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In the (Fieldfare) Press

By: Gail Anthea Brown May 13, 2022May 13, 2022

Uncategorized, Writing and BloggingCaithness, Poetry, Scotland, Scottish Author, Scottish Blogs, Scottish Highlands, Scottish Writers, Writer, WritingLeave a Comment

Implicit in my writing plan for the year (which I wrote about in this post back in January), was a desire to focus less on social media and more on the other writing I could send out into the world. As engaging as social media is, events towards the end of last year made me…

Finn and Friends at John O’Groats

Back in January, when I wrote about my writing plans for 2022, I mentioned a project that I hoped would come to fruition before the summer. Well, here we are in May – and apart from wondering how on earth time passed so quickly – I’m delighted to say I have some new book news…

Scotland’s Year of Stories, Wick Voices, and Our Cultural Landscape

By: Gail Anthea Brown April 22, 2022April 22, 2022

Author, Caithness, Opinion, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, UncategorizedCaithness, Home, People and Place, Rural Living, Scotland, Scotland's Year of Stories, Scottish Highlands, The Shepherd's Life, Wick Voices2 Comments

I’ve written a lot about stories, how they shape and define places. Here in the north Highlands, it can sometimes feel that our stories are being written (or perhaps, rewritten) for us – a landscape of wilderness in which we not appear. I was comforted recently reading The Shepherd’s Life, James Rebanks’ beautiful account of…

International Women’s Day – We Can and We Will

By: Gail Anthea Brown March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

Caithness, Lifestyle, Opinion, Reflections, UncategorizedAnxiety, Caithness, Depression, Health, International Women's Day, Menopause, Mental Attitude, Mental Health, Perimenopause, Women's Health4 Comments

The last few weeks have been a busy and sometimes difficult period for our family. Illness and bereavement marked the final months of winter, and it often felt that life was as stormy as the winds that raged outside. As winter trickles a path into spring, snowdrops pepper our garden and early daffodils peek out…

Falling in Love With Place Through Stories – Landscape to Light by Neil M. Gunn

Recently, I’ve been reading Landscape to Light, a collection of essays by the late Neil M. Gunn – who, in addition to being one of the 20th century’s foremost novelists, also hailed from Caithness. I’ve loved reading Gunn’s views on all sorts of things, and as well as finding his essays interesting in their own right, they’ve also helped…

2022 Writing Plans and a FREE Short Story

Leo Tolstoy once wrote that ‘spring is the time of plans and projects,’ but actually, so is January. I’ve spent the first weeks of the new year easing myself back into writing, and making plans for the year ahead. After a low spell at the end of 2021, I’m entering the new year feeling creative…

Pink and orange sunrise with birds flying over the sea, Caithness

New Year, New Plans, New Name

As someone who is generally not a fan of ‘new year, new me’ narratives, I’ve entered into January with an odd sense of gusto for newness. The Christmas holidays saw me taking stock of thoughts and ideas, and I’ve spent the early days of January easing myself back into desk-mode with a few updates that…

Gail standing next to river on a golden winter dawn

Goodbye 2021 – The Highs and Lows of Another Year Behind the Blog

At the end of each December, I’ve fallen into the habit of writing a reflective post on the year that’s about to leave us. The format has varied slightly during my time in the blogosphere, but sharing the highs and lows of another twelve months has become a ritual I enjoy. It also eases me…

My Ten Favourite Books of 2021

By: Gail Anthea Brown December 16, 2021December 16, 2021

Reading Lately, UncategorizedBest Books of the Year, Book Reviews, Books, Books set in Caithness, Books set in Scotland, Books to Read, Caithness, Scottish Blogs, Scottish Highlands, Scottish Writers, Young Adult Fiction1 Comment

At around this point in winter, I like to round up my ten favourite books of the year, in no particular order (and with the caveat that the list refers to the year of reading – I often read books many years after publication). This year I read thirty-nine books in total, fewer than normal…

The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn Cover Image

Autumn and Early Winter Reading – The Wild Silence, Feral, The Way Home and The Giver of Stars

By: Gail Anthea Brown December 8, 2021December 8, 2021

Reading Lately, UncategorizedBook Reviews, Books, Books Change Lives, Books set in Caithness, Books to Read, Curl up with a Book, Reading, Scottish Author, Scottish Book Blogs2 Comments

It’s been several months since I shared a reading post on here – mainly due to being occupied with my own book. I’ve written less on my blog this year than any other – a shifting of my attention away from the blogosphere and onto the other writing I want to send into the world.…

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