MacCaig Tribute Poem

Added on 30 November 2010

A Passion for Assynt Mandy's poem written in response to 'A Man in Assynt', by Norman MacCaig, has made the front page headline of the new issue of Northwords Now, Scotland's literary broadsheet. The poem is included in full in the magazine and is available to listen to on the NNow website, here. It...

MacCaig celebration

Added on 05 November 2010

Norman MacCaig Centenary Celebration in Assynt Mandy is the co-ordinator of the celebration of one hundred years since the poet Norman MacCaig's birth. He loved Assynt and spent every summer here for decades. For more details of the celebration see the Top Left Corner website.

Edinburgh Book Festival

Added on 17 August 2010

Mandy Reading at Edinburgh Book Festival Mandy is reading her tribute poem, 'A Passion for Assynt', at an event celebrating the poetry of Norman MacCaig at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Mandy's poem is a response to Norman MacCaig's long poem 'A Man in Assynt', answering some of the rhe...