A-B-Tree was launched into the world from Culag woods

Added on 06 October 2016

The day before National Poetry Day, Wednesday 5 October, saw a small group of people disappearing off into Culag Woods from Lochinver harbour, to scatter poems like leaves among the trees. We brewed up kelly kettles for tea, cooked marshmallows and read poems in the dappled, smoky sunlight. Trees wh...

No Throwaway Cups

Added on 29 September 2016

In my ‘day job’ I work for the Environmental Paper Network (EPN), a coalition of more than 140 civil society organisations that share a vision for a future where all paper is produced, used and disposed of ethically and sustainably. Given that paper accounts for more than 40% of world in...

Launch of A-B-Tree

Added on 29 September 2016

My new pamphlet of poems, A-B-Tree, celebrating the Gaelic Tree Alphabet, will be launched in Culag Woods, Lochinver on Wednesday 5 October. The launch will be part of an event to bring poems into the woods in preparation for National Poetry Day on Thursday. We will leave a trail of poems behind us,...