Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Oct 8
- 1 min
Mothers by the Sea: a new short story
'...I wonder what he and the rest would have had me do different. How would a good mother react to seeing you upshore, exquisitely...
Kirsten MacQuarrie
- Feb 10
- 1 min
LGBTQ+ History Month at the Scottish Poetry Library
She was in love. There was no turning back. She took her letters to the library and read them in between her book, so that she could read...
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
- 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...