Where is Nan Shepherd’s shanty in the Cairngorms?Nan Shepherd’s shanty in the Cairngorms – on the April day in 1928 she first saw it, it was love at first sight. From then on she escaped to it as often as she could. But where was it? In the Spring of 1930, Nan Shepherd was ill. She was losing… Mar 02 21March 02, 2021Article at Charlotte Peacock
Charlotte PeacockStuck for words? Writer and author Charlotte Peacock offers ghostwriting, book coaching, editing and copywriting services. Nov 26 24November 26, 2024Article at Charlotte Peacock
Nan Shepherd revolutionised nature writing with The Living Mountain. This is her storyDiscover the legacy of Nan Shepherd, the Scottish literary luminary known for her profound contributions to nature writing Nov 26 24November 26, 2024Article at s88c51a0d06e8478593aa90ca08f14b0b
Nan Shepherd books in printAll Nan Shepherd’s books are once again in print. Although she was famous as a novelist and poet in the 1930s and 1940s, by the 1960s her books were out of print and Nan Shepherd seemed to have vanished from the literary landscape. Until 1977, that… Mar 04 21March 04, 2021Article at Charlotte Peacock
Nan Shepherd and Jessie Kesson: an uncommon friendship‘For, through myrrh’s smell, past wud’s tremendous green, my frien’ just followed me, the hale wye back’ To Nan Shepherd by Jessie Kesson, 1945, North-East Review Jessie Kesson and Nan Shepherd: it was an unlikely friendship. It began by chance and… Feb 19 21February 19, 2021Article at Charlotte Peacock
About Nan ShepherdTo save you trawling through the blog, all my posts about Nan Shepherd (so far) are here, too. There’s been a revival of interest in Nan Shepherd recently. And about time, too. Famous for her novels and poetry in the 1930s by the 1950s and 60s she… Feb 14 21February 14, 2021Article at Charlotte Peacock
Charlotte Peacock: ‘The world has finally caught up with Nan Shepherd’Today marks the 128th birthday of Nan Shepherd, one of Scotland’s most celebrated but also most elusive writers. For this feature we were delighted to interview writer and poet Charlotte Peacock, author of Into the Mountain: A Life of Nan Shepherd,… Feb 11 21February 11, 2021Article at sc5a1f13e24134d9aa77d9c341ac05d77
Quiet pioneer: the novels of Nan Shepherd (1893–1981)Nan Shepherd was reticent about her novels. The author, Jessie Kesson, knew Shepherd for three years before discovering she had written one. Even then, Kesson found out, not from Shepherd herself, but one of Shepherd’s former students. That same… Dec 21 20December 21, 2020Article at The Bottle Imp
The Living Mountain ConversationsSince November of last year, Scottish musician and artist, Jenny Sturgeon, has been in conversation with artists, writers and ecologists about Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain. The result is The Living Mountain Conversations, a series of podcasts… Oct 20 20October 20, 2020Article at Charlotte Peacock
The Living Mountain Conversations - Charlotte PeacockJenny chats with Nan Shepherd biographer Charlotte Peacock (www.charlottepeacock.co.uk). They discuss the process of researching and writing a biography, the Scottish Renaissance, feminism in the early 20th Century and Charlotte’s insight in to Nan’s… Sep 02 20September 02, 2020Podcast at Charlotte Peacock The Living Mountain Conversations
Searching for Nan ShepherdSearching for Nan Shepherd, I came across a painting of her conservatory by Barbara Balmer. Shepherd was introduced to Balmer by a neighbour in the 1970s when Balmer was a visiting lecturer at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen. Theirs was a brief but… Oct 14 18October 14, 2018Article at Charlotte Peacock
Jessie Kesson's The White Bird PassesIt was Nan Shepherd's verdict on her books Jessie Kesson really cared about. Read Shepherd's review of The White Bird Passes here. Sep 29 18September 29, 2018Article at Charlotte Peacock
Nan Shepherd: living mountainNan Shepherd Living Mountain. The name and the work are synonymous. Which is not surprising really, given that The Living Mountain is the work for which Nan Shepherd is currently best known. But is there more to her than her ‘hill book’? I think so.… Sep 20 18September 20, 2018Article at Charlotte Peacock
Wild Geese: A Collection of Nan Shepherd’s WritingWild Geese: A Collection of Nan Shepherd’s Writing, edited by Charlotte Peacock is published by Galileo. ‘I don’t like writing, really. In fact, I very rarely write. No I never do short stories and articles’, Nan Shepherd confessed in 1933. ‘I only… Sep 16 18September 16, 2018Article at Charlotte Peacock
Wild Geese, a collection of Shepherd’s other writings, is out next month. It’s Blackwell’s book for September. Some of the work gathered together in this volume has been previously printed in journals and magazines, but never together in book form. There’s a… Aug 06 18August 06, 2018Article at Charlotte Peacock
Talking Nan Shepherd: A blether about book festivalsI’m talking Nan Shepherd with Caroline Beck at Hexham Book Fest this weekend. You’ll find us at the Queen’s Theatre on Sunday at 12.00 pm. It’s a long, old schlep from Suffolk so it’s just as well I love a road trip. There are still tickets… May 02 18May 02, 2018Article at Charlotte Peacock
Nan Shepherd nightShift yersel owre, Rabbie, an mak space fir a national lassie Nan Shepherd night. Now there’s an idea. ‘Scottish identity can no longer be encompassed in one night nor expressed by one man’ say Nicholas Le Bigre and Alistair Heather in an article… Feb 06 18February 06, 2018Article at Charlotte Peacock
Quiet influence: Nan Shepherd’s lonely uphill struggle‘It’s a grand thing to get leave to live’, perhaps the most famous line Nan Shepherd wrote, is carved in the slate paving of the Writers’ Museum’s Close in Edinburgh. But many who read it, either there or on the new Scottish £5 note, will be… Jan 09 18January 09, 2018Article at Charlotte Peacock
Nan Shepherd on the trampTomorrow at 3pm on BBC Radio 4’s Open Country, Helen Mark visits the Cairngorms in Scotland to find out why this landscape was an inspiration and a refuge for writer Nan Shepherd. Shepherd’s neglected book, The Living Mountain, has found new… Dec 27 17December 27, 2017Article at Charlotte Peacock
Nan Shepherd: on the radioIn the 1930’s Nan Shepherd was one of Scotland’s best known poets and writers, but her masterpiece The Living Mountain languished unpublished in a drawer and she died before it became successful. Jenni speaks to Charlotte Peacock who has written her… Dec 13 17December 13, 2017Article at Charlotte Peacock
Baltic night Charlotte Peacock talks on Nan ShepherdWriter and photographer Chris Townsend has written a post on his blog about the evening organised by The Bookmark which was the highlight of the tour. Thank you, to everyone who turned out on such a cold evening, to Margery Marshall and The Bookmark… Dec 03 17December 03, 2017Article at Charlotte Peacock
