The Last Bear is out of print

Added on 14 February 2014

Mandy's prize-winning novel, The Last Bear, is now officially out of print, with the sale of the publisher Two Ravens Press to a new proprietor. However, there are a handful of copies in a secret location, which Mandy can sign for the lucky people who want to snatch this last opportunity to buy ...

Come on retreat with Mandy in July

Added on 13 January 2014

Mandy will be leading a creative writing retreat at Glencanisp Lodge, from 20-25 July 2014. For more information see here.

Pictures and Poems

Added on 03 December 2013

On Sunday 8th December at 7.30 there will be a unique event at Findhorn Foundation Hall, with poems from Into the Forest read to an accompanying slideshow of beautiful images from Alan Featherstone Watson of Trees for Life. The evening will be in aid of the forest restoration charity and will featu...

Special offer on Bear Witness

Added on 18 October 2013

For the next week, Bear Witness will be available as an e-book for less than £1 on Amazon - get your copy now!

Into the Forest launch

Added on 17 October 2013

Mandy's anthology of tree poetry will be published in November 2013 by Saraband, just in time for Christmas. There are lots of launch events planned, beginning with a special tree-planting of the species of the Gaelic tree alphabet, on 22 November, at Little Assynt. The Edinburgh launch will ...

Nature poetry in Inverness

Added on 10 October 2013

Mandy is leading a poetry workshop at the Town House in Inverness on Saturday 19 October, at 2.30pm, as part of the Scottish Assocation of Writers learning day, Write up North. Come along and get some ideas and practice some vivid ways to write about the natural world. Mandy will be taking along a...