Mara Menzies is a performance storyteller and author, with her debut novel Blood and Gold winning Saltire Society’s Book of Fiction 2022. Her stories have been featured on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 4, including ‘The Poet and the Echo’.
She has written for the University of Edinburgh, the Mastercard Foundation and for WritersMosaic. She is currently working on her next novel.
Fear itself describes how through its machinations, it wove itself into the life of a woman who is exploring her freedom, her body and her beauty.
17th October 2025
Mara Menzies: 'I grew up with a very strong oral tradition, storytelling, and literature experiences.'
In conversation with Bashabi Fraser
10th July 2024
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"Out here in the natural world, I find I am connected to something greater than myself. I hear and feel everything, and it is good."
Mara Menzies is a performance storyteller.
