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Haddo ReimaginedStories Inspired by Photographs of Haddo Country Park

Haddo Reimagined is an exciting collaboration between fiction writer Rae Cowie and photographer Susan Orr, focusing on a selection of the fantastic features that make Scotland’s Haddo Country Park ( Aberdeenshire), so special.

AS SEEN IN THE SCOT’S MAGAZINE (NOVEMBER 2024)

Available to buy in all good bookstores online.

DELIGHTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE SHUTTER HUB PHOTOBOOK POP-UP LIBRARY 2026, both available to view online and at the address below.

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE SHUTTER HUB OPEN 2026
FROM MONDAY 19TH JANUARY – THURSDAY 2ND APRIL 2026
Art at the ARB
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
University of Cambridge
Alison Richard Building
7 West Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 9DT
Available in Paperback
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Short Fiction and Photography Inspired by beautiful North East Scotland


Featuring nine new short stories by Rae and a selection of Susan’s popular photography, relax and enjoy Haddo Reimagined.

(Check out what readers are saying below.)


HADDO REIMAGINED – as featured in The Scots Magazine and the
University of Cambridge Shutter Hub Pop-Up Photobook Library.




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Reader Reviews

Go slowly on this enchanted journey.  Open your eyes to the flickering light and your ears to the rustling leaves.  Tread gently or you will miss the murmurings.

Joanna, Marchioness of Aberdeen

Cowie’s stories show weel-kent Haddo in a new light through a spectrum of voices which flit across the centuries and across the beautiful grounds. These richly visual stories are paired cleverly with Orr’s gorgeous photographs to produce a book to be treasured like Haddo itself.

Shane Strachan, P & J Doric Columnist, Scots Scriever 2022-23, Author of DWAMS

This enchanting collection of stories and photography from Rae Cowie and Susan Orr is both joyful and magical. Rae’s vivid and evocative prose jumps off the page, perfectly complementing Susan’s arresting and thought-provoking images.  Haddo Reimagined is a feast for the eyes and the soul.

Dawn Geddes, Literary Journalist
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Bonus Story

Hush, Hush, the Storm has Swept Through

Dylan was born in a rush, seven weeks early, jaundiced, brought on by shock. Mum held my hand as his nostrils flared with each breath. Doctor Esson says there’s nothing to worry about. Dylan’s fine now.

Floppy, his toy rabbit, slouches on a pile of Connor’s t-shirts which lie folded at the end of the table, waiting for him to shift them. Last night’s casserole bowl has grown crusty. Instead of filling the sink with suds, I grab the stuffie and tuck it in my backpack. The TV weatherwoman predicts haar, but I know the beach like I know each wrinkle in Dylan’s wide forehead. Mum looks in twice a day, wittering on about how that rabbit has caused nothing but suffering, how all the walking is getting out of hand, how the watery air is bad for my baby’s chest.
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