#nanshepherd — Public Fediverse posts

“The more time you spend here in the Highlands, the more you recognise and realise and come to feel yourself part of the different layers of the land [… people] see it as wild and untameable, when in actual fact it is very much a human landscape”

—Annie Worsley recommends her best five books on the Scottish Highlands

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/scottish-highlands-annie-worsley/

#Scottish #literature #poetry #naturewriting #memoir #NanShepherd #NormanMacCaig #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #books

“The more time you spend here in the Highlands, the more you recognise and realise and come to feel yourself part of the different layers of the land [… people] see it as wild and untameable, when in actual fact it is very much a human landscape”

—Annie Worsley recommends her best five books on the Scottish Highlands

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/scottish-highlands-annie-worsley/

#Scottish #literature #poetry #naturewriting #memoir #NanShepherd #NormanMacCaig #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #books

Nan Shepherd, novelist of the North-East

Prof Alison Lumsden discusses Nan Shepherd’s novels – THE QUARRY WOOD, THE WEATHERHOUSE, and A PASS IN THE GRAMPIANS – at our 2017 Schools Conference

9/9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOwRnwNgtI&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WZvMYoKDAL_wwSMSLzDldSY&index=7

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

Nan Shepherd, novelist of the North-East

Prof Alison Lumsden discusses Nan Shepherd’s novels – THE QUARRY WOOD, THE WEATHERHOUSE, and A PASS IN THE GRAMPIANS – at our 2017 Schools Conference

9/9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOwRnwNgtI&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WZvMYoKDAL_wwSMSLzDldSY&index=7

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

“The novels weren’t the point. The point of Nan Shepherd was herself. My mother described what a thrill it was to be carried along by her flow, to circle in the eddies of her experience”

—Fraser MacDonald on growing up in Nan Shepherd’s village, for the London Review of Books

8/9

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n01/fraser-macdonald/diary

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

“The novels weren’t the point. The point of Nan Shepherd was herself. My mother described what a thrill it was to be carried along by her flow, to circle in the eddies of her experience”

—Fraser MacDonald on growing up in Nan Shepherd’s village, for the London Review of Books

8/9

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n01/fraser-macdonald/diary

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain”

Jo Milne celebrates Nan Shepherd’s achievements as a writer of prose & poetry, an editor, & an inspiring lecturer & traveller who loved literature & landscape

7/9

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/stories/nanshepherd/index.html

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain”

Jo Milne celebrates Nan Shepherd’s achievements as a writer of prose & poetry, an editor, & an inspiring lecturer & traveller who loved literature & landscape

7/9

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/stories/nanshepherd/index.html

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

But in the climbing ecstasy of thought,
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…

—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by Kerri Andrews

6/9

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/summit-corrie-etchachan/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poem #poetry #hillwalking #Cairngorms

But in the climbing ecstasy of thought,
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…

—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by Kerri Andrews

6/9

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/summit-corrie-etchachan/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poem #poetry #hillwalking #Cairngorms

“At a time of global ecological crisis … her intuitive understanding of the landscape and the rhythms of nature is both a clarion call and a balm for the soul.”

—Scott Lyall on Nan Shepherd’s THE LIVING MOUNTAIN

5/9

https://theconversation.com/the-living-mountain-in-an-age-of-ecological-crisis-nan-shepherds-nature-writing-is-more-relevant-than-ever-119794

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

“At a time of global ecological crisis … her intuitive understanding of the landscape and the rhythms of nature is both a clarion call and a balm for the soul.”

—Scott Lyall on Nan Shepherd’s THE LIVING MOUNTAIN

5/9

https://theconversation.com/the-living-mountain-in-an-age-of-ecological-crisis-nan-shepherds-nature-writing-is-more-relevant-than-ever-119794

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

Loch A’an, Loch A’an, hoo deep ye lie!
Tell nane yer depth and nane shall I.
Bricht though yer deepmaist pit may be,
Ye’ll haunt me till the day I dee.
Bricht, an’ bricht, an’ bricht as air,
Ye’ll haunt me noo for evermair.

