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Writer and academic. Prof Emerita in Scottish Literature.

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CIVIS Seminar on contemporary Scottish Literature – LERMA Title: What is the future of now? Universities involved: Aix Marseille University (Prof. Marie Hedon) Glasgow University (Dr Corey Gibson) University of Lausanne (Prof Kirsten Stirling) 2024-25: The p...

Next instalment of @univ-amu.fr @uofg-civis.bsky.social seminar on Scottish Literature due on 13 November on Poetry and Public Life in Scotland @sahavoice.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social lerma.univ-amu.fr/contemporary...

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Book cover. On the top half, in white letters on a green background, text reads The International Companion to THE SCOTTISH NOVEL Edited by Cairns Craig Underneath is a detail from “When Children Are Asleep” (1885), by Thomas Faed (1825–1900). A woman wearing a simple, pale grey Victorian dress and a white bonnet, with a yellow shawl around her shoulders, sits next to a small fireplace, reading a book. She holds the book in her right hand, and puts down her left hand to warm it in the orange glow of the fireplace. Behind her, in a half-open box-bed, two small children are asleep.

Book cover. On the top half, in white letters on a green background, text reads The International Companion to THE SCOTTISH NOVEL Edited by Cairns Craig Underneath is a detail from “When Children Are Asleep” (1885), by Thomas Faed (1825–1900). A woman wearing a simple, pale grey Victorian dress and a white bonnet, with a yellow shawl around her shoulders, sits next to a small fireplace, reading a book. She holds the book in her right hand, and puts down her left hand to warm it in the orange glow of the fireplace. Behind her, in a half-open box-bed, two small children are asleep.

Contents Series Editors’ Preface Acknowledgements Introduction (Cairns Craig) 1. Smollett and the Novel in Scotland (Aileen Douglas) 2. The Philosophical Foundations of the Scottish Novel (Cairns Craig) Document 1 – Mrs Oliphant: ‘Walter Scott’ 3. Walter Scott, the Reader, and the Times after Time (Caroline McCracken-Flesher) Document 2 – Georg Lukács: from The Historical Novel 4. The Scottish Novel in the Wake of Walter Scott, 1815–1830 (Charles Snodgrass) 5. The Victorian Novel of Spiritual Crisis and the Disruption of Scottish Literary History (Juliet Shields) Document 3 – Robert Louis Stevenson: ‘A Humble Remonstrance’ 6. From the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century (Andrew Nash) Document 4 – Edwin Muir: from Scott and Scotland 7. The Scottish Novel in the Interwar Years (Glenda Norquay) Document 5 – Lewis Grassic Gibbon: ‘Literary Lights’ 8. From the Second World War to the 1970s (Eleanor Bell)

Contents Series Editors’ Preface Acknowledgements Introduction (Cairns Craig) 1. Smollett and the Novel in Scotland (Aileen Douglas) 2. The Philosophical Foundations of the Scottish Novel (Cairns Craig) Document 1 – Mrs Oliphant: ‘Walter Scott’ 3. Walter Scott, the Reader, and the Times after Time (Caroline McCracken-Flesher) Document 2 – Georg Lukács: from The Historical Novel 4. The Scottish Novel in the Wake of Walter Scott, 1815–1830 (Charles Snodgrass) 5. The Victorian Novel of Spiritual Crisis and the Disruption of Scottish Literary History (Juliet Shields) Document 3 – Robert Louis Stevenson: ‘A Humble Remonstrance’ 6. From the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century (Andrew Nash) Document 4 – Edwin Muir: from Scott and Scotland 7. The Scottish Novel in the Interwar Years (Glenda Norquay) Document 5 – Lewis Grassic Gibbon: ‘Literary Lights’ 8. From the Second World War to the 1970s (Eleanor Bell)

Contents (continued) Document 6 – Muriel Spark: from ‘The Desegregation of Art’ 9. The Scottish Novel 1979–1999 (Carole Jones) Document 7 – James Kelman: ‘Elitism and English Literature’ 10. The First Hundred Years of the Gaelic Novel (Moray Watson) 11. Scottish Detective Fiction (Matthew Wickman) 12. Scottish Science Fiction and Fantasy (Anna McFarlane) 13. Scottish Children’s and Young Adult Fiction (Fiona McCulloch) 14. Into the Twenty-First Century (Cairns Craig) Endnotes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

Contents (continued) Document 6 – Muriel Spark: from ‘The Desegregation of Art’ 9. The Scottish Novel 1979–1999 (Carole Jones) Document 7 – James Kelman: ‘Elitism and English Literature’ 10. The First Hundred Years of the Gaelic Novel (Moray Watson) 11. Scottish Detective Fiction (Matthew Wickman) 12. Scottish Science Fiction and Fantasy (Anna McFarlane) 13. Scottish Children’s and Young Adult Fiction (Fiona McCulloch) 14. Into the Twenty-First Century (Cairns Craig) Endnotes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

