Carol McKay

When does a writer retire? When do we stop feeling the urge, the need, to express ourselves? Possibly never. And so it is that I'm happy...

You don't need me to say it. It's been a turbulent time on the world's stage this year, with conflicts and catastrophes. If only...

I recently had the pleasure of reading Norman Bissell's latest book Living on an Island: Expressing the Earth  and chatting with him abo...

In December 2023, I collaborated with my long-term creative partner Keith McKay on a project to produce four poems and four artworks that wo...

  The Sparkler  is a fictionalised account of part of the life of author Charles Dickens. I opened it in happy anticipation. Alan Humm is we...

  Today, I’m delighted to welcome Julie Kennedy to my blog, to talk about her novel  Ma Mum and William Wordsworth . Julie has an impressi...

Well, well. I've just realised it's twenty-five years since my first short story was accepted for publication. It was early 1999 and...