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Xenia Tran

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Born

Netherlands

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https://tranature.com

Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction, Historical Fiction

Member Since

October 2018

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Xenia Tran is an artist, linguist and poet who lives in the Scottish Highlands with her husband and adopted border collie. She writes in Dutch and English and her poetry has appeared on television, in videos, a haiku calendar, online journals, anthologies and magazines. She blogs at https://tranature.com and publishes her collections in aid of good causes.

'Between Heather and Grass - Poems and Photographs Filled with Love, Hope and Whippets' is available in paperback, ebook and Kindle editions. This collection has been especially created to help raise funds for Children with Cancer UK, in memory of her nephew Jamie Baker and in support of animal rehoming charities.

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	Sharing our Horizon: A Journey Through the Scottish Highlands with Two Adopted Whippets 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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spring lambsplaying in a fieldour song hears them too © Xenia Tran EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration April 2026 The sweet innocence and playfulness of Spring lambs never seizes to amaze me. Here’s a song live from another farm by Kingfishr, featuring a lovely collie: Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of … Continue reading "Haiku: Spring Lambs" Read more of this blog post »

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Listen to the Land Speak: A journey into the wisdom of what lies beneath us

by Manchán Magan

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Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape

by Manchán Magan

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A beautiful and poignant final collection of poetry by Helen Dunmore, charting the in-between land before her passing.
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