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<p>Teacher, scholar,<br>he had worked a true task when all alive…</p><p>—Iain Crichton Smith, “For Angus MacLeod”<br>Published in New Collected Poems (Carcanet, 2011)</p><p>Today, 5 October, is World Teachers Day. In this poem Iain Crichton Smith, himself a teacher, celebrates the life of a former Headmaster of Oban High School</p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://www.unesco.org/en/days/teachers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.unesco.org/en/days/teachers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.unesco.org/en/days/teacher</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/worldteachersday/" rel="tag">#WorldTeachersDay</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#teaching</a> <a href="/tags/teachers/" rel="tag">#teachers</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#school</a> <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a></p>

Iain Crichton Smith
For Angus MacLeod
Headmaster, and Editor of Gaelic Poems

Today they laid him in the earth’s cold colour,
a man from Lewis with his seventy-five
years struck from his head. Teacher, scholar,
he had worked a true task when all alive,

building a school, elucidating texts.
The Gaelic shone quite clearly in his bones.
A casket filled with ashes had been mixed
with filtered sunlight and the small stones.

A useful life with pupils and with poems:
sufficient honours (his humour asked no more)
he takes his place in many minds and rooms.
Without their knowing it, his patient care

instructs far hands to turn a new lever,
a voice to speak in a mild-mannered tone.
The deeds we do reverberate forever.
Inveterate justice weighs the flesh and bone.

His best editions are some men and women
who scrutinise each action like a word.
The truest work is learning to be human
definitive texts the poorest can afford.

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<p>Love is all you need: Remembering The Kingis Quair</p><p>Alan Riach discusses The Kingis Quair – a poem attributed to King James I of Scots (1394–1437), & described by C.S. Lewis as “the first modern book of love”</p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17372009.love-is-all-you-need-remembering-the-kings-quair/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenational.scot/news/17372009.love-is-all-you-need-remembering-the-kings-quair/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenational.scot/news/1737</span><span class="invisible">2009.love-is-all-you-need-remembering-the-kings-quair/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/lovepoetry/" rel="tag">#lovepoetry</a> <a href="/tags/medieval/" rel="tag">#medieval</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/15thcentury/" rel="tag">#15thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/scotstober/" rel="tag">#Scotstober</a></p>

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<p>A Lost Chapter Of The World’s First Novel Discovered In A Japanese Home</p><p>It's one of 54 chapters from a transcription of The Tale of Genji, written in the 11th century.</p><p>By Natasha Ishak</p><p><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/tale-of-genji-lost-chapter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atinewsletter&utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="allthatsinteresting.com/tale-of-genji-lost-chapter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atinewsletter&utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">allthatsinteresting.com/tale-o</span><span class="invisible">f-genji-lost-chapter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atinewsletter&utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com</span></a></p><p>The Tale Of Genji at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Tale+Of+Genji" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Tale+Of+Genji"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=The+Tale+Of+Genji</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait-Icon of Murasaki Shikibu (Murasaki Shikibu zu), 17th century, by Tosa Mitsuoki.

Murasaki Shikibu appears poised to begin writing her tale, pausing as if in mid-thought. Her head tilts away from her desk, while her trancelike stare is directed slightly upward, toward the calligraphy sheets in the upper portion of the painting.

The inscriptions list the four stages of Tendai Buddhist contemplation (shimon) that Murasaki was said to have mastered, along with two of her waka (thirty-one-syllable poems) that speak to life’s impermanence (mujōkan).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji#/media/File:Tosa_Mitsuoki%E2%80%94Portrait_of_Murasaki_Shikibu.jpg

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<p>New College Festival of Books & Belief<br>7–8 November, Edinburgh</p><p>The University of Edinburgh’s New College Festival of Books & Belief invites speakers & writers from the UK & beyond to explore the relationship between literature & all aspects of belief.</p><p>The fifth Festival will be held on 7–8 November 2025 – see link for programme</p><p><a href="https://divinity.ed.ac.uk/new-college-festival/programme" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="divinity.ed.ac.uk/new-college-festival/programme"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">divinity.ed.ac.uk/new-college-</span><span class="invisible">festival/programme</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/belief/" rel="tag">#belief</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#religion</a></p>

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<p>Well Versed Author Event: Imtiaz Dharker<br>15 Oct, online – free</p><p>A poetry reading & audience Q&A with Imtiaz Dharker, part of Open Book’s Well Versed series in partnership with StAnza International Poetry Festival</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/well-versed-author-event-imtiaz-dharker-tickets-1729406705009" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/well-versed-author-event-imtiaz-dharker-tickets-1729406705009"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/well-ve</span><span class="invisible">rsed-author-event-imtiaz-dharker-tickets-1729406705009</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

