Guest Reader at Arvon

Added on 19 June 2011

Mandy will be the Makar's Guest Reader Mandy is delighted to have been invited to be the guest reader at a prestigious course run by the Arvon Foundation. Liz Lochhead, the new Scottish Makar, or national poet, will teach a course with Tom Leonard, at the Moniack Mhor writing centre, in 2012. It is ...

Ebook launch

Added on 17 June 2011

The Last Bear ebook coming soon The Last Bear will be launched as an ebook on 1 August 2011, so plans are under way to make a splash with this event, with a prize draw, and some special cyber-offerings. Watch this space. The paper book has also just been reprinted, so any worry that it might be goin...

Nature's Colours

Added on 13 June 2011

Nature's Colours Mandy has a big story in the latest (June 2011) issue of The Knitter magazine. It is about women who dye wool, either using natural materials or taking their inspiration for colours from the natural world. It is based on interviews with Helen Lockhart, whose Ripplescrafts yarns are ...