Duncan Gregory

Some years ago I wrote a poem - Whittling our Niche - which explores the concept of our singular, but miniscule existence on Mother Earth. Seen through a galactic microscope, each of us has a unique mountain to climb, a discrete rock-wall to scale, on our track from cot to coffin. 

Reading isn't a hobby, it's a way of discovering how others have scaled their rock-walls. 

And so to writing: the other side of the yin and yang. To paraphrase Christopher Hitchens 'If I had known I was going to read so much, I would have done more writing to match'. Now I begin to even the kaleidoscope.

Perhaps this site can inspire other avid readers to do something similar.

WHITTLING OUR NICHE (the book)

I was excited to read my first brand new copy of 'Whittling our Niche, from the tree of life'. It marks the culmination of several years work: writing and editing the text, designing the cover, all that's entailed with developing and publishing a book. 

In total it was one lengthy but extremely exhilerating experience, and within the whole process I was able to 'Find my Element' (as the late and great Sir Ken Robinson would have said). In short, I came to realise I relished the arts of reading and writing.

I sincerely hope you will enjoy reading the book, almost as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Author Duncan Gregory 

Launched 07.11.2025, Whittling our Niche is available in paperback directly from the publisher Austin Maucauley, or Amazon and mainstream book retailers (UK, USA, Australia, Canada, etc.).

Also available as an ebook.