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<p>BANNED BOOKS WEEK<br>5–11 October 2025</p><p>Tom Leonard’s 1984 poetry collection INTIMATE VOICES was banned in Scotland’s Central Region school libraries. The Education Committee said</p><p>“There are some harmful words in it … Sometimes the naked truth has to be clothed”</p><p>But Leonard had anticipated this sort of reaction…</p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bannedbooksweek/" rel="tag">#BannedBooksWeek</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/tomleonard/" rel="tag">#TomLeonard</a></p>

A pale green book cover. In the middle is a white rectangle. A large red stamp displays the book title: TOM LEONARD: INTIMATE VOICES: 1965–1983. Above the stamp is a poem, set as if typed on a typewriter:

in the beginning was the word
in thi beginning was thi wurd
in thi beginnin was thi wurd
in thi biginnin was thi wurd
n thi biginnin wuz thi wurd
nthi biginnin wuz thi wurd
nthi biginnin wuzthi wurd
nthibiginnin wuzthiwurd
nthibiginninwuzthiwurd
in the beginning was the sound

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<p>In the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast, Graeme Macrae Burnet discusses his new novella BENBECULA, the gothic tradition, how historical fiction speaks to the present day, & how BENBECULA links to HIS BLOODY PROJECT, Graeme’s Booker-shortlisted 2016 novel </p><p>@bookstodon </p><p><a href="https://www.scotswhayhae.com/post/dark-isle-the-scots-whay-hae-podcast-talks-to-graeme-macrae-burnet" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scotswhayhae.com/post/dark-isle-the-scots-whay-hae-podcast-talks-to-graeme-macrae-burnet"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scotswhayhae.com/post/dark</span><span class="invisible">-isle-the-scots-whay-hae-podcast-talks-to-graeme-macrae-burnet</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#CrimeFiction</a></p>

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<p>“Ending badly from the beginning”: facing finitude with Robert Louis Stevenson<br>8 October, University of Edinburgh & online – free</p><p>What does it mean to live – and to write – well, through experiences of illness and in the shadow of death? An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar from Dr Shari Sabeti</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-shari-sabeti-‘ending-badly-beginning’-facing-finitude-robert-louis-stevenson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-shari-sabeti-‘ending-badly-beginning’-facing-finitude-robert-louis-stevenson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-sha</span><span class="invisible">ri-sabeti-‘ending-badly-beginning’-facing-finitude-robert-louis-stevenson</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/robertlouisstevenson/" rel="tag">#RobertLouisStevenson</a> <a href="/tags/samoa/" rel="tag">#Samoa</a> <a href="/tags/illness/" rel="tag">#illness</a> <a href="/tags/culturalstudies/" rel="tag">#culturalstudies</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a></p>

Event date: Wednesday 8 October
Time: 13:00-14:00
Location: Seminar room, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Shari Sabeti (Sabbatical Fellow, 2025)

‘Ending badly from the beginning’: facing finitude with Robert Louis Stevenson.

What does it mean to live - and to write - well, through experiences of illness and in the shadow of death? Is death the end, or the beginning of relationships? This presentation considers these questions through an exploration of the life, work, and legacy of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson. It focuses on his last years, as both exile and settler colonial, in Sāmoa, a Pacific island he had travelled to in search of health. Drawing on Barthes’ concepts of the punctum and biographeme, as well as writing on illness (Sontag, Frank), the chapter blends ethnographic fieldwork, literary and photographic analysis, elements of biography and personal reflection. It argues that Stevenson’s relationship with Sāmoa and Samoans continues through to the present day in oral histories, school songs, grave-site rituals, and community narratives that position him within specifically Sāmoan frameworks of care, kinship, and place.

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<p>English writer of children's stories Juliana Horatia Ewing died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1885.</p><p>Ewing's writing career began in the late 1860s, and she quickly gained recognition for her charming and insightful stories that often featured children and their adventures. Some of Ewing's most popular works include "Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances" (1869), "Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls" (1875), and "Jackanapes" (1884). </p><p>Books by Juliana Horatia Ewing at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1803" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1803"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1803</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Juliana Horatia Ewing

Portrait of a woman sitting sideways, with her hair in a bun at the back of her head, wearing a black dress with lace on the sleeves and on her sill, with a pendant around her neck and apparently writing something in her notebook.

Illustration: THREE LITTLE NEST BIRDS.

