Jamie Lees
@jamieleesauthor.bsky.social
Writer • Designer • Producer
Creator of Left at The Wellgate: The Untold Story of Mary Petrie Smith — exhibition on archival silence, maternal departure & emotional inheritance, now in development as a book & play.
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Creator of Left at The Wellgate: The Untold Story of Mary Petrie Smith — exhibition on archival silence, maternal departure & emotional inheritance, now in development as a book & play.
www.linktr.ee/jamieleesauthor
Samhain, the veil thins...
This scarf from the women-led Prickly Thistle mill in the Scottish Highlands; a gift from my beloved, honouring my ancestor Beatrix Young, dismembered, cast in a pit, burned as a witch Sept 14, 1649.
Red is blood, grey, ash.
May we remember the women scorched into silence.
This scarf from the women-led Prickly Thistle mill in the Scottish Highlands; a gift from my beloved, honouring my ancestor Beatrix Young, dismembered, cast in a pit, burned as a witch Sept 14, 1649.
Red is blood, grey, ash.
May we remember the women scorched into silence.
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Samhain, the veil thins...
This scarf from the women-led Prickly Thistle mill in the Scottish Highlands; a gift from my beloved, honouring my ancestor Beatrix Young, dismembered, cast in a pit, burned as a witch Sept 14, 1649.
Red is blood, grey, ash.
May we remember the women scorched into silence.
This scarf from the women-led Prickly Thistle mill in the Scottish Highlands; a gift from my beloved, honouring my ancestor Beatrix Young, dismembered, cast in a pit, burned as a witch Sept 14, 1649.
Red is blood, grey, ash.
May we remember the women scorched into silence.
Thanks to everyone who tuned in for my talk, Left at The Wellgate: The Untold Story of Mary Petrie Smith. We had a fantastic turnout and some truly thoughtful questions. Huge thanks to the organizers and to the tech team for making it all run so smoothly. 🙏 😊
#womensdeparture #ScottishDiaspora
#womensdeparture #ScottishDiaspora
September 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Thanks to everyone who tuned in for my talk, Left at The Wellgate: The Untold Story of Mary Petrie Smith. We had a fantastic turnout and some truly thoughtful questions. Huge thanks to the organizers and to the tech team for making it all run so smoothly. 🙏 😊
#womensdeparture #ScottishDiaspora
#womensdeparture #ScottishDiaspora
Today in Dundee, not 100 yards from where she last stood…
On this day in 1911, my great-grandmother Mary Petrie Smith left the Wellgate for Canada.
113 years later, her story returned as Left at The Wellgate at Dundee Central Library.
Read more: www.jank.ca/press-leftat...
On this day in 1911, my great-grandmother Mary Petrie Smith left the Wellgate for Canada.
113 years later, her story returned as Left at The Wellgate at Dundee Central Library.
Read more: www.jank.ca/press-leftat...
September 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today in Dundee, not 100 yards from where she last stood…
On this day in 1911, my great-grandmother Mary Petrie Smith left the Wellgate for Canada.
113 years later, her story returned as Left at The Wellgate at Dundee Central Library.
Read more: www.jank.ca/press-leftat...
On this day in 1911, my great-grandmother Mary Petrie Smith left the Wellgate for Canada.
113 years later, her story returned as Left at The Wellgate at Dundee Central Library.
Read more: www.jank.ca/press-leftat...
Hard to believe my 30-day exhibition Left at The Wellgate opened in Dundee a year ago. Since then Mary’s story has led to new talks + a book-in-progress. Learn more: www.jank.ca/leftatthewellgateexhibition Follow along: www.jank.ca/sign-up
September 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Hard to believe my 30-day exhibition Left at The Wellgate opened in Dundee a year ago. Since then Mary’s story has led to new talks + a book-in-progress. Learn more: www.jank.ca/leftatthewellgateexhibition Follow along: www.jank.ca/sign-up
Two boys left in a pram outside a pub, their mother off to start a new life.
Left at the Wellgate: The Untold Story of Mary Petrie Smith explores a woman’s choice that shaped generations. Can history repeat whilst unaware of itself?
Follow the book’s development www.jank.ca/sign-up
#WomensHistory
Left at the Wellgate: The Untold Story of Mary Petrie Smith explores a woman’s choice that shaped generations. Can history repeat whilst unaware of itself?
Follow the book’s development www.jank.ca/sign-up
#WomensHistory
August 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Two boys left in a pram outside a pub, their mother off to start a new life.
Left at the Wellgate: The Untold Story of Mary Petrie Smith explores a woman’s choice that shaped generations. Can history repeat whilst unaware of itself?
Follow the book’s development www.jank.ca/sign-up
#WomensHistory
Left at the Wellgate: The Untold Story of Mary Petrie Smith explores a woman’s choice that shaped generations. Can history repeat whilst unaware of itself?
Follow the book’s development www.jank.ca/sign-up
#WomensHistory
Draft book cover drop — Left at The Wellgate.
A picture-heavy book based on our Scotland exhibition.
For over 100 years, no one in our Canadian family knew Mary left two sons behind in Scotland.
Not a secret. An absence. A silence.
jank.ca/leftathewellgateexhibition
A picture-heavy book based on our Scotland exhibition.
For over 100 years, no one in our Canadian family knew Mary left two sons behind in Scotland.
Not a secret. An absence. A silence.
jank.ca/leftathewellgateexhibition
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Draft book cover drop — Left at The Wellgate.
A picture-heavy book based on our Scotland exhibition.
For over 100 years, no one in our Canadian family knew Mary left two sons behind in Scotland.
Not a secret. An absence. A silence.
jank.ca/leftathewellgateexhibition
A picture-heavy book based on our Scotland exhibition.
For over 100 years, no one in our Canadian family knew Mary left two sons behind in Scotland.
Not a secret. An absence. A silence.
jank.ca/leftathewellgateexhibition