Mountain Stories pre-orders

We are well on the way to publishing Mountain Stories in October. A collection of writing and sketches of journeys in and around the Scottish Highlands and Islands, all of these stories were written during pandemic lockdown, author and artist Heather Dawe wrote about and illustrated her memories as a means of getting to these places when she couldn't do this physically. Heather originally blogged three of the eleven stories and wrote a related piece for The Guardian .

Along with mountain and sea journeys, Heather explores the culture of the Highlands and Islands, and writes how their landscape and history have inspired her own painting, as well as those of other artists and writers such as Sorley MacLean and Norman MacCaig. She also explores how her need for these mountains has changed over the years.

Heather's journeys traverse some of Scotland's most vivid and wild landscapes including Assynt and the Far North, Knoydart, Fisherfield, the Outer Hebrides and Skye's Cuillin. Their stark nature is shown by the book's illustrations - monochrome images that capture the shape and feeling of the land.

Mountain Stories has a foreword written by Arran resident, Mountain Leader and President of Scottish Ramblers, Lucy Wallace.

We're now taking pre-orders for Mountain Stories . A hardback, everyone pre-ordering will receive a signed copy of the book as soon as we get hold of copies. We are also producing a limited edition signed A4 Giclee print of the Kintail Ridge during a cloud inversion. This image forms the basis of the cover for Mountain Stories and the inversion itself was inspiration for one of the book's stories.

RRP for the book is &pound15.99. You can pre-order the book for &pound15.00, the print for &pound25.00 or the book and print bundle for &pound35.00, all with free UK P&P, a free cloth badge and our immense gratitude for your support.