Grateful to the Royal Society of Edinburgh for further support for my project to produce the first scholarly edition of Lewis Grassic Gibbon and Hugh MacDiarmid's book, SCOTTISH SCENE, to be published by @asls.org.uk
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Grateful to the Royal Society of Edinburgh for further support for my project to produce the first scholarly edition of Lewis Grassic Gibbon and Hugh MacDiarmid's book, SCOTTISH SCENE, to be published by @asls.org.uk
rse.org.uk/rse-awards-p...
Image of writer Robert Louis Stevenson on cover of Critical Lives biography by Glenda Norquay
Very pleased to see this wee book on restless adventurer Robert Louis Stevenson out in the world.
Thanks to Reaktion Books for all their support along the way. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/robert-...
#RLS @asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social
Fàilte!
25.02.2026 21:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0"comedian" 🤔
23.02.2026 15:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Very much a middle-class Jewish boyhood. Interesting book.
17.02.2026 18:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I assume you'll have read David Daiches's memoir, TWO WORLDS?
17.02.2026 18:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks! Interesting on several levels (and not least because this website doesn't promote the local).
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Union Canal, Edinburgh
The February sun goes down on the Union Canal, Edinburgh. The light is returning...
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Call for Papers: 'Scotland and the In-Between', the annual Société française d’études écossaises (French Society for Scottish Studies) conference (Université de Lorraine, 12-14 Nov 2026).
Proposals for papers in French or English are due 28th April.
More on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6338
I wrote about WUTHERING HEIGHTS and it’s aromatic qualities:
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The Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre
James Leslie Mitchell was born today in 1901. If you've not been, get yourself to the Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre in Arbuthnott. It's a small community-run museum and café where you can view some fab Gibbon paraphernalia, have a gander at some books, and get a lovely homemade lunch.
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The Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre
James Leslie Mitchell was born today in 1901. If you've not been, get yourself to the Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre in Arbuthnott. It's a small community-run museum and café where you can view some fab Gibbon paraphernalia, have a gander at some books, and get a lovely homemade lunch.
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A black-and-white photograph in profile of James Leslie Mitchell, also known as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, c. 1920–1930, by an unknown photographer. A young man, with short, trimmed, swept-back hair and a slightly pensive expression.
James Leslie Mitchell (1901–1935), better known as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, was born on this day, 13 Feb. Author of SUNSET SONG – & many other titles from historical to science fiction – he is one of the most important Scottish writers of the 20th century.
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LIKE A CAT LOVES
A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is coming to Edinburgh! On 23rd April, I'll be at the Topping & Co bookshop for a special event.
Tickets available here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
Please come if you're nearby, and let your Spark-loving pals know about it, too 🐈⬛
Thanks to funding from the Scottish government, ASL is offering free class sets of Donald S. Murray’s play SEQUAMUR – a set text for Higher English – to secondary schools in Scotland. See our website for details:
@educationscotland.bsky.social @qualifications.gov.scot
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Thank you @theguardian.com for publishing this piece on my mother and Alzheimer’s:
13.01.2026 11:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Sounds of Spring. Goldfinch party.
05.02.2026 11:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0please spread the word!
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Hello snow moon 🌕
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Hello snow moon 🌕
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It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
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2026 is Agnes Owens’ centenary year, & Polygon will publish 7 new editions of her novels & short stories in collaboration with the Agnes Owens Archive – also launching this year. These new editions will be introduced by some of Scotland’s finest contemporary writers.
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This talk on "Scottish Women Writers in Children's Literature" from the fab Sarah Dunnigan and Lois Burke will be great.
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
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This talk on "Scottish Women Writers in Children's Literature" from the fab Sarah Dunnigan and Lois Burke will be great.
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/sco...
Moon atop Barclay Church.
Happy back to work day 🥶
This time of year the light seems keen to come north again.
Tay Estuary at Buddon Ness.
#Scotland
Happy birthday Alasdair Gray, born on this day in 1934.
My chapter, '"The matter of Scotland": Alasdair Gray and Hugh MacDiarmid', features in the forthcoming EDINBURGH COMPANION TO ALASDAIR GRAY AND THE ARTS, out next year.
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Happy birthday Alasdair Gray, born on this day in 1934.
My chapter, '"The matter of Scotland": Alasdair Gray and Hugh MacDiarmid', features in the forthcoming EDINBURGH COMPANION TO ALASDAIR GRAY AND THE ARTS, out next year.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edi...
Free to stream: East German adaption of Stevenson's Kidnapped
@scottlyall.bsky.social
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