Vicky MacKenzie

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Writer, cat lady, wrote a novel about medieval mystics, forthcoming novel about John Ruskin. Aspiring anchoress. https://victoriamackenzie.net/ Substack: https://victoriamackenzie.substack.com/

Photo of paperback novel, OLD FILTH by Jane Gardam
Blue Fitzcarraldo novel - BRIAN by Jeremy Cooper
Pile of books: Rebecca Solnit – A Field Guide to Getting Lost (non-fiction) Nussaibah Younis – Fundamentally (novel) Ian Maleney – Minor Monuments (essays/memoir) Geraldine Brooks – Year of Wonders (novel) M. John Harrison – Wish I Was Here: An Anti- Memoir (memoir/anti-memoir??) Toni Morrison – Jazz (novel)
Photo of novel, WHEAT THAT SPRINGETH GREEN by J.F. Powers
Photo of PERSEPOLIS, graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi
Photo of poetry book, LIVES OF THE SAINTS, by Mícheál McCann, with text superimposed on front: Finding the Time to Go In. Things I'm writing, things I'm reading, things I'm teaching... Victoria MacKenzie
Photo of book, Lives of the Saints by Mícheál McCann, with wooden cat and fern postcard on either side.
Pile of books of historical fiction: The Book of Days by Francesca Kay; The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber; The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald; The Life of Rebecca Jones by Angharad Price; Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell; The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles; The Daffodil Days by Helen Bain; Helm by Sarah Hall
A wall built around a sycamore tree, St Andrews
Front cover of proof of novel. Text reads: DAPHNE DU MAURIER STOLE MY LIFE. Illustration of woman in dark clothing partially concealed by a white curtain.
Photo of proof copy of novel, Each Leaf, Each Curve of Stem by Victoria MacKenzie. Ivy green cover with no illustrations.
A pile of historical fiction novels from top to bottom: The Book of Days by Francesca Kay, Desperadoes by Ron Hansen, The Kingdom by Emmanuele Carrere, Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon, Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh, The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller, Lux by Elizabeth Cook, Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre, Helm by Sarah Hall, The Daffodil Days by Helen Bain, The Artist by Lucy Steeds.
Backdrop of book spines with quote from Hisham Matar superimposed on image in white font: "The present is the golden rim of a black cloth"
Graphic with two books in background, one called Flash Fiction, the other Prose Poetry, with white text superimposed over them that reads: Prose poem or flash fiction? What's the Difference? An online workshop exploring the joy of these very short forms. Victoria MacKenzie
Still from Coronation Street Tuesday 17th Feb 2026 showing two women discussing FOR THY GREAT PAIN HAVE MERCY ON MY LITTLE PAIN.
Pile of books: Transcendence for Beginners by Clare Carlisle, The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin, The Last Englishman: The Life of J.L. Carr by Byron Rogers, The Sight of Death: An Experiment in Art Writing by T.J. Clark, Immortal Thoughts: Late Style in a Time of Plague by Christopher Neve, The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife by Francesca Wade, The Story of Tudor Art by Christina J. Faraday, Helm by Sarah Hall and finally: Saint Francis of Assisi by Gabriele Finaldi and Joost Joustra (a beautiful book of paintings of St Francis, plus essays, published by the National Gallery to accompany their 2023 exhibition).
Photo of hardback book, THE STORY OF TUDOR ART by Christina J. Faraday
Photo of 2 hardback copies of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain by Victoria MacKenzie
Photo of book, The English Understand Wool, by Helen DeWitt
Photo of book, The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones
Vase of unopened daffs on a mantelpiece
Photo of graphic memoir, FUN HOME, by Alison Bechdel.
Image of John Ruskin with text superimposed on top: Copyediting John Ruskin; Short Stories for the New Year
Photo of short story collection 'Openings' by Lucy Caldwell
Photo of novel, BOX HILL by Adam Mars-Jones on a heap of gloves and woolly hat on a train table.
Books: A Year With Gilbert White by Jenny Uglow. Greengates by RC Sheriff. The River by Rumer Godden. Mapp and Lucia by EF Benson. Helen Garner's Diaries. How Steeple Sinder Wanderers won the FA Cup by JL Carr.
Photo of Baxter Dury album, Allbarone
BBC weather page showing sunny spells and 0% chance of rain today
Photo of stack of magazines- Extra Teeth, The Stinging Fly and Tolka
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Book: MADNESS, RACK, AND HONEY by Mary Ruefle
Photo of book, THE HERO OF THIS BOOK by Elizabeth McCracken
Photo of An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
Mince pies cooling on a rack
Black and white cat asleep on sofa
Photo of book, QUESTION 7 by Richard Flanagan
Photo of new edition of Beryl Bainbridge's novel AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE
Photo of book, An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
Photo of 2 copies of my novel in hardback, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain
Big pile of new paperbacks.
Photo of book, Blood Meridian by Cormac Mccarthy
Photo of book, Turtle Diary, by Russell Hoban
Photo of view of sea with gorse in foreground and sunshine
Photo of book, On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland
Proof of NONESUCH, the new novel by Francis Spufford. Gold font on royal blue background
Photo of book, Street-Level Superstar: a year with Lawrence, by Will Hodgkinson. Photo of Lawrence on front in trademark blue and white baseball cap with plastic visor.
Photo of book, BIOGRAPHY OF X by Catherine Lacey.
Book: Selected Poems by Friedrich Hölderlin trans. David Constantine
Photo of book, The Vast Extent by Lavinia Greenlaw.
Photo of two books: I capture the castle by Dodie Smith and Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
Photo of book: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
3 books: Biography of X by Catherine Lacey (novel) Question 7 by Richard Flanagan (memoir/autofiction) The Promise by Damon Galgut (novel)
Photo of book, LIFE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING: TALES FROM THE UKRAINIAN EAST by Victoria Donovan
Photo of 3 books: Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis, TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker and Spent Light by Lara Pawson.
Photo of hardback book, no dust jacket, with green and white tapestry style illustration
A picture of Bach
Photo of A Thousand Feasts by Nigel Slater, a burnt orange hardback with gold maple leaves. William Morris tablecloth background. I love chintz.