

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
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min
One Click to Save a Chick!
Something a little different for this month's blog ... Scotland's most vulnerable baby birds need your help! In January 2020, France...


Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Jan 21, 2020
- 1 min
Koala
Koala Black smoke chokes me, grey fur singed. Small paws smouldering; wide eyes sting. Our homes in cinders, charred debris. New infants...

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
- Sep 1, 2019
- 3 min
Daffodils so beautiful...
Greetings, everyone, from Glasgow and Grasmere! I hope you enjoy my latest vlog, in which I travel for the first time to the beautiful...


Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Jun 30, 2019
- 3 min
Ellen and Arbor: the big book blog!
Hi everyone! I hope the sun is shining wherever you are (but not too hard - if you’re anything like Miss Gypsy, you won’t want to walk...


Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Jun 1, 2019
- 5 min
Gemini Gems! My Monthly Favourites for June
Hello there, my little Junebugs! Truth be told, I tried to begin this blog in May (and in April too!) I've been so busy polishing up the...