

Raine Day 2025
14th June 2025 marks what would have been Dr Kathleen Raine's 117th birthday and the first Raine Day for which my novel, Remember the...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
Jun 137 min read


'Remember the Rowan' on Highland Book Prize longlist
'I am underneath those towering alders, their luminous pinecones twirling impishly through the windswept canopy like mischievous Highland...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
Jan 291 min read


LONGLIST ANNOUNCEMENT: Vote for 'Remember the Rowan' in The People's Book Prize
I couldn’t be more delighted to share that Remember the Rowan has been longlisted for The People’s Book Prize 2024-25 ! Most exciting of...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
Nov 17, 20241 min read


HOPE to see you this Book Week Scotland...
An annual nationwide celebration of books and reading, Book Week Scotland 2024 will take place on 18–24 November , and I am delighted to...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
Nov 6, 20241 min read


Remember the Rowan has blossomed!
Remember the Rowan : Chapter One, Part One 'Of all created things the source is one, Simple, single as love...' Kathleen Raine, "Message...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
Sep 30, 20241 min read