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

Mandy's books on kindle

Added on 07 January 2012

The Last Bear is now available as an e-book in Kindle format on Amazon, here. It's delightfully paradoxical that a story of life here 1000 years ago is being read using state of the art digital technology. Paper Trails has been available in paper-free format here since the Kindle store opened. ...

A forest of tweets

Added on 01 December 2011

A forest of tweets As part of the second phase of the A-B-Tree project, Mandy is tweeting daily (as @cybercrofter) for the first 18 days of December. She is sharing titbits of fact and folklore about each of the species in the Gaelic tree alphabet, one tree per day, in alphabetical order. She start...

Writing retreat September 2012

Added on 18 November 2011

Creative writing retreat on Tanera Mor Mandy will be leading a writing retreat on the glorious Tanera Mor, 1-7 September 2012. For more details see here.

A-B-Tree

Added on 07 October 2011

A-B-Tree is going well Mandy is busy with the A-B-Tree project, celebrating the ancient link between words and the woods as part of the International Year of Forests. So far she has led creative writing events in the woods with three primary schools, with primary and secondary children from Shetland...