—Nan Shepherd, “Loch Avon”

📷 : Nick Bramhall, 12 June 2011

4/9

https://www.flickr.com/photos/black_friction/5845274155

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poem #poetry

Loch A’an, Loch A’an, hoo deep ye lie!
Tell nane yer depth and nane shall I.
Bricht though yer deepmaist pit may be,
Ye’ll haunt me till the day I dee.
Bricht, an’ bricht, an’ bricht as air,
Ye’ll haunt me noo for evermair.

—Nan Shepherd, “Loch Avon”

📷 : Nick Bramhall, 12 June 2011

4/9

https://www.flickr.com/photos/black_friction/5845274155

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poem #poetry

“In Shepherd’s writing… true learning—like hill-walking—is arduous. True knowledge of the mountains is only possible through the suffering of the body brought on through the relentless motion of the feet.”

—Kerri Andrews on Shepherd’s nature poetics, via @literaryhub

3/9

https://lithub.com/on-the-nature-poetics-of-the-great-nan-shepherd-bard-of-the-highlands/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #Cairngorms #hillwalking

“In Shepherd’s writing… true learning—like hill-walking—is arduous. True knowledge of the mountains is only possible through the suffering of the body brought on through the relentless motion of the feet.”

—Kerri Andrews on Shepherd’s nature poetics, via @literaryhub

3/9

https://lithub.com/on-the-nature-poetics-of-the-great-nan-shepherd-bard-of-the-highlands/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #Cairngorms #hillwalking

Currently available on BBC Sounds – Robert Macfarlane celebrates Nan Shepherd’s intrepid literary spirit by embarking on an autumnal poetic pilgrimage right into the heart of her favourite wild places in the Cairngorms

2/9

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mfndd

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #Cairngorms

Currently available on BBC Sounds – Robert Macfarlane celebrates Nan Shepherd’s intrepid literary spirit by embarking on an autumnal poetic pilgrimage right into the heart of her favourite wild places in the Cairngorms

2/9

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mfndd

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #Cairngorms

Nan Shepherd (1893–1981) was born #OTD, 11 Feb. Recently her nature writing & her memoir THE LIVING MOUNTAIN have gained attention—but she was also an important modernist novelist. Charlotte Peacock weighs her contribution to Scotland’s literary renaissance

A 🎂 🧵

1/9

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/quiet-pioneer-the-novels-of-nan-shepherd-1893-1981/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #memoir #WomenWriters

Nan Shepherd (1893–1981) was born #OTD, 11 Feb. Recently her nature writing & her memoir THE LIVING MOUNTAIN have gained attention—but she was also an important modernist novelist. Charlotte Peacock weighs her contribution to Scotland’s literary renaissance

A 🎂 🧵

1/9

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/quiet-pioneer-the-novels-of-nan-shepherd-1893-1981/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #memoir #WomenWriters

It is therefore when the body is keyed to its highest potential and controlled to a profound harmony deepening into something that resembles trance, that I discover most nearly what it is to be. I have walked out of the body and into the mountain. I am a manifestation of its total life, as is the starry saxifrage or the white-winged ptarmigan.

#Reading #NanShepherd #Books #Bookstodon #Scotland

It is therefore when the body is keyed to its highest potential and controlled to a profound harmony deepening into something that resembles trance, that I discover most nearly what it is to be. I have walked out of the body and into the mountain. I am a manifestation of its total life, as is the starry saxifrage or the white-winged ptarmigan.

#Reading #NanShepherd #Books #Bookstodon #Scotland

Walking thus, hour after hour, the senses keyed, one walks the flesh transparent. But no metaphor, transparent, or light as air, is adequate. The body is not made negligible, but paramount. Flesh is not annihilated but fulfilled. One is not bodiless, but essential body.

#Reading #NanShepherd #Books #Bookstodon #Scotland

Walking thus, hour after hour, the senses keyed, one walks the flesh transparent. But no metaphor, transparent, or light as air, is adequate. The body is not made negligible, but paramount. Flesh is not annihilated but fulfilled. One is not bodiless, but essential body.

