Wind&Bones Books

Wind&Bones Books Independent publisher | Writing, creativity and philosophy events | 📍 Taiwan & Scotland

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Independent publisher of fiction, non-fiction and translation. We also curate writing and philosophy for social change projects. Directed by writers Dr Hannah Stevens & Dr Will Buckingham. A Scottish organisation currently based in Taiwan. We have worked all around the world with groups including survivors of domestic abuse, ex-political prisoners, doctors, directors of international NGOs, LGBTQI+

groups, activists and community educators in conflict areas. Our partners include the BBC, the British Embassy, Greenpeace, the Goethe Institute, Caritas and GIY Ireland. We take our name from Liu Xie, the sixth century Chinese writer. For Liu, good writing requires a combination of liveliness (wind) and rigour (bone). "So cultivate the strength of the wind, and make the bone robust." — Liu Xie

Just before the Christmas break, Wind&Bones Books co-director Will Buckingham headed up to Taipei to lead two workshops ...
14/01/2026

Just before the Christmas break, Wind&Bones Books co-director Will Buckingham headed up to Taipei to lead two workshops in the beautiful, historical Dadaocheng area of the city. House of Story Wear invited Wind&Bones Books to run the workshops as a part of their Great British Christmas Festival.

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https://www.windandbones.com/posts/house-of-story-wear/

Want to listen to some excellent stories in not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR languages? Well then, look no fur...
14/01/2026

Want to listen to some excellent stories in not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR languages? Well then, look no further because we've got you covered 👇

https://taigael.com/stories/

The Bulgarian for ‘I Love You’, by Martina Mustafova. A meditation on death, loss and legacy, Martina Mustafova's The Bu...
13/01/2026

The Bulgarian for ‘I Love You’, by Martina Mustafova.

A meditation on death, loss and legacy, Martina Mustafova's The Bulgarian for ‘I Love You’ is an exquisitely nuanced essay that brings together the death of her father from Covid-19, and the birth of her first daughter.

What does it mean for those you love to outlive you, or to outlive those you love? Mustafova's masterful essay draws a thread between generations—a bond of kinship and love that does not negate death and grief, but that nevertheless redeems life, even in the face of our loss.

"Yes, I want to stay forever, to never leave, to see and witness everything, to be an eternal source of love. But even more than this, when I think of the days after I’m gone, I don’t want my daughter to keep looking back in pain. I want her to feel alive. I want her to keep breathing in the wind, admiring how it rustles the leaves on the trees. I want her to keep smiling at birds as they fly past, basking in the warmth of a patch of sun. I want her to know that life goes on, wildly and beautifully, and that, like my own father, and his ancestors before him, my love for her will continue beyond my death."

Published as a Wind&Bones Digital Short. Download as a beautifully-designed PDF.

About the Author

Martina Mustafova is a writer and cultural consultant, exploring psychology, collective and ancestral memory, intergenerational patterns, and cultural identity. Her work examines the interplay between the inner life and collective histories, with a particular focus on the roots of racism and social violence. She also co-runs The Sky and Earth Know, a platform dedicated to Romani culture.

Get your copy.

👉 https://books.windandbones.com/product/bulgarian-i-love-you 📚

Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic 👇🤓📚In a Taiwanese temple, a saliva goddess vanishes without trace. A Hogmanay p...
10/01/2026

Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic 👇🤓📚

In a Taiwanese temple, a saliva goddess vanishes without trace. A Hogmanay party is disrupted by an unexpected guest. In Taipei, an elderly prophet foretells a subway attack. On the way home from a day in court, a woman finds a sheep tangled in the brambles. Four stories, four writers, four languages: Gaelic, Taiwanese, Mandarin & English.

Tâigael is a first-of-its-kind collaborative writing and translation project, bringing together writers from Scotland and Taiwan, to explore language, translation and culture. These four stories by Elissa Hunter-Dorans (Scotland), Kiú-kiong 玖芎 (Taiwan), Lisa MacDonald (Scotland) and Naomi Sím (Taiwan) cross between languages and cultures to speak of things unspoken, and to find new and surprising connections.

