POLLY CLARK

September 14, 2018

Larchfield 99p on Kindle for September!

For me this is the equivalent of being stacked fifty deep in Tesco or Asda, which is something I’ve always fantasised about. All I have ever wanted is readers — this is the dispiriting aspect of writing poetry, and the shining opportunity of novels: there is the possibility of reaching real readers who might enjoy…

August 26, 2018

BBC Proms Plus Talk with Glyn Maxwell, Polly Clark and Matthew Sweet

PODCAST AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD HERE To celebrate the Centenary of Bernstein’s birth, several of his works are being performed at the Proms in 2018. On Monday 27th August his Age of Anxiety is Proms 60, and in the interval R3 will broadcast a talk with Glyn Maxwell, Polly Clark and Matthew Sweet about Auden’s impact…

March 16, 2018

In Edinburgh? Join me at Waterstones Thursday 22 March 6.30pm

The paperback edition of Larchfield, Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month, is launched at Waterstones Edinburgh West End on Thursday 22nd March at 6.30pm. All welcome! I’ll be in conversation with Angie Crawford about motherhood, madness, WH Auden, and the unexpected magic of my home town of Helensburgh. Possibly more. There will be wine and…

March 3, 2018

Larchfield – Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month

Published in paperback March 8th, Larchfield has been chosen by Waterstones as their Scottish Book of the Month. This is very exciting, showing that the story still resonates a year after first publication and my vision of a miraculous encounter between a depressed mother and WH Auden in the Scottish town of Helensburgh continues to…

January 31, 2018

The tiger we caught on camera!

Glimpsing the elusive Siberian tiger is all about skilled tracking to find out where their favourite spots are and then setting camera traps in the right locations around these areas. Alexander, the owner of the reserve at Durmin, recently collected this film from one of the traps we set on our trip in November. This…

December 13, 2017

CSI Tiger: tracks, corpse, invisible perpetrator!

The evidence is everywhere: tracks, paw prints, blood spots, body imprints. Deep in the forest the detective work begins. Paw prints are measured to determine the tiger’s size, and whether it is male or female. The way the print appears in the snow gives valuable clues as to when the tiger passed by. Often the…

December 11, 2017

Tiger prints in the Siberian snow…

The tracks, body imprints and grisly kills of wild Siberian tigers surrounded me. Every morning in Durminskoye Reserve in the Far East new tracks criss-crossed the perfect snow. The tracks were so fresh it was clear that tigers had patrolled their territories through the night within a couple of kilometres of where I slept. Deeper…

November 12, 2017

Siberian tiger tracking… the preparations

Two weeks today I will be airborne on my way to Moscow, then Khabarovsk, then deep into the taiga of the Far East… a long journey undertaken in order to track the majestic Siberian tiger. A small group of us, along with a guide, translator and cook will spend our days in temperatures of up…

October 9, 2017

Creative Scotland funding award for TIGER

I’m thrilled to announce that Creative Scotland have generously awarded funds towards my epic tiger tracking expedition taking place this winter. This trip is research for my second novel TIGER. Not a natural traveller, I am getting both apprehensive and excited as the moment approaches to don my super insulated costume and head for Siberia.…

September 27, 2017

BBC2 WH Auden film featuring Larchfield

STOP ALL THE CLOCKS: WH Auden in an Age of Anxiety, a new film by Adam Low. The film features the following writers and poets: Alan Bennett, Polly Clark (that’s me! Among icons!), Richard Curtis, James Fenton, Alexander McCall Smith and Paul Muldoon sharing our passion for Auden’s work and his enduring appeal. I posted HERE…