Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Apr 9
- 2 min
‘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...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Aug 24, 2023
- 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
- Aug 19, 2023
- 1 min
As woman is, so she sees - writing for Bluestocking Oxford
'Powered by personal poetic spirit, Dr Kathleen Raine’s innovative research offered a key with which readers could unlock William Blake’s...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Apr 24, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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....