A-B-Tree reprint complete

Added by Mandy Haggith at 16:37 on 01 December 2025

A-B-Tree is available to purchase again! Here's the link. A-B-Tree is my set of 18 poems based on the Gaelic Tree Alphabet, which links each letter to a native woodland species. I wrote it while poet in residence at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 2013, and it was runner up in the Overton Priz...

Winter events

Added by Mandy Haggith at 14:43 on 01 November 2025

I have more events coming up, talking about the elm book. Thursday 30 October, 2-3.30pm, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, tree seminar presentation, online Thursday 6 November, 12-1, St Andrews University lunchtime seminar, with booksigning at Toppings Bookshop Thursday ...

South of England events

Added by Mandy Haggith at 19:07 on 21 September 2025

Thanks to everyone who has come to one or other of the Scottish launch events for The Lost Elms. There will be an event in Brighton (which has a really important elm story) at Waterstones, at 7pm on Monday 12 October. The link for booking to come to this event is here. It is very exciting to learn t...

Launch events for The Lost Elms

Added by Mandy Haggith at 16:10 on 04 August 2025

Seven launch events are planned for my new book, The Lost Elms. Hopefully everyone who wants to help bring this book into the world will be able to make one of them. If you'd like me to talk about the book nearer to you, please ask! 12 noon, Saturday 9 August. White Shore, Culag Woods, Lochinver. A ...

Responses to The Lost Elms

Added by Mandy Haggith at 15:32 on 04 August 2025

The Lost Elms is being picked up by reviewers and the media. Here are some links to these. It's wonderful to discover that readers are enjoying it - and as the reviewer in The Guardian said, that my enthusiasm about these wonderful trees is infectious. The Independent's non-fiction book of the mont...

The Lost Elms is out!

Added by Mandy Haggith at 17:28 on 05 July 2025

My new book, The Lost Elms, has been published by Wildfire. It's a lovely-looking book and I'm very proud of it. My first venture into creative non-fiction since Paper Trails, back in 2009, this is a highly personal book, but it's also densely researched with chapters on the trees' ecology, practica...