Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Aug 24
- 1 min
'Agnes': writing witchcraft in The Golden Hours (Edinburgh Literary Salon)
'Prick.' The small army of men gathered around us gasps. He simply stares. Vision blurred from their blows, still I sense a pallor...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Happy 115th Birthday Kathleen Raine at the Scottish Poetry Library
'Traced on the wild that legendary land More ancient than song or story or carved stone My mother and her mother's mother knew: the green...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Apr 8
- 2 min
Women's Voices with Sara Sheridan at the Soutar Festival of Words 2023
‘This is such a large part of the life of almost any woman that I venture to record it for those who do not know, not for those who do....
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Aug 27, 2020
- 1 min
Dear Tosh ...
Dear Tosh,
Please forgive the informality. I feel like I know you already. To grow up in Glasgow is to grow up with you, watching your rose
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Summer Stories: Poetry Slams and Publishing Tales
Hi everyone - what a strange season this has been! I hope that you and yours have been able to stay safe during these challenging times,...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Dec 22, 2019
- 1 min
'Hopes planted and grown ...' Poet's Corner with Glasgow Women's Library!
Hello everyone and happy Book Week Scotland! This annual occasion celebrates all of our country's literary loveliness and I was honoured...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Nov 17, 2019
- 3 min
Creative Chocolate and other stories!
Hello everyone and happy autumn! A short and (literally) sweet blog this time ... Fortnum & Mason recently put out a call for short...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Dec 5, 2018
- 4 min
Christmas Choices: My Literary Hall of Fame 2018!
Deck the halls ... can you believe that another year is drawing (literally drawing for me!) to a close? I've been delighted to see my...