Margaret’s works include mainly historical features and poetry which has been published in various history and other magazine publications in the UK.  She has had poetry published in the Scottish Book Trust ‘Rebel’ and ‘Future’ editions; The Writers’ Umbrella; Angus Writers’ Circle Anthology- A Kist of Scots, the University of Dundee Botanical Garden Anthology and,  Fife Writes Anthology – ‘Wild’ published in 2023 which was launched during Stanza week at St Andrews.

She also writes Theatre Reviews for Abbey Theatre Club in Arbroath and the Carnoustie Theatre Group productions. Margaret was President 2022-2023 and currently is the Press Secretary for Angus Writers’ Circle and is their representative to the Scottish Association of Writers.  She is also Secretary for Tay Writers, Dundee, and a member of Fife Writes. Also, she is Press Secretary for the Friends of Carnoustie and District Heritage Group and leads the Crime Reading Group at Broughty Ferry Library. Margaret was awarded the Christie Trophy for outstanding contribution by Angus Writers in 2019.  She won the Eastwood Silver Salver for Poetry from the Scottish Association of Writers in 2020 and again in March 2022.  She also won the Alistair Walker Trophy for Article Writing in 2022. She was also delighted to be selected by the Friends of Broughty Ferry Library as winner of their Poetry and Prose Competition – May 2022

‘The Lost Airfields of Angus ‘is her debut non-fiction book which also won awards from the Scottish Association of Writers in 2020 and 2021. Margaret is currently awaiting the publishing of her next book which is titled the ‘Wartime Defences of the Tay Estuary’ which she received an award from Scottish Association of Writers in 2023 also 2024 claiming First in Book Cover Design.

She is currently Writer in Residence aboard HMS Unicorn in Dundee and her next book will be titled – HMS Unicorn:  The Warship that never went to Sea.