Book Review: Cairn by Kathleen Jamie
Jamie’s latest collection, Cairn, refuses to be about any one thing. Hillsides, are graced with tormentil and turbines. A tanker carries oil through Glen Esk.
The urge to explore and celebrate all the kinds of lives of Planet Earth is stronger than ever, but the environmental and ecological crisis demands we also lift our eyes, and our voices, to species extinction and habitat loss, to what is happening to the forests and hills, the rivers and seas, our streets and gardens. The writer’s instinct to pay attention has never been more vital. Literature can help us to see the natural world – and our place in it – differently.
Jamie’s latest collection, Cairn, refuses to be about any one thing. Hillsides, are graced with tormentil and turbines. A tanker carries oil through Glen Esk.
In January 2024, Kathleen Jamie and Paperboats featured on the Local Zero Podcast. Listen here.
Frustration with lack of Climate Change action leads Scotland’s Makar Kathleen Jamie to ask ‘What Can We Do?’ ahead of COP 28 Snack Magazine, November