I am very proud to have an essay published in a new book, just out at the end of December 2022. « Seignelay Colbert de Castlehill (1735-1811): Un évêque entre Lumières écossaises et Contre-Révolution » is published by the Presses de l’Université Toulouse 1 Capitole. Edited and introduced by Alain Alcouffe, it comprises articles or … More Castlehill: entre Lumières écossaises et Contre-Révolution…
I’ve written a blog post for the Society of Authors in Scotland about using archives in writing: you can find it at this link: https://societyofauthors.org/News/Blogs/SoA-Blog/July-2022/Using-archives-in-writing I used archives extensively for both my books: “Daughters of the North” involved reading 16th century letters and documents, while “Josephine Tey” involved a wide variety of 20th century archives. … More new blog post for the Society of Authors
Last week I did three talks, at the Highland Archive Centre in Inverness, for Haddo Arts at Haddo House in Aberdeenshire, and at the Aye Write book festival in Glasgow. After 2+ years of limited travel and few in-person events due to covid, it was great to see different places and people. Thank you very … More May events: photos
It has been a strange and sometimes difficult Covid year, but I have been working away at some very interesting writing projects which are slowly coming to fruition. This blog post is to share some work that I have been doing over the last wee while: I am pleased to say that I am part … More Spirit of the Highlands – Inverness Castle
The winners of the Saltire Literary Awards were announced at the weekend. I was a judge for the Scottish Poetry Book of the Year award. You can see a video of all the shortlisted poets here, reading from their work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH7MTMWHSMk&t=29s The winner was Daisy Lafarge “Life Without Air”. Congratulations to her and all the … More Saltire award winners announced
Jennifer Morag Henderson 