#Reading #NanShepherd #Books #Bookstodon #Scotland

“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain”

—Jo Milne celebrates Nan Shepherd’s achievements as an author, a poet, an editor, & an inspiring lecturer & traveller who loved literature & landscape

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/stories/nanshepherd/index.html

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #mountains #cairngorms #NanShepherd #climbing #20thcentury #womenwriters #naturewriting #InternationalMountainDay

“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain”

—Jo Milne celebrates Nan Shepherd’s achievements as an author, a poet, an editor, & an inspiring lecturer & traveller who loved literature & landscape

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/stories/nanshepherd/index.html

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #mountains #cairngorms #NanShepherd #climbing #20thcentury #womenwriters #naturewriting #InternationalMountainDay

“At a time of global ecological crisis … her intuitive understanding of the landscape & the rhythms of nature is both a clarion call & a balm for the soul”

—Scott Lyall on Nan Shepherd’s THE LIVING MOUNTAIN

https://theconversation.com/the-living-mountain-in-an-age-of-ecological-crisis-nan-shepherds-nature-writing-is-more-relevant-than-ever-119794

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #mountains #cairngorms #NanShepherd #climbing #20thcentury #womenwriters #naturewriting #InternationalMountainDay #environmentalism

“At a time of global ecological crisis … her intuitive understanding of the landscape & the rhythms of nature is both a clarion call & a balm for the soul”

—Scott Lyall on Nan Shepherd’s THE LIVING MOUNTAIN

https://theconversation.com/the-living-mountain-in-an-age-of-ecological-crisis-nan-shepherds-nature-writing-is-more-relevant-than-ever-119794

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #mountains #cairngorms #NanShepherd #climbing #20thcentury #womenwriters #naturewriting #InternationalMountainDay #environmentalism

But in the climbing ecstasy of thought,
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…

—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by Kerri Andrews

Today, 11 December, is International Mountain Day

https://www.un.org/en/observances/mountain-day

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #mountains #cairngorms #NanShepherd #climbing #20thcentury #womenwriters #naturewriting #InternationalMountainDay

But in the climbing ecstasy of thought,
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…

—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by Kerri Andrews

Today, 11 December, is International Mountain Day

https://www.un.org/en/observances/mountain-day

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #mountains #cairngorms #NanShepherd #climbing #20thcentury #womenwriters #naturewriting #InternationalMountainDay

What’s more, in “Upon Another Point”, Alison McCall untangles Nellies, Netties, Helens & Janets, & discovers tales of surreptitious knitting, as she investigates an author’s early literary endeavours and high-school hi-jinks in “Nan Shepherd’s Schooldays”

7/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/12/nan-shepherds-schooldays/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #NanShepherd

What’s more, in “Upon Another Point”, Alison McCall untangles Nellies, Netties, Helens & Janets, & discovers tales of surreptitious knitting, as she investigates an author’s early literary endeavours and high-school hi-jinks in “Nan Shepherd’s Schooldays”

7/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/12/nan-shepherds-schooldays/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #NanShepherd

Nan Shepherd & her friends
21 Nov, Aberdeen – free, ticketed

Nan Shepherd has often been imagined as a solitary walker & writer. In this talk, Dr Timothy Baker looks at the importance of female friendship in Nan Shepherd’s writing & life, placing her as part of a much larger network of Aberdonian women writers & thinkers

https://aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=16811409

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #NanShepherd #Aberdeen

Nan Shepherd & her friends
21 Nov, Aberdeen – free, ticketed

Nan Shepherd has often been imagined as a solitary walker & writer. In this talk, Dr Timothy Baker looks at the importance of female friendship in Nan Shepherd’s writing & life, placing her as part of a much larger network of Aberdonian women writers & thinkers

https://aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=16811409

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #NanShepherd #Aberdeen

Kerri Andrews & Merryn Glover in conversation about Nan Shepherd
11 June, Pitlochry Festival Theatre – £3

Authors Dr Kerri Andrews & Merryn Glover discuss how Nan Shepherd has inspired their own walking & writing, followed by a book-signing & the matinee performance of Nan Shepherd: Naked & Unashamed

https://www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/merryn-glover-and-kerri-andrews-in-conversation/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #walking #hillwalking #womenwriters

Kerri Andrews & Merryn Glover in conversation about Nan Shepherd
11 June, Pitlochry Festival Theatre – £3

Authors Dr Kerri Andrews & Merryn Glover discuss how Nan Shepherd has inspired their own walking & writing, followed by a book-signing & the matinee performance of Nan Shepherd: Naked & Unashamed

https://www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/merryn-glover-and-kerri-andrews-in-conversation/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #walking #hillwalking #womenwriters

@scotlit @bookstodon @scottishlass

"Merely to be with the mountain as one visits a friend, with no intention but to be with him."

