Heather Parry answers one of the most common questions we get from writers preparing applications for the Emerging Writer Award: how do you prepare a writing CV? When you’re at the start of your writing career, it can feel as if you don’t have much to put on your writing…
Moniack Mhor and Boo Hewerdine present exciting new voices in music at STAGES: The Journey to Performance in Eden Court, Inverness, a live event on 28th October 2023. Twelve gifted singer-songwriters will perform original and unheard songs at the launch of their collaborative album, developed through Stages, a writing, production…
In this month’s blog post, we continue the sharing of stories from the many people who have touched lives with Moniack Mhor over the last 30 years. Long-time friend and tutor, Michel Faber shares his memory: My most treasured memory of Moniack Mhor doesn’t actually concern any of the times…
Throughout our 30th year, we will be sharing a series of blog posts with anecdotes, snippets, and memories from many of the people who have spent time with us at Moniack Mhor over the years. In this first post, we warmly welcome Graham Morgan, writer and now Moniack Mhor Board…
Welcome to Moniack Mhor, 30 years of words and hospitality… Today, Wednesday 17th May 2023, marks thirty years since Moniack Mhor opened its doors to writers. We are delighted to relaunch the Moniack Mhor Blog with reflections on this big birthday from Rachel Humphries, our Centre Director. And look out…
The work of a long-forgotten Edwardian artist has been discovered in an attic in the Highlands of Scotland. Sir Christopher Spink, an artist who created butterfly origami sculptures from his home in the Highlands, is thought to have lived from 1895 to 1925. He travelled the world in search of…
It is winter and all seems dead. The slow seep of colour has left us with hills swept in elephantine greys. Each ornate, heavyweight night drags its tail far into what daylight remains. All, in this gloom, seems dead.
But from within we watch, we wait, look closer. We have weathered this before.
Author, course tutor and mentor Dr Elizabeth Reeder tells us about wrestling with a bear of a novel, the origins of the word ‘ceilidh’ and why online courses are a dream for introverts, ahead of her online novel writing course this autumn.
Karen Lean was recently part of our mentoring scheme, where she worked with one of our mentors on a memoir piece she had been writing. Karen is also part of the Moniack Mhor writers group. She has kindly allowed us to share the piece here, which is followed by a…
Geoff King is a student at UHI, where he is studying for a Creative Writing degree. Geoff attended one of our courses a year or so ago, and he has written this piece about his week here and the impact it has had on his writing. Thank you, Geoff, for…