Kirsten MacQuarrie
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20191 min read
'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, 20193 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20193 min read
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...