Post by @kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot

2026-03-30 07:08 UTC

My book 'Drystone - A Life Rebuilt' will be out in the US and Canada now. That's very exciting, but the downside is that the energy it takes to promote a book overseas is sadly not available to me right now, maybe ever. So, if you've been waiting to buy it, you can. If you've been waiting to order it into your library, you can. If you've been waiting to tell your friends who are reviewers at the NYT, you can ;) #Books #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #ReadingCommunity #USA #Canada

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@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot 2026-03-30 11:51

For potential readers, here's a little about the book. It is a memoir about navigating a fractured past while learning the ancient craft of drystone walling in the Scottish Highlands. Readers are a witness to both my undoing and the rebuilding that follows.

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@echopapa@social.tchncs.de 2026-03-30 08:14

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot Oh, that's nevertheless nice news. Hope you'll get some new readers (or better book-buyers).

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@DoctorDNS@masto.ai 2026-03-30 09:06

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot congrats on the book. A lot of hard work, I am sure

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@trike@cyberspace.rodeo 2026-03-30 11:02

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot I have been waiting to buy it! I'll do so this week

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@gusseting@mastodon.social 2026-03-30 11:30

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot so ordering this for Melbourne city library in Australia. Super curious: do you talk about climate, and how much those "once in a lifetime" weather episodes that are starting to happen every month or so (or that's what it's starting to feel like) affect your work?

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@ranjit@friend.camp 2026-03-30 13:46

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot I just got a copy - looking forward to reading it!

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@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot 2026-03-30 16:09

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot I'll definitely get hold of it. BTW, I was interested to see in Dhanakosa's newsletter that you'd done an installation there. I lived there (and ran the place) for several years back in the early days. It's funny when two different parts of your life intersect.

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@tor_haxson@heads.social 2026-03-30 19:58

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot I know your book is about more than stone, but there is a community of dry stone adherents in and around the limestone areas of East Kentucky. Horse country, so farm boundaries have remained constant, and plenty of good stone. Stone groups even sponsor classes in the region.

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@negative12dollarbill@techhub.social 2026-04-02 22:14

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot Tiny detail but you might want to get it fixed. The book's synopsis on GoodReads contains: "in the space and silence, she was forced to confront everything she had tried to racism" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231517194-drystone

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