Earth Wondering

Added on 11 March 2011

Handmade Booklets On Sale Now! Four beautiful, handmade booklets of Mandy's nature writings are now on sale. Called 'Earth Wondering', they contain a selection of seasonal questions and musings on the natural world. Each tiny book is lavishly illustrated with Bill Ritchie's photographs, adding their...

Artist profile on Northings

Added on 10 March 2011

Mary King's view of Assynt An interview with the landscape painter Mary King, who paints Assynt, is up on the Northings website.

September retreat plan

Added on 18 February 2011

Retreat to the Summer Isles The wonderful people who live on Tanera Mor, in the Summer Isles, are hosting a creative retreat from 3 to 9 September, to be led by Mandy. The retreat will take Mandy's normal format, with regular morning 'creative warm-up' sessions, lots of peacefully stimulating activi...

Articles published

Added on 06 February 2011

Joining the forest debate Mandy has four pieces published in this month's Bratach, including one responding to the proposals in England for the state forest to be passed to private hands. The article argues that the English ideas are clearly drawing on some of the land reform initiatives in Scotland...

Story published

Added on 30 January 2011

Erratics A very, very short story by Mandy called 'Erratics' has been published in the new edition of From Glasgow to Saturn - scroll down to the bottom of the page to find it. Erratics are boulders that were picked up by glaciers during the last ice age and dropped again, often in incongruous place...

MacCaig Tribute Poem

Added on 30 November 2010

A Passion for Assynt Mandy's poem written in response to 'A Man in Assynt', by Norman MacCaig, has made the front page headline of the new issue of Northwords Now, Scotland's literary broadsheet. The poem is included in full in the magazine and is available to listen to on the NNow website, here. It...