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...

Anthology of Tree Poems

Added on 02 March 2012

Saraband are to produce a tree poetry anthology Over the next year, Mandy will be working with Saraband publisher to compile an anthology of poems about trees. The book will be structured according to the Gaelic Tree Alphabet, and restricted to poems about the species linked to letters of the alpha...

Festival

Added on 18 January 2012

Assynt to hold a festival in 2012 There will be a festival in Assynt, from 3 to 10 October 2012, to celebrate the cultural heritage of this beautiful area. Mandy is involved in the plans. For more information and to keep up to date see the festival website here: www.assyntfestival.org.uk