Mandy Haggith

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Mandy Haggith is an author, poet, and environmental activist. She is the coordinator of Environmental Paper Network International, and was a founding director of Top Left Corner, a community arts organisation. She is currently a director of the Assynt Foundation. [1]

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Education

Mandy Haggith has a master's degree in creative writing (with distinction) from Glasgow University. [2] Her doctoral research concerned points of disagreement, such as in environmental issues. [3]

Since 1999 she has lived on a coastal wooded croft in Assynt, in the northwest highlands of Scotland. [4]

Bibliography

Novels
  • The Last Bear (2008) [5]
  • Bear Witness (2013) [6]
The Stone Stories trilogy
  • The Walrus Mutterer (2018) [7]
  • The Amber Seeker (2019)
  • The Lyre Dancers (2020)
Poetry
  • letting light in (2005) [8]
  • Castings (2007) [8]
  • A-B Tree (2016) [9]
  • Into the forest (editor) (2013) [10]
Non-fiction
  • Paper Trails (2008) [11]

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References

  1. "Mandy Haggith - Biography". www.mandyhaggith.net.
  2. "University of Glasgow - University news - Archive of news - 2007 - December - Glasgow poets recognised for Best Scottish Poems". www.gla.ac.uk.
  3. "Mandy Haggith". 6 May 2019.
  4. "Mandy Haggith - Poetry - Scottish Poetry Library". www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk.
  5. "The Last Bear by Mandy Haggith". Vulpes Libris. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. Crockett, Mary. "Book review: Bear Witness by Mandy Haggith". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  7. "The Walrus Mutterer - Saraband".
  8. 1 2 Haggith, Mandy. "letting light in". Mandyhaggith.net. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  9. "Mandy Haggith - A-B-Tree Poems". www.mandyhaggith.net.
  10. "Into the Forest by Mandy Haggith - Waterstones". www.waterstones.com.
  11. "Review: Paper Trails by Mandy Haggith". 22 August 2008 via www.telegraph.co.uk.