Into the Forest will soon be out of print

Added on 08 June 2016

My tree poetry anthology, Into the Forest, has sold out at the distributor. There may be some copies out there for sale fpr a while and I've managed to get a few copies, so you can still buy it here. I give a donation to Trees for Life for any copies bought on this website or direct from me.

The Stone Stories has gone to Saraband

Added on 07 May 2016

It is done. The novel, all three volumes of it, has been sent to my publisher, Saraband, who has first refusal on publishing it. It is an odd anti-climax to stop editing and declare it as complete as I can make it. No doubt if Saraband wants to publish it then there will be editorial changes to make...

Each Mara is launched

Added on 23 April 2016

Our sailing boat, Each Mara, is afloat, after a winter on the hard standing at Lochinver harbour. It's an exciting moment, when she hits the water and we hope that all the sea-cocks are closed and the engine goes. All went well, and when the wind dropped away we got the sails on, then took her o...