Children’s writer & storyteller, books inc mg adventure novels, pic books, retellings of myths. Passionate re stories, politics & feminism. she/her #longcovid
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ALT A book lying on a wooden table. The cover is mostly blue and white, filled with swirling stormy waves, and a small boat rising up on a curved wave. The boat has the figure of a centaur standing in it, a human figure sitting in it, and a seal’s head surfacing beside it. At the top of the cover is the series title Fabled Beast Chronicles, just above the boat is the title Storm Singing and Other Tangled Tasks, and at the bottom of the cover image is the name Lari Don. Cover illustration is by Manuel Sumberac
ALT Red apple, still hanging from branch, with green apple leaves as background. The reds of the apple are bright and deep and gleaming, and very slightly speckled.
ALT 2 postcards on a wooden table. One with Edinburgh written along the top of an atmospheric pinky-purple skyline pic of the city, including the dark bulk of Edinburgh castle. The other showing a cover of a book with a black horse leaping across top of cover, a seal wearing golden crown at bottom, a wave of seawater curving between them. Title in green foil, centred between the horse and the seal: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. Two names in yellow at the bottom of the cover: Lari Don and Elise Carmichael
ALT Joint statement by Plaid Cymru, SNP, and Sinn Féin calling for cooperation among Scotland, Wales, and Ireland to build a stronger future through democratic means.
ALT A white woman with silver hair, wearing white facemask, plus black vest and trousers, kimono top with green and blue patters on white, and silver shoes. She is standing on a stage, in front of a white background with colourful patterns framing the Edinburgh International Book Festival logo. To the left of the stage is a screen showing a bright illustration of a cloaked woman waving a wand and four children in front of her in the process of turning into swans. The caption underneath says: ‘and this rather nasty lady at the top here is cursing four children’. The woman on stage is gesturing to the screen, but talking to the audience.
ALT White woman with silver hair, wearing white facemask, plus black vest, and kimono top with green and blue pattern on white. She’s sitting at a table covered in black fabric, with a black banner behind saying Waterstones, and a white banner also saying Waterstones, plus the Edinburgh International Book Festival logo. There is an open book on the table, with the title Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales visible in green writing. There are some coloured sharpies on the table, and the woman is holding a metallic pen and looking off to the side, just about to sign the book.
ALT A white woman with silver hair, wearing black vest and trousers, and kimono top with green and blue pattern on white, smiling and holding an open book. The book cover shows a black horse leaping across top of the cover, a seal wearing golden crown at the bottom, a wave of seawater curving between them. Title in green foil, centred between the horse and the seal: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. Two names in yellow at the bottom of the cover: Lari Don and Elise Carmichael. Behind the woman is a tent with the words ‘Courtyard Theatre’ visible.
ALT Two books on wooden table, one closed, showing cover art: black horse leaping across top of cover, seal wearing golden crown at bottom, wave of seawater curving between them. Title in green foil, centred between the horse and the seal: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. Two names in yellow at the bottom of the cover: Lari Don and Elise Carmichael The other open, showing an illustration of a huge brown hairy monster - with long white fangs, long black tusks, and silver claws - leaping out of water and trying to grab a small boy who is dangling from the branch above the water. Cover art and illustration by Elise Carmichael
ALT The National article: Andy Burnham urged to block major oil field licences
ALT gorse flowers - dangling down, curved yellow petals, some with red markings. (I think it’s gorse, but might be wrong!)
ALT Yellow poppy - four large yellow petals, green leaves in background
ALT Iris - A flag iris (I think!), not yet completely unfurled. 3 long bright-yellow petals, forming a Y-shape, surrounded by long tall upright leaves, dotted with raindrops
ALT buttercup - five shiny yellow petals, with green leaves in background
ALT Shiny book on wooden table, black horse leaping across top of cover, seal wearing golden crown at bottom, wave of seawater curving between them. Title in green foil, centred between the horse and the seal: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. Two names in yellow at the bottom of the cover: Lari Don and Elise Carmichael
ALT open book on wooden table, with full-page illustration showing a tall woman, dressed in blue and green robes, with long auburn pleats, holding a baby in a blue blanket in her left arm. She is standing in the mouth of a cave, and her right arm is reaching up to hold back a curtain of foliage. She is looking down on girl and a woman at her feet, who are dressed in browns and beiges. The tall woman and baby are glowing, beautiful, magical. The folk at her feet look drab and peely wally by comparison. (It probably won’t surprise you to learn that the tall woman is a fairy… )
ALT Shiny book on wooden table, black horse leaping across top of cover, seal wearing golden crown at bottom, wave of seawater curving between them. Title in green foil, centred between the horse and the seal: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. Two names in yellow at the bottom of the cover: Lari Don and Elise Carmichael
ALT flower with five white petals, yellow stamens in centre, surrounded by five pale pink buds about to open. Rosette of bright green leaves in background
ALT raggedy white flower with five thin petals, around a burst of brown stamens, a few other unopened buds, against a background of bramble leaves, mostly green with a touch of purple
ALT Graphic of John Swinney doing a thumbs up with big text: I've Voted SNP. Yellow bar at the bottom that says: You don't need your ID to vote.
ALT Wind turbines spread across a green landscape under a blue sky, illustrating Scotland's renewable energy generation.
ALT small cute white lamb with pink ears, standing in green grassy field, framed by a gap in the top row of a grey drystane dyke. A few sheep in far distance, a line of spindly trees on horizon, with white clouds in blue sky above
ALT small cute white lamb with pink ears, standing in green grassy field, framed by a gap in the top row of a grey drystane dyke.
ALT Three books lying on a wooden table. From left to right, a green paperback novel showing a centaur battling a minotaur, and the words ‘Fabled Beast Chronicles’ along the top, ‘Maze Running and Other Magical Missions’ just above the duel and ‘Lari Don’ at the bottom; a large picture book, with a splendid white unicorn rearing up against an autumnal background and the words ‘The Legend of the First Unicorn’ at the top, and ‘story by Lari Don’ and ‘illustrations by Nataša Ilinčić’ at the bottom; a paperback with a photo of shining black horse, and the words ‘Horse of Fire and other stories from around the world’ in red at the top and ‘Lari Don’ in white at the bottom.
ALT Vivid red ladybird on speckled grey paving stone, two black spots on each wing, wings very slightly open. Sunlight casting ladybird’s shadow on stone, and causing an extra bright spot of white on one wing.