Assynt Elm Project

Added by Mandy Haggith at 17:50 on 02 February 2024

The best thing about this winter is the Assynt Elm Project. I couldn't write a book about elms and stand by doing nothing while Dutch elm disease arrives here, as it almost certainly has, and if not, certainly soon will. So I decided to do a pilgrimage around Assynt's magnificent elms and talk to ev...

A new book about elms underway

Added by Mandy Haggith at 17:40 on 08 August 2023

I guess you can take the woman out of forest campaigning but you can't take the forest campaigner out of the woman, so perhaps it is no surprise that I have a new tree-related project. Last year I was commissioned to write about the oldest elm tree in Europe, known as the Guardian of the Gateway, wh...

Earth day and book night sale

Added on 21 April 2023

To celebrate Earth Day on 22 April and World Book Night on 23 April, I'm selling my books at big discounts, individually and in bundles, here: EARTH DAY SALE. Please note that all of these books will be signed and posted free to the UK. If you would like them posted anywhere other than the UK pl...

New Poetry Book to launch soon

Added on 03 March 2023

My much anticipated book of sea poems called Briny is about to be launched into the world, thanks to Red Squirrel Press. Appropriately enough we will have the launch event at the Scottish Association of Marine Science in Oban on Monday 13 March at 4.30pm. All welcome! Here's what the blurb for t...

Lost Eden is found!

Added on 08 February 2023

The long-awaited book consisting of four novellas, one by me and the other three by Douglas Thompson, Margaret Elphinstone and DP Watt, is now available. It's a big, chunky volume and a fascinating book, with each of the authors taking a different take on the theme of formal gardens. My novella ...

Come for tea and cakes in Fort William

Added on 11 November 2022

I'm delighted to be doing an event with Fort William Library on Monday 14 November as part of Book Week Scotland. There will be tea, cakes, reading and chat from 3.30-5. If you're in the area, please come along. The library is on the High Street, and you can phone 01397 703552, call in or co...