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'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson (9781739207762) - Taproot Press UK Marking two hundred and fifty years since the death of Robert Fergusson, this collection of poems in Scottish, English and Gaelic from Scotland's most celebrated writers and emerging poets alike evoke...

🚨 @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social and I are excited to announce the publication on 1 September of a new collection of poems in response to Robert Fergusson's life, works, and legacies, published with the brilliant Taproot Press! You can pre-order the book here:
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The yellow cover for the journal, Scottish Literary Review. It features a black and white line drawing of a stylised thistle growing from the open pages of a book.

The new Scottish Literary Review is out on Project Muse! A Special Issue, guest edited by Gioia Angeletti and Marina Dossena, it features articles on Early Modern ScotLit, Mary, Queen of Scots, Scottish Picturebooks, migration writings and drama. You can access it here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55288

Tarot card image of the empress with a crown of stars. Text reads Weird Modernisms BAMS/ MSA 1- 4 July 2026 Loughborough University, UK

In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.

Dot Allan - Wikipedia

Carswell tends to be cultured middle class. But characters in some of Dot Allan's fiction might fit the bill.

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The Two Roberts by Damian Barr | Buy the Book A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, HERALD AND BBC

My new novel will throw its arms around you a month today. I can’t wait for you to meet the Two Roberts. It’s based on two real artists and it’s all about love & art & class & queerness & Scottishness & all that hot stuff. It’s set 1933-1962. Thanks for supporting!

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At the Moderns today. Alasdair Gray's 'Eden and After' is always worth pausing at for a while.

And delighted to read that memoir vol. 2 is on its way...

John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture John Bellany was one of the most significant Scottish painters of the modern era. See this new exhibition at the City Art Centre today.

Bellany exhibition on in Edinburgh at the mo, if you are passing through: cultureedinburgh.com/events/john-...

Yeah. Would normally be supportive but not in this location.

Berwick Bank wind farm approval described as 'devastating' for East Lothian seabirds Conservationists have warned that today's approval of a major new wind farm off East Lothian will have a "devastating" impact on wildlife.

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Madame Bovary has an affair with Blazes Boylan

Guess this is definitely happening... Come see my try to be funny about what we're doing when we call something a classic, and when we demand that people read them!

11.45am Mon 11 Aug; 5.40pm Fri 15 Aug. Ticket links in thread from quoted post.

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Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network The event is aimed at creating a space for critical discussion of AI across our universities in Edinburgh

Critical AI in Higher Education event in Edinburgh, Monday 1st September

Featuring @semacrae.bsky.social @karengregory.bsky.social @huwcdavies.bsky.social @benpatrickwill.bsky.social and more to be added.

Sign up link here...and please share!

Timeline 28: 1982 - Following the breakout success of Lanark Alasdair joined with Liz Lochhead & Tom Leonard to perform a review for the Edinburgh Fringe. Lanark wins the Frederick Niven Award. The prize money was substantial, but Alasdair donated it all to the miners’ strike 💪🏽

Good point.

In the NLS today looking at work by figures closely associated with the Scottish Literary Renaissance. A couple of nice first edition Porpoise Press pamphlets from Andrew Dewar Gibb and George Malcolm Thomson.

In the NLS today looking at work by figures closely associated with the Scottish Literary Renaissance. A couple of nice first edition Porpoise Press pamphlets from Andrew Dewar Gibb and George Malcolm Thomson.

"Before I wrote this book, I was determined not to."-- Ragini Srinivasan

In OVERDETERMINED, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan explores the politics of identity in literary studies and the complexities of teaching minoritized literatures in the West. bit.ly/3IhmpHX @columbiaup.bsky.social

So, the book has a cover, thanks to the kindness of Colin Davidson. Out in January 26 with some events in Ireland the end of February, start of March. Will be available in the US slightly later. Thanks to you all for encouragement along the way.

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William Blake’s Mysticism This book examines William Blake as a mystic and the movements and authors that contributed to this definition during and after his lifetime

Excited to announce that my upcoming monograph, William Blake's Mysticism: The Legacy of Prophetic Women (new title, same book), now has an official page & web presence on Palgrave's website 💫

and a publication date, February 2026!

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NEW WRITING SCOTLAND ASL is seeking applications to be a co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on prose; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2026, for volumes 44, 45, and 46, publishing in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (dependent on funding). Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background. Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by midnight on Monday 4 August 2025. Submission to New Writing Scotland is free and open to all. You can find our submission instructions here.

WRITERS!
New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on prose. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue.
#writers #writing
Pls RT 👇
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Edinburgh’s First Burghers: revealing the lives and hidden faces of Edinburgh’s medieval citizens Celebrating the 900th anniversaries of both St Giles’ Cathedral and Edinburgh the exhibition brings together new research by The City of Edinburgh Council Archaeology Service and scientists and…

Edinburgh’s First Burghers: revealing the lives and hidden faces of Edinburgh’s medieval citizens.

Free Event Mon - Fri : 10am - 6pm; Sat : 9am - 5pm; Sun : 1pm - 5pm

6th June - 30th November

St Giles' Cathedral High Street Edinburgh EH1 1RE

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Painting of a fence line in a golden field with many wild flowers created in a semi abstract style

July Fields, 1959
by painter Joan Eardley #WomensArt

For #scape Friday my #photography captures #clouds on the Beltane #sunrise seen from Higher Tor, Dartmoor on 1st May. It’s 05:57am 🌤️

One of the odd things about The Book of Disquiet is it shouldn't work. In its introspection and self-obsession it should be as embarrassing as any bad adolescent memory. And yet it is one of the great modernist texts and a book I've never grown out of.

New Writing Scotland 43 Edited by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher Published in: Paperback, 184 pages By: Association for Scottish Literature, Glasgow, August 2025 Price: £9.95 ISBN: 9781906841669 Cover image…

A CHAOS OF LIGHT
New Writing Scotland 43
Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher

“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”

Aug 2025 – available for preorder!
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Wishing Kirkcaldy Galleries a happy 100th birthday! A year of celebrations begins with 'Century of Kirkcaldy Galleries', now open, check the website for more details - buff.ly/jqPQou5 The gallery have one exquisite WBG in their collection, from her 'small energy' series, 'Atlantic Squall', 1975.

Hugh MacDiarmid's Sangshaw - 100th anniversary celebration reading - Montrose Playhouse A complete reading of the poems in Sangschaw will take place at the Montrose Playhouse on 9 th September 2025. There will be an introductory talk, setting the scene and explaining why this wee book is...

Hugh MacDiarmid’s poetry collection Sangshaw – 100th anniversary celebration reading at Montrose Playhouse on 9 September. Readings by James Robertson, Matthew Fitt, Sheila Mann, and others. Tickets available here:
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Geese in Flight
Benjamin Chee Chee ~ Anishinaabe
1976