Over the years since A House Called Askival was first published, in 2014, I have heard from so many people about the deep conversations it opened up …
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Posted on 15th July, 2024
A House Called Askival First Chapter
You can read the dedication, epigraph and first chapter of A House Called Askival here: Chapter 1 A House Called Askival – Merryn Glover
Posted on 8th May, 2024
Women’s Land Army Jumper
The jumper looked like it had belonged to a child. Rich forest green with a v-neck and distinct ribbing, it was clean and neat …
Posted on 30th March, 2024
Book Group Questions for Of Stone and Sky
When Of Stone and Sky won Book of the Year at the Bookmark Festival in 2021, the primary criteria was a book that works well …
Posted on 17th February, 2024
The Great Outdoors Magazine Book of the Year Commendation
I am delighted that The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd was one of two runners up and commended in The Great Outdoors …
Posted on 24th November, 2023
Scotsman Newspaper Best Books of 2023
Wow. So chuffed that The Hidden Fires has been chosen as one of The Scotsman newspaper’s Best Scottish Books of 2023. What fine company, too! I’m …
Posted on 18th November, 2023
Boardman Tasker Award Ceremony
I had such a ball at the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature ceremony at Kendal Mountain Festival on the 17th of November. I was …
Posted on 20th September, 2023
Hidden Fires Short-Listed for Boardman Tasker
My publisher Polygon Books and I are very excited to announce that The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd has been short-listed for …
Posted on 18th September, 2023
Cairngorms Map for The Hidden Fires
This is the new map that appears in the front of the paperback edition of The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd. It …