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...

Mandy Wins Robin Jenkins Literary Award

Added on 18 September 2009

Award for The Bear Mandy's first novel, The Last Bear, published by Two Ravens Press, has won the first ever Robin Jenkins Literary Award. The prize ceremony was held at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in September 2009. The prize was a handsome £5000 which, along with a Scottish Art...