'McCready is an intensely physical and embodied writer with a forensic gaze on the world around her' 

'a very feminine collection, centring on the experiences, desires and the bodies of women'

I was very pleased to read this new review by Elizabeth Rimmer of Look to the Crocus and particularly delighted with her focus on my ballad-inspired poems, which were my favourite to write.  

Also happy to have a couple of poems in the recent issue of Causeway/ Cabhsair, magazine of Scottish and Irish writing from Aberdeen University Press. 

"In ‘Look to the Crocus’ Marion McCready truly and vitally does dwell in poetry and produces a work of both necessity, illumination and efflorescence as well as spiritual and aesthetic pleasure."

I was delighted to read this thoughtful and generous review by Richie McCaffery of Look to the Crocus in the Association for Scottish Literature's The Bottle Imp magazine. A gift to be read with such careful, intuitive understanding.

Voices from the Blog – in collaboration with Mary Evans Picture Library

Online (Zoom) Poetry Reading organised and hosted by Irena Hill

Picture 10438415,
illustration by Julie Wolfthorn
in Jugend, September 1898,
image copyright Mary Evans

14th May at 7PM

Readings by Natan Barreto, David Bottomley, Wendy French, Sue Hubbard, Maggie MacKay, Marion McCready, Hugh McMillan and Jill Sharp. 

I was always happy to contribute poems over the years to the wonderful Mary Evans Picture Library Poems and Pictures Blog founded and curated by the lovely Gill Stoker who was always a delight to communicate and work with. 

Sadly, Gill passed away earlier this year. However, I'm pleased to be part of an online poetry reading in celebration of Gill's work with the Picture Library in creating this wonderful collection of poems matched with pictures.

Further information about the reading and how to attend can be found here.