writing | glasgowgallerina

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, ...

Koala

Koala Black smoke chokes me, grey fur singed. Small paws smouldering; wide eyes sting. Our homes in cinders, charred debris. New infants ...

'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 ...

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 stori...

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 La...

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 wh...

A New Season (and a New Chapter)!

May the force be with you, Gallerina Gang! I'm starting this month with a vlog that technically doesn't have anything to do with my writi...

da Vinci Daydreams: Visiting Leonardo 500

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a good month now that spring has (very nearly) sprung! As you can see from my latest vlog, I recently g...

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