Fascinating. I admit to not having read "The Living Mountain" and indeed not knowing Nan Shepherd, the writer. This powerful essay by Robert Macfarlane has shown me that this was an inexcusable omission. I will read all of Shepherd's novels, and I must read The Living Mountain.

#NanShepherd #RobertMacfarlane #TheLivingMountain

@scotlit @bookstodon @scottishlass

"Merely to be with the mountain as one visits a friend, with no intention but to be with him."

Fascinating. I admit to not having read "The Living Mountain" and indeed not knowing Nan Shepherd, the writer. This powerful essay by Robert Macfarlane has shown me that this was an inexcusable omission. I will read all of Shepherd's novels, and I must read The Living Mountain.

#NanShepherd #RobertMacfarlane #TheLivingMountain

T.S. Eliot: "Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality."

🛠

Contemplating Eliot, and seeking the music of language in the works of T.S. Eliot, Nan Shepherd and Paul Klee for a new project.

#harpamystica #harpmystic #tseliot #nanshepherd #paulklee #angels #soul #Mysticism #surrealism #poetry #language #clarity #soulsearch

Follow my trail:
https://www.annevanschothorst.com/animamundi
AI talks about NAN and harPoetry

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
- T. S. Eliot

Here I am at work. Inspired by poets like Jet Roland Holst, Emily Dickinson and Antjie Krog. These grand writers have led me to Nan Shepherd, T.S. Eliot and Paul Klee. Their #art and soul are the foundation for my upcoming project called 'NAN'.

Follow my trail https://www.annevanschothorst.com/animamundi

#tseliot #nanshepherd #harp #soul #animamundi #mystic #mountain #atelierrolandholst #lmusic #peace

Nan Shepherd, novelist of the North-East

Prof Alison Lumsden, from Aberdeen University, discusses Nan Shepherd’s novels – THE QUARRY WOOD, THE WEATHERHOUSE, and A PASS IN THE GRAMPIANS – at our 2017 Schools Conference

8/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOwRnwNgtI&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WZvMYoKDAL_wwSMSLzDldSY&index=7

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #WomenWriters

Nan Shepherd, novelist of the North-East

Prof Alison Lumsden, from Aberdeen University, discusses Nan Shepherd’s novels – THE QUARRY WOOD, THE WEATHERHOUSE, and A PASS IN THE GRAMPIANS – at our 2017 Schools Conference

8/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOwRnwNgtI&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WZvMYoKDAL_wwSMSLzDldSY&index=7

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #WomenWriters

“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain”

Jo Milne at Aberdeen University celebrates Nan Shepherd’s achievements as a writer of prose & poetry, an editor, & an inspiring lecturer & traveller who loved literature & landscape

7/8

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/stories/nanshepherd/index.html

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain”

Jo Milne at Aberdeen University celebrates Nan Shepherd’s achievements as a writer of prose & poetry, an editor, & an inspiring lecturer & traveller who loved literature & landscape

7/8

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/stories/nanshepherd/index.html

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

But in the climbing ecstasy of thought,
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…

—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
Published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by Kerri Andrews

6/8

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/summit-corrie-etchachan/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #Hillwalking

But in the climbing ecstasy of thought,
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…

—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
Published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by Kerri Andrews

6/8

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/summit-corrie-etchachan/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #Hillwalking

“At a time of global ecological crisis … her intuitive understanding of the landscape and the rhythms of nature is both a clarion call and a balm for the soul.”

—Scott Lyall on Nan Shepherd’s THE LIVING MOUNTAIN

5/8

https://theconversation.com/the-living-mountain-in-an-age-of-ecological-crisis-nan-shepherds-nature-writing-is-more-relevant-than-ever-119794

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #Ecology #Environment

“At a time of global ecological crisis … her intuitive understanding of the landscape and the rhythms of nature is both a clarion call and a balm for the soul.”

