The Rowan Tree | glasgowgallerina

Preorder The Rowan Tree (11th May 2023, Valley Press) from Waterstones, WH Smith, Bookshop.org or Amazon.

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Her ‘Great Battle’

Five reasons why Kathleen Raine’s Second World War essays can help us find peace through poetry ‘A losing battle? All battles are lost by...

Kirsten MacQuarrie

Happy Birthday Kathleen Raine, 14th June 1908

Kathleen Raine by Rollie McKenna, 1951 (National Portrait Gallery) 'To make the imperfect perfect, It is enough to love it.' Today marks...

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Four reasons why Kathleen Raine's 'The World of Living Green' is springtime inspiration

In December 2021, I posted three reasons why I think Kathleen Raine’s The Story of Three Water Drops is a Christmas classic, and this...

Kirsten MacQuarrie

Three reasons why Kathleen Raine’s 'The Story of Three Water Drops' is a Christmas classic

1. The book is beautiful, inside and out Published 75 years ago in 1946, The Story of Three Water Drops was written well before...

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