The Last Bear out as an ebook

Added on 01 August 2011

The Last Bear ebook Mandy's award winning historical novel, The Last Bear, is now available as an ebook, direct from the publisher's website, here. Anyone buying the book on the day of the launch, today, Monday 1 August 2011, will be entered into a prize draw. The prizes include hand-crafted copies ...

Mandy working for a history project

Added on 20 July 2011

Unearthing secrets of the past Mandy is doing some freelance writing work for a history project in Assynt, which will be delving into the past life and death of people who lived here in the past. Over the next few months, Mandy will be using her writing skills to help the project in various ways, in...

Guest Reader at Arvon

Added on 19 June 2011

Mandy will be the Makar's Guest Reader Mandy is delighted to have been invited to be the guest reader at a prestigious course run by the Arvon Foundation. Liz Lochhead, the new Scottish Makar, or national poet, will teach a course with Tom Leonard, at the Moniack Mhor writing centre, in 2012. It is ...

Ebook launch

Added on 17 June 2011

The Last Bear ebook coming soon The Last Bear will be launched as an ebook on 1 August 2011, so plans are under way to make a splash with this event, with a prize draw, and some special cyber-offerings. Watch this space. The paper book has also just been reprinted, so any worry that it might be goin...

Nature's Colours

Added on 13 June 2011

Nature's Colours Mandy has a big story in the latest (June 2011) issue of The Knitter magazine. It is about women who dye wool, either using natural materials or taking their inspiration for colours from the natural world. It is based on interviews with Helen Lockhart, whose Ripplescrafts yarns are ...

New poems

Added on 03 June 2011

Little magazines like Mandy's poetry A clutch of new poems have been accepted for publication in various magazines. 'Brisbane Billy' was in the March 2011 issue of Prole. 'Delighted' and 'Once our tongues' are in Obsessed with Pipework in summer 2011. 'Assynt in Snow' is coming out in the summer 201...