—Scott Lyall on Nan Shepherd’s THE LIVING MOUNTAIN

5/8

https://theconversation.com/the-living-mountain-in-an-age-of-ecological-crisis-nan-shepherds-nature-writing-is-more-relevant-than-ever-119794

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #Ecology #Environment

Loch A’an, Loch A’an, hoo deep ye lie!
Tell nane yer depth and nane shall I.
Bricht though yer deepmaist pit may be,
Ye’ll haunt me till the day I dee.
Bricht, an’ bricht, an’ bricht as air,
Ye’ll haunt me noo for evermair.

—Nan Shepherd, “Loch Avon”
📷 : Nick Bramhall

4/8

https://www.flickr.com/photos/black_friction/5845274155

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poetry #Scots #ScotsLanguage

Loch A’an, Loch A’an, hoo deep ye lie!
Tell nane yer depth and nane shall I.
Bricht though yer deepmaist pit may be,
Ye’ll haunt me till the day I dee.
Bricht, an’ bricht, an’ bricht as air,
Ye’ll haunt me noo for evermair.

—Nan Shepherd, “Loch Avon”
📷 : Nick Bramhall

4/8

https://www.flickr.com/photos/black_friction/5845274155

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poetry #Scots #ScotsLanguage

“In Shepherd’s writing… true learning—like hill-walking—is arduous. True knowledge of the mountains is only possible through the suffering of the body brought on through the relentless motion of the feet.”

—Kerri Andrews on Shepherd’s nature poetics

3/8

https://lithub.com/on-the-nature-poetics-of-the-great-nan-shepherd-bard-of-the-highlands/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poetry #walking #hillwalking #mountains

“In Shepherd’s writing… true learning—like hill-walking—is arduous. True knowledge of the mountains is only possible through the suffering of the body brought on through the relentless motion of the feet.”

—Kerri Andrews on Shepherd’s nature poetics

3/8

https://lithub.com/on-the-nature-poetics-of-the-great-nan-shepherd-bard-of-the-highlands/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poetry #walking #hillwalking #mountains

Currently available on BBC Sounds – Robert Macfarlane celebrates Nan Shepherd’s intrepid literary spirit by embarking on an autumnal trip right into the heart of her favourite wild places in the #Cairngorms

2/8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mfndd

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poetry

Currently available on BBC Sounds – Robert Macfarlane celebrates Nan Shepherd’s intrepid literary spirit by embarking on an autumnal trip right into the heart of her favourite wild places in the #Cairngorms

2/8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mfndd

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters #poetry

Nan Shepherd (1893–1981) was born #OTD, 11 Feb. Recently her nature writing, & her memoir THE LIVING MOUNTAIN, have gained attention—but she was also an important modernist novelist. Charlotte Peacock weighs her contribution to Scotland’s literary renaissance

A 🎂 🧵

1/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/quiet-pioneer-the-novels-of-nan-shepherd-1893-1981/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

Nan Shepherd (1893–1981) was born #OTD, 11 Feb. Recently her nature writing, & her memoir THE LIVING MOUNTAIN, have gained attention—but she was also an important modernist novelist. Charlotte Peacock weighs her contribution to Scotland’s literary renaissance

A 🎂 🧵

1/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/quiet-pioneer-the-novels-of-nan-shepherd-1893-1981/

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernist #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters

#FinishedReading this remarkable nature writing by #NanShepherd about her walks in the #Cairngorms in Scotland. In the 40s, well before anyone was talking about mindfulness, this book is an ode to minute observation both of the world around you and of its effect on your senses and body. There is a whole chapter on the feeling of falling asleep and waking on a mountain. Read the perceptive foreword by #RobertMacfarlane and avoid the facile afterword by Jeanette Winterson! #Bookstodon @bookstodon

Nan Shepherd, novelist of the North-East

Prof Alison Lumsden, from Aberdeen University, discusses Nan Shepherd’s novels – The Quarry Wood, The Weatherhouse, & A Pass in the Grampians – at our 2017 Schools Conference

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #WomenWriters
8/8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOwRnwNgtI&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WZvMYoKDAL_wwSMSLzDldSY&index=6

“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain”

Jo Milne at Aberdeen University celebrates Nan Shepherd’s achievements as a writer of prose & poetry, an editor, & an inspiring lecturer & traveller who loved literature & landscape

#Scottish #literature #NanShepherd #modernism #20thCentury #NatureWriting #WomenWriters
7/8
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/stories/nanshepherd/index.html