Cairn

Exquisite ... luminous writing * Spectator *
Cairn is full of joyous observation, but also warnings ... we forget art as "artificial" and remember that artful language may be a force of nature * Guardian *
Kathleen Jamie's essay collections are among the constellations by which I navigate ... Cairn lights a bit more of the night * Sarah Moss *
This marvel of a book is a profound meditation on the precariousness of the planet ... these pieces kept bringing tears to my eyes, catching me offguard ... it is what art or, in this case, wonderful writing can do -- Kate Kellaway * Observer *
A heart-soaringly beautiful new book -- Charlie Connelly * New European *
[Cairn] is ultimately an uplifting book, exhilarating even, one whose nuggets of imagery and wisdom stay long in the memory -- Charlie Connelly * New European *
Praise for the Findings trilogy: A sorceress of the essay form. Never exotic, down to earth, she renders the indefinable to the reader's ear -- John Berger
Kathleen Jamie is a supreme listener ... clear, subtle, respectful, and so unquenchably curious that it makes the world anew -- Richard Mabey
A book of unparalleled beauty and rare exactness of language * Sunday Telegraph *
I put the book down again and thought: 'I wonder if I would actually kill to be able to write, or think, like that -- Nicholas Lezard * The Guardian *
It is not often that the prose of a poet is as powerful as her verse, but Jamie's is -- Diana Athill * Literary Review *