Author: Jackie

  • The Wizard of Flanders Moss – a new book of poetry

    I’m really happy to announce that my latest book, a short chapbook of poetry inspired by the nature and landscape around my home in Stirling, is now published. It is called The Wizard of Flanders Moss (which is the title of one of the poems; Flanders Moss is a nature reserve about 12 miles outside…

  • The Calm Place is now published!

    My book The Calm Place has now been published, and I have been delighted with early feedback. This account of the year in my garden during 2020 seems to have hit a chord with early readers, and I look forward to more people discovering it. I chose to self-publish the book under the imprint name…

  • The Calm Place

    “The Calm Place” is the title of my forthcoming book, independently published in June 2023. It chronicles a year in my Scottish garden, initially intended as a simple writing exercise for my eyes only to notice and write about the life that comes and goes in a small space throughout the course of a year.…