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My new children's adventure novel - Spellchasers: The Beginner's Guide to Curses - which is set in Speyside and inspired by Scottish folklore and magic, has just been published! (I'm quite excited!) h...
- August 18, 2016 11:48 am
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Here’s a blog post on Scottish folklore that snuck out last week while I was on holiday. Lots of kelpie ‘facts’ and my thoughts on how persistent, widespread and varied kelpie stories are:
Following Kelpies’ Hoofprints Around Scotland - #FolkloreThursday
Kelpies are water-horses, who can shape-shift from underwater monsters to beautiful horses or humans on land
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that sounds great - I'll check it out once the festival madness is over!
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Kelpies in Festival Edinburgh! If any Tartan Footprinters are in Edinburgh for the Festivals this year, you might want to come and see me share some stories about Scotland’s most magical beast, the sh...
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Lari, I have a page here, Customs, Myths & Legends, where you can feel free to post stories if you're so inclined. I'd love to read some.
- July 23, 2016
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Here’s a book trailer for my retelling of the monstrous kelpie tale from Scottish folklore, illustrated by the wonderful Philip Longson.
The Secret of the Kelpie: Author Lari Don reads an extract
"Every loch in Scotland has its cold, dark depths. And every loch in Scotland has its kelpie..." Author Lari Don reads an extract from her latest picture boo...
I did lots of research into old Scottish kelpie folklore for my new picture book The Secret of the Kelpie, and my publishers have put it to good use. They’ve made an amazing interactive map of Scotlan...
Kelpie Map of Scotland
To celebrate the publication of Lari Don's The Secret of the Kelpie, she has hunted down some of Scotland's local Kelpie myths. This map shows just some of the many locations where kelpies have been s...
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for fans of Scottish magical beasts, here’s a sneak early peek at some of Philip Longson’s gorgeous kelpie illustrations for our new picture book The Secret Of The Kelpie:
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A surprisingly large number of my books are set in or inspired by the Sottish Borders, so I’m working with the Royal Society of Edinburgh over the next few weeks, encouraging pupils in Borders schools...
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Happy New Year! And happy new stories... I have a new retelling of an old Scottish legend coming out this spring, with Edinburgh-based Floris Books, and I can finally show you the cover! I’ve teamed ...
