Notes from the Word Shed
Books
From the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, my fiction is inspired by oral histories from the American South, Scotland, and Ireland.
Bookish Tools
Check out my Etsy shop for signed paperbacks, bookmarks, journals, and more.
About
My love of storytelling is inspired by years spent listening to stories at my grandmother’s kitchen table. I also advocate for the preservation of traditional fiber arts and the Scottish Gaelic language.
It’s Banned Books Week, and this seems like the perfect occasion to revive my much neglected blog.
As an author, I have celebrated Banned Books Week before. And by celebrated, I mean I have posted about the slippery slope of censorship and book banning. This year, Banned Books Week feels a bit different, and unless you live under a rock, you probably can tell why. All over the United States school boards, concerned parents, and conservative organizations like Moms for Liberty have been locked in battles over what is and isn’t appropriate for kids to read. In Missouri they even staged a book burning.