Poetry News

Added on 06 September 2021

An exhibition, 'Trees Meet Sea', of my tree or sea-themed poems paired with artworks by various artists, is being scheduled for April and May 2022. This exhibition was due to launch in April 2020 but was postponed due to the pandemic. It will be at the Sawyer Gallery, Inverewe Gardens. Watch...

Prize draw for free book

Added on 23 August 2021

If you would like to enter a draw for a free signed copy of my most recent poetry book, Why the Sky is Far Away, published by Red Squirrel Press, just sign up for my occasional (no more than quarterly) newsletter by the end of August 2021. I'll post the book anywhere to the winner of the draw. Y...

Support the Scottish Crannog Centre!

Added on 02 August 2021

Over the weekend of 9-10 October 2021 I am finally going to be able to do my event at the Scottish Crannog Centre on Loch Tay, reading from the Stone Stories iron age novels and doing a workshop to help people to imagine their own iron age character. This was due to be round the fireside in the reco...

Bears at the Edinburgh Science Festival!

Added on 21 June 2021

I shall be doing an event about bears at the Edinburgh Science Festival on Sunday 27 June at 5.30pm, alongside paleoecologist Ross Barnett. Don't miss it! The booking link is here.

Do you teach in the arts? Please do our survey!

Added on 05 April 2021

I am running a research project, called The Liminal Zone, exploring how people who both practice and teach in any area of creative arts balance these aspects of their lives. We're looking at the tidal zone as a metaphor for this interface between teaching and creative practice. We have a survey ...

Prize draw for free book

Added on 24 March 2021

Anyone signing up to my email list for quarterly newsletters before the end of March will be entered into a prize draw for a free signed copy of The Last Bear posted free anywhere in the world. Sign up here. NOTE: The draw has been drawn and the free copy went to Helen Haslam.