Taiwanese (Tâi-gí) and Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) are languages that have been historically marginalised and suppressed. Taigael presents two newly commissioned short stories in Gaelic, and two in Taiwanese, or Tâi-gí (in both 漢字 and POJ romanisation). And then it translates these stories between the two languages, via Mandarin (Traditional) and English. Each story is published in all four languages, to allow the largest possible audience.

https://books.windandbones.com/product/taigael

Glacier—An Icebound View of the Firth of Forth, by Garry MacKenzieImagine when the Firth of Forth—the estuary at the hea...
09/01/2026

Glacier—An Icebound View of the Firth of Forth, by Garry MacKenzie

Imagine when the Firth of Forth—the estuary at the heart of Scotland—is all glacier, the country around it frozen solid. Imagine, as the ice melts, the shores gradually repopulated by plants, animals, and people, until the Forth is the main conduit between a society with imperial ambitions and the rest of the world.

https://books.windandbones.com/product/glacier

Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic 👇🤓📚In a Taiwanese temple, a saliva goddess vanishes without trace. A Hogmanay p...
08/01/2026

Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic 👇🤓📚

In a Taiwanese temple, a saliva goddess vanishes without trace. A Hogmanay party is disrupted by an unexpected guest. In Taipei, an elderly prophet foretells a subway attack. On the way home from a day in court, a woman finds a sheep tangled in the brambles. Four stories, four writers, four languages: Gaelic, Taiwanese, Mandarin & English.

Tâigael is a first-of-its-kind collaborative writing and translation project, bringing together writers from Scotland and Taiwan, to explore language, translation and culture. These four stories by Elissa Hunter-Dorans (Scotland), Kiú-kiong 玖芎 (Taiwan), Lisa MacDonald (Scotland) and Naomi Sím (Taiwan) cross between languages and cultures to speak of things unspoken, and to find new and surprising connections.

Taiwanese (Tâi-gí) and Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) are languages that have been historically marginalised and suppressed. Taigael presents two newly commissioned short stories in Gaelic, and two in Taiwanese, or Tâi-gí (in both 漢字 and POJ romanisation). And then it translates these stories between the two languages, via Mandarin (Traditional) and English. Each story is published in all four languages, to allow the largest possible audience.

👉 https://books.windandbones.com/product/taigael 😍

Remaking the World: Making a Difference Through WritingA Wind&Bones Books Short 📚🤓👇In this self study course, we want to...
07/01/2026

Remaking the World: Making a Difference Through Writing

A Wind&Bones Books Short 📚🤓👇

In this self study course, we want to show you how the words you write can make a real difference to your life, and to the lives of others.

Whether you have lots of experience as a writer, or whether you are just starting out, this is for you.

The course has three components:

-A course booklet, full of ideas and inspiration
-A series of writing exercises
- Suggested further study materials to enrich your
creativity

Head to to: 📚 Books.windandbones.com to get your copy.

Glacier—An Icebound View of the Firth of Forth, by Garry MacKenzieImagine when the Firth of Forth—the estuary at the hea...
06/01/2026

Glacier—An Icebound View of the Firth of Forth, by Garry MacKenzie

Imagine when the Firth of Forth—the estuary at the heart of Scotland—is all glacier, the country around it frozen solid. Imagine, as the ice melts, the shores gradually repopulated by plants, animals, and people, until the Forth is the main conduit between a society with imperial ambitions and the rest of the world.

👉 https://books.windandbones.com/product/glacier 📚

As well as our publishing work we also curate and produce bespoke projects exploring the meeting-places between writing...
05/01/2026

As well as our publishing work we also curate and produce bespoke projects exploring the meeting-places between writing, creative thinking, and social change.

We are always open to new collaborations. So if you have ideas - get in touch!

https://www.windandbones.com/projects/

Remaking the World: Making a Difference Through WritingA Wind&Bones Books Short 📚🤓👇In this self study course, we want to...
04/01/2026

Remaking the World: Making a Difference Through Writing

A Wind&Bones Books Short 📚🤓👇

In this self study course, we want to show you how the words you write can make a real difference to your life, and to the lives of others.

Whether you have lots of experience as a writer, or whether you are just starting out, this is for you.

The course has three components:

-A course booklet, full of ideas and inspiration
-A series of writing exercises
- Suggested further study materials to enrich your
creativity

Head to to: 📚 Books.windandbones.com to get your copy.

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Wind and Bones

Wind and Bones is a project run by Dr. Will Buckingham and Dr. Hannah Stevens exploring the intersections between writing, creativity and social change.

We’re currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria and working regionally around Europe. We’ve previously run projects in Greece, the UK, Myanmar, Taiwan and Indonesia. We’re open to all kinds of interesting projects and collaborations, so do please get in touch!

Wind&Bones Community Interest Company is registered in the UK with company no: 12355764.