Book Launch for The Walrus Mutterer

Added on 26 February 2018

My new historical novel, The Walrus Mutterer, the first of a trilogy called Stone Stories, will launch in March 2018 at an event in Lochinver. The novel is set in the Iron Age, 320 BC, and the blurb on the back says. 'A visceral evocation of ancient folklore and ritual, The Walrus Mutterer is an...

Mystery!

Added on 10 February 2018

Down by the shore on the croft, where the woods go right down to the sea, there is an old aspen tree with a hollow branch. It's an old favourite. Last weekend, on a whim, I peered into the hole. To my amazement, inside was a curled up butterfish. Who put it there? Will they come back and get it?...

Hibernation season

Added on 30 January 2018

No self-respecting bear would be showing its nose out of its den in weather like this – each day another gale blasts through. The inshore shipping forecast is for the sea state known as ‘high’ – beyond rough, beyond very rough, a high sea is an unthinkably dangerous place to ...