I hear the calling on a deep soul level to the land of my birth, its oral culture, lore and the otherworld.  This is the fire in my blood and breath in my bones. ​​As a child, I would sit by the hearth and listen to my granny tell stories. I knew then that they were magical, for they transformed into living, breathing images in my mind. Their enchanted threads led me into the depths of the forest to meet crabbit crones, weather witches and wise women, and to the liminal place between land and sea where, shapeshifting selkies and mermaids reside. This ancestral seed nourished long ago led to me becoming a performance storyteller.​ 

 

I have told stories at local and international levels. Given interviews for academics, media companies, filmed for television and starred in an international documentary called Women Who Carry Medicine. Held memorial events for Scotland's accused witches and collaborated with other creatives whose work is inspired by the Scottish witch hunts, as the name Creative Coven. This artistic response to the injustice of witchcraft act of 1563 has been commended by two motions in the Scottish parliament.

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My visionary art resurrects witch persecution through the channelled voices and visions of the witch series. These portraits were created with ink, and the subversive stitch and were accompanied by visceral prose or poetry. I created the death mask of the only witch in Scotland with an intertidal grave and finished it with seaweed and salt to represent her body becoming part of the sea. This whole body of curated multi-media visual and literary art work was exhibited at Dunfermline Carnegie Gallery and received public acclaim.  

 

​After years of writing original and reimagining traditional tales, I self-published my first book, The Witches of Culross. A weaving of historical fact and fiction inspired by the true story of a mother and daughter who were both executed for the crime of witchcraft. The book is threaded with beliefs and customs, with a  dialogue written in Old Scots. It was a number one bestseller in its category and has had some wonderful reviews on Amazon.  You can buy the book directly from me, which includes a print of Catherine Mitchell. 

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I created and edited, WITCH, the Book of Remembrance. A creative weaving of literary and visual art scattered amongst the ashen names and unknown entries of the four thousand daughters and sons of Scotland persecuted for the crime of witchcraft.  This limited-edition memorial book was funded by witch midwifes who helped to birth it into being. This memorial book is only available via this website. 

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If the Cailleach approves, I will finally complete my Anthology of Scottish Witch Folktales, which explores the witch in Scottish stories and folklore. I am currently working on new art, some of which will accompany the short stories in the book. This will be exhibited at its launch in 2027. 

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​​​​​When I am not doing all of the above, this auld crone can be found walking in the woods with my two little dogs, Angus and Florrie.