THE INTERNATIONAL COMPANION TO THE SCOTTISH NOVEL
Ed. Cairns Craig

Assesses the work of Scottish novelists from the #C18th to the present day, & confronts constructions of nationality, identity, & form

From all good bookshops everywhere & via @projectmuse.bsky.social
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Si jamais vous vous trouvez à Aubigny-sur-Nère le 28 novembre #soscottish

15.10.2025 16:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Book cover Robert Louis Stevenson FABLES Against a background of handwritten text, sloping away into the distance, two ink-black silhouettes of eighteenth-century seamen – one with a crutch and only one leg – address each other. A few blobs of ink surround them. The one-legged man gesticulates towards the other, holding a smoking pipe in his hand.

Book cover Robert Louis Stevenson FABLES Against a background of handwritten text, sloping away into the distance, two ink-black silhouettes of eighteenth-century seamen – one with a crutch and only one leg – address each other. A few blobs of ink surround them. The one-legged man gesticulates towards the other, holding a smoking pipe in his hand.

“If there is sich a thing as a Author, I’m his favourite chara’ter. He does me fathoms better’n he does you—fathoms, he does. And he likes doing me. He keeps me on deck mostly all the time, crutch and all”

—Long John Silver sticks up for himself 🏴‍☠️🦜💙📚
#talklikeapirateday
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19.09.2025 15:10 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
A crude woodcut illustration, showing two figures on the edge of a cliff. The figure on the right thrusts out an arm; the figure on the left, arms raised, topples backwards over the cliff edge.

A crude woodcut illustration, showing two figures on the edge of a cliff. The figure on the right thrusts out an arm; the figure on the left, arms raised, topples backwards over the cliff edge.

Mark, printed on the opposing page The unfortunate effects of rage. A man (who might be you or me) Hurls another into the sea. Poor soul, his unreflecting act His future joys will much contract; And he will spoil his evening toddy By dwelling on that mangled body.

Mark, printed on the opposing page The unfortunate effects of rage. A man (who might be you or me) Hurls another into the sea. Poor soul, his unreflecting act His future joys will much contract; And he will spoil his evening toddy By dwelling on that mangled body.

Mark, printed on the opposing page,
The unfortunate effects of rage…

—Robert Louis Stevenson’s MORAL EMBLEMS (c.1881–82) – printed & published by his 12-year-old stepson Lloyd Osbourne, & illustrated with woodcuts by RLS – is a pastiche of #C19 didactic rhymes for children
#BookWormSat
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13.09.2025 13:36 — 👍 19    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Rediscovering: Dorothy Dunnett - Books from Scotland 'Her brilliance lies in her combining of literary skill with the integrity and passion that underlay her depictions of human lives, histories and societies.'

Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001) was born #OTD, 25 Aug, in Dunfermline. She is best known as a writer of #HistoricalFiction – in particular the six-part LYMOND CHRONICLES that begin with those fateful words:

“Lymond is back.”

A 🎂 🧵
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25.08.2025 12:49 — 👍 35    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 3

Agreed. A city that has turned itself around. Shocking news.

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Orkney Voices - The Bottle Imp When George Mackay Brown read Eric Linklater for the first time, he experienced a kind of epiphany: ‘Here were field and shores that we actually knew, our feet had walked on them. Recognisable people ...

This is a great collection: enjoy! www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2023/03/orkn...

10.02.2025 14:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The banner image for this journal special issue shows an oil painting of trees, blue sky, and a meadow.

The banner image for this journal special issue shows an oil painting of trees, blue sky, and a meadow.

Hiya BlueSky! We've got a cracking special issue on Ali Smith which features an interview with Ali Smith, published in December 2024: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/901/in.... Check it out, if you haven't already had a chance! #AcademicSky #BookSky #Literature #OpenAccess @bacls.bsky.social

06.02.2025 18:34 — 👍 61    🔁 32    💬 0    📌 2
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Marianne Faithfull. So sad to see you go.

30.01.2025 22:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We have an amazing group of speakers for this. Join us for Hiberno-Scottish Gothic goodness (or badness?).

27.01.2025 19:27 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Muriel Spark burns bright on Burns Night Professor Willy Maley outlines how Muriel Spark was influenced by Robert Burns. Originally published Tuesday 23 January 2018

‘[Muriel Spark] observes that … “Some of [Burns’s] most successful love songs present the girl’s point of view” … citing the bawdy verse “Wha’ll mow me now”, she comments drily: “If this is difficult to decipher, a little imagination will serve the purpose”’
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25.01.2025 18:01 — 👍 25    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

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