Last week was a whirlwind mini book tour for The Hidden Fires around central Scotland and I’m only just catching my breath and catching up …
Category: Author Life
Posted on 10th April, 2023
On Nature Writing for The Creative Penn Podcast
I first met Joanna Penn ten years ago at a course in Inverness set up by Peter Urpeth of what was HiArts and then …
Posted on 12th March, 2023
The Courage to Follow Nan Shepherd
…a lantern, floating and filled with light. Perhaps it is what Shepherd meant when she said, ‘[O]ne walks the flesh transparent.’ – This article first …
Posted on 18th May, 2021
Learning the Land
…and hoots of un-numbered birds: the robins, doves, chaffinches, crows, pigeons, tits, wrens and more. Some flit across my way, others perch high on spindly …
Posted on 14th December, 2020
Broken Bread – The Story of a Story
…opportunities for subscribers only. And if you respond, I will write back. So come and swap tales with me, break bread in spirit, share life. …
Posted on 27th July, 2020
Coincidence in A House Called Askival
…2015, we climbed Askival on the island of Rum, left a copy on top registered with BookCrossing and enjoyed what happened next: https://www.facebook.com/freightbooks/posts/376620945880076?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARC6LRgbDhBRfFx2irHLBqZBZycET2EJ0R2gFYxKmAByXt4yT3O48JfI9eF7bLRZSPnOsjDdxKtr005EiFGJmvFkbOoDpQfk6qRUkY3PTfBNBKYcTxogEqjs2gFb8ZJRQQGuDtdF1ic6e4pR8HRqdavjH3Nnv8rMnAWHoVuttu_jGW2IyLGcfkec_m-5dT7lSdLJh_WUI7LUnayugbdav5JX-fzDAnrkNwpxoGg68tnnZwxPOwHSvYyabx_YBQ6yM2JiGAF_WOHtnjb_pALNVuAiZNzfyzrDyCCLXKbrBLQB6VPD8IuuPk0s6tyaH_9ZyAW_Ks9feDncNqvXP-x9Vzg&__tn__=-R Then …
Posted on 19th February, 2020
Heads Up: A Tale of Two Sittings
…we postpone the author bit. ‘People don’t normally photograph well when they’re cold,’ he explained. ‘Stewart,’ I said, ‘I don’t normally dress up and put …
Posted on 14th November, 2019
Having Words with the Non-Writers
Though the Glen Tanar Health Walk group love where they walk and were very happy to have me join them, it was made clear that …
Posted on 14th November, 2019
Having Words with the Non-Writers
Though the Glen Tanar Health Walk group love where they walk and were very happy to have me join them, it was made clear that …