Grumpa has kicked off his wellies in excitement. We’ve just had word that his next book has got the got ahead for publication. So what...

“Go for a walk.” How often have we heard it said that communicating with nature is good for your health and wellbeing? I have always gone...

As with other professionals, we writers also have to develop our skills when we can. Whether that is with the craft itself or marketing,...

Still editing but I need to finalise the book title. I can’t keep saying Blàs of the Highlands three. Naming the book will help my...

Summer has officially arrived. Finally, we have hot weather, the thundering rain has stopped and flowers are striving to burst forth in a...

Mo luachmhor/my precious is probably what Grumpa is thinking right now. He wasn’t keen to give his prize up in the first place. After all...

May has been a strange month for us. At a time of new beginnings and a burst of spring hope it has also heralded the end of another era....

I can imagine from outside of Scotland or the Highlands the idea of a Gaelic Cultural Centre in Inverness may seem odd. Probably because...

It is always exciting when we get the go-ahead for illustrations for a new picture book. This is Gàidhlig Grumpa’s fourth adventure....

Who needs chocolate when they have this reminder coming up on their thread? I like treats as much as most people do but I have to say the...

“You have to get yourself on Instagram” Yes, yes of course I will. Only it has taken me years to work out Facebook and I still get it...

There are times the beauty of Scotland takes your breath away. Unexpectedly, an image that you see each day comes into perfect focus. The...

I am really trying not to be political. All the marketing advice tells me to stick to the same style and tone as my books. For my English...

Today is the start of World Gaelic Week. It shows how out of step I am. I wasn’t even aware it existed until a few weeks ago when I was...

I strive to get a blog out each week. Then all of a sudden like waiting for a bus three came along all at the same time. The Society of...

thanks to Alison Craig for the above photograph I have had to include a second blog, just after I thought I was in front of myself too....

It is quite a while since I have included any pictures of my puppets. Then again it is a while since I have had an excuse to use them. I...

“Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword” Edward Bulwer-Lytton How I wish that were true. Not many...

Storms, sleet, and ice spread all over the country. It was everywhere apart from here. We had our snowfall on Wednesday. Earlier than...

Everywhere I look there are pictures of red roses and chocolates. What happened to all the poems and writings that used to dominate the...