Kirsten MacQuarrie
Nov 171 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 61 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
Sep 301 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 41 min read
COVER REVEAL: 'Remember the Rowan' is just two weeks away!
Designed by my multi-talented lead editor Matilda Eker , the beautiful book cover of my upcoming novel Remember the Rowan is in full...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
Aug 191 min read
One month to go! Join me for the launch of Remember the Rowan
Please join me in conversation with the fabulous feminist author and activist Sara Sheridan at the Mitchell Library, 2pm on Saturday 21st...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
Jun 143 min read
'Remember the Rowan' pre-orders open!
‘Gavin has not married me in church with stained glass saints looking down in judgement and me wearing shop-bought jewellery that will...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
May 93 min read
Fighting (and writing) for our right to adequate library access
As a writer, a reader, a librarian, a local resident and a lifelong library user, I was honoured to be invited to speak at today's rally...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
Apr 92 min read
‘I know my own heart…’ falling for Halifax during Anne Lister Birthday Week
While regular Glasgow Gallerina readers know that my heart belongs to one literary lass above all others - when Remember the Rowan is...