 11am, with Stewart Conn and Eunice Buchanan. Find out more details here and book tickets at the festival ...

Big Tent Festival

Added on 15 July 2012

A-B-Tree event at The Big Tent Festival Mandy will be doing an event at the Big Tent Festival in Falkland, Fife, on Sunday 22 July, at 1.15 pm. The event will explore the connection between trees and writing embodied in the Gaelic tree alphabet, which links a native woodland species with each lette...

Retreat sold out

Added on 20 June 2012

Tanera Mor retreat fully booked The writing retreat on Tanera Mor, in the Summer Isles, which Mandy will lead in September, is now fully booked. There is a waiting list, and dates for another retreat will hopefully be decided upon soon. Watch this space.

Paper Network

Added on 25 April 2012

Back on the campaign trail Mandy has been offered and has accepted the position of co-ordinator of the European Environmental Paper Network (EEPN), so she is once again at the helm of the campaign to put our paper consumption and production on a sustainable footing. The EEPN is a coalition of more...