You will find news here about Sandy’s events, appearances and publications since serving as Crowned Bard. Future events, performances, appearances and publications will feature on this page, too.

• During her two-year tenure of the post of Gaelic Crowned Bard 2019-2021, Sandy performed her poetry and songs live at StAnza in March 2020, and at the Wigtown Book Festival and Royal National Mòd in Inverness in October 2021. 
• During this period, most of her performances at literature festivals and other events had to go online, owing to Covid pandemic restrictions.
• Sandy appeared at various online and virtual events in 2020: in conversation with Meg Bateman in August; at ‘The Poets’ House’ at the virtual National Mòd in October; and at two events marking Book Week Scotland in November: Glasgow University’s ‘Creative Conversations’ and for Ceòlas Uist and the Uist Book Festival.
• In 2021, Sandy performed online for the Gaelic Society of London and the YPO of California in February. 
• She was involved in a series of events ‘Dithis – Two People’, performing her poetry and songs and in conversation with the following: Martin MacIntyre in June; Prof Máire Ní Annracháin in July, and Alasdair Whyte in August. 
• She also appeared at the Wigtown and Ness Book Festivals in October and at the Royal National Mòd in Inverness in October.
• In 2021, Sandy was the Gaelic judge for the Wigtown Poetry Competition.
• In 2022, and again in 2023, Sandy was invited to co-judge the ‘Corn Úi Néill’ joint Scottish Gaelic – Irish Gaeilge Poetry Competition.  
• Sandy published two new books in 2021: ‘The Most Enduring Saint’s Fable’ (Sallan Ltd, November 2021); and ‘The Seventh Wave’ (Acair, June 2021). ‘The Seventh Wave’ was long-listed for the Highland Book Prize 2021.
• In 2022-2023 Sandy served as a member of the editorial team and as official translator for the commemorative centennial anthology ‘100 Bliadhna de Bhàird a’ Chomuinn Ghàidhealaich’ – ‘100 Years of Gaelic Crowned Bards’ (CLÀR 2023). 
• In 2023-2024, her poetry was included in three new anthologies:
  • ‘100 Bliadhna de Bhàird a’ Chomuinn Ghàidhealaich’ – ‘100 Years of Gaelic Crowned Bards’ (CLÀR 2023)
  • Scottish Religious Poetry (St Andrew’s Press 2024)
  • ‘Sradagan san Iarmailt: Ginealach Ùr Bàird na Gàidhlig’ – ‘Sparks in the Firmament: a New Generation of Gaelic Poets’  (Francis Boutle Publishers, forthcoming 2025). 
• In April 2024, Sandy chaired a poetry event for Comunn Gàidhig Lunnainn featuring Meg Bateman. Meg was crowned Bàrd a’ Chomuinn at the Oban Mòd in October 2024.