Reviews of Briny

Added by Mandy Haggith at 15:10 on 01 December 2024

My most recent poetry book, Briny, seems to be filling a need in people's lives for poetry about the sea. It's always lovely when people get in touch to tell me what they have found in my book. The most exciting response so far, was when the artist Claire Crombie found my poem 'Song of the Barnacle'...

The Elm Project Continues

Added by Mandy Haggith at 17:57 on 14 November 2024

I'm delighted that the Assynt Elm Project has been successful in getting some more funding (thanks to Scottish Forestry and Woodland Trust Scotland), so we'll be having some more public elm-related events locally on 28 November in Culag Woods and on 14 December at Glencanisp: see the Culag Woods web...

Happy Endings

Added by Mandy Haggith at 17:50 on 13 September 2024

Tired of the doom and gloom about climate change and apocalyptic thinking about environmental disasters? Me too. So I will be leading a workshop at Velocity Cafe in Inverness on Monday 16 September, 6.30-8pm, about writing happy endings into our stories. Because we all need some lightness... More de...