Creative writing retreat

Added on 09 September 2011

Small but beautiful retreat on the Summer Isles Mandy has been running a creative retreat on Tanera Mor, the largest of the Summer Isles, off the north west coast of Scotland. It was an intimate gathering of 5 writers, but all the more creative for that. Her blog about it is here. Blessed with good ...

A-B-Tree secures funding

Added on 15 August 2011

A-B-Tree project secures funding Mandy will be running a Scotland-wide creative writing project from September to November to celebrate the International Year of Forests. The project, called A-B-Tree (or in Gaelic, A-B-Craobh), will celebrate the association between each letter of the Gaelic alphabe...

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...