Title: Verses for Children, and Songs for Music

Author: Juliana Horatia Ewing

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<p>Noo Maunsie’s wis as guid a tongue<br>As ever psalm o’ Dauvid sung.<br>It fittit weel a godly mooth,<br>And said few wirds ’at wirna truth,<br>An’ never swöre by Guid or Deil<br>Excep’ whan kyunnens ate his kail…</p><p>—from “Auld Maunsie’s Crü” by B.R. Anderson (1861–1888), in Broken Lights: Poems & Reminiscences of the Late Basil Ramsay Anderson (1888) – republished in 2021 by Northus Shetland Classics</p><p><a href="https://www.michaelwalmer.com/northus-shetland-classics/p/broken-lights-poems-and-reminiscences-of-basil-ramsay-anderson-introduced-by-robert-alan-jamieson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.michaelwalmer.com/northus-shetland-classics/p/broken-lights-poems-and-reminiscences-of-basil-ramsay-anderson-introduced-by-robert-alan-jamieson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.michaelwalmer.com/northus-</span><span class="invisible">shetland-classics/p/broken-lights-poems-and-reminiscences-of-basil-ramsay-anderson-introduced-by-robert-alan-jamieson</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/shetland/" rel="tag">#Shetland</a> <a href="/tags/scotstober/" rel="tag">#Scotstober</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Noo Maunsie’s wis as guid a tongue
As ever psalm o’ Dauvid sung.
It fittit weel a godly mooth,
And said few wirds ’at wirna truth,
An’ never swöre by Guid or Deil
Excep’ whan kyunnens ate his kail.

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<p>“She dies from never having experienced a love of her own volition.”</p><p>German writer Margarete Böhme was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1867.</p><p>She is best known for her controversial and highly successful novel, "Tagebuch einer Verlorenen", first published in 1905. It purportedly tells the true story of Thymian, a young woman forced by circumstance into a life of prostitution. A movie was made based on this book (Tabea, stehe auf! 1922).</p><p>Books by Margarete Böhme at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margarete+B%C3%B6hme&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margarete+B%C3%B6hme&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Margarete+B%C3%B6hme&submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Black and white photograph of Margarete Böhme.

Portrait of a seated woman, looking to her left, with short, curly hair, wearing a V-neck dress with short sleeves and her arms crossed at her waist.

Cover of "Tagebuch einer Verlorenen" edition 1907.

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<p>French poet, dramatist, and novelist Jean Aicard died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1921.</p><p>He was associated with the Parnassian movement, which emphasized formalism, craftsmanship, and the use of classical mythology and historical themes in poetry. He was also a prolific playwright and novelist. One of Aicard's most famous works is the novel "Le Roi de Camargue" (The King of Camargue), was published in 1872.</p><p>Books by Jean Aicard at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6209" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6209"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6209</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Jean Aicard (1848 - 1921), french poet from Provence c. 1880.

Book cover of Maurin des Maures by Jean Aicard

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<p>“Feindre d’ignorer ce qu’on sait, de savoir tout ce que l’on ignore... voilà toute la politique.”<br>Le Mariage de Figaro (1778)</p><p>French polymath cha died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1799.</p><p>He is best known for his classic plays, particularly "The Barber of Seville" and "The Marriage of Figaro," which form part of the Figaro trilogy. These works were adapted into famous operas by Gioachino Rossini and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart respectively.</p><p>Books by Pierre Beaumarchais at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7962" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7962"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7962</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Depicted person: Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732–1799), French dramatist.
Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier

Image of a man in red jacket holding a book in a painting.

Illustratiion dans l'édition originale du Mariage de Figaro de Beaumarchais

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<p>British mathematician, logician, philosopher, & public intellectual Bertrand Russell was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1872.</p><p>One of Russell's most significant achievements is the co-authorship of "Principia Mathematica" (1910-1913) with Alfred North Whitehead. His works, such as "The Problems of Philosophy" (1912) & "Our Knowledge of the External World" (1914), explored issues related to knowledge, perception, & the scientific method.</p><p>Books by Bertrand Russell at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/355" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/355"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/355</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

52 years old Bertrand Russell in America (1924). The main purpose of his visit was to propagate the cause of socialism & world peace.

A monochrome image featuring a well-dressed man in a suit, exuding elegance and sophistication.

Cover of Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell.

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy is a book (1919 first edition) by philosopher Bertrand Russell, in which the author seeks to create an accessible introduction to various topics within the foundations of mathematics. According to the preface, the book is intended for those with only limited knowledge of mathematics and no prior experience with the mathematical logic it deals with. Accordingly, it is often used in introductory philosophy of mathematics courses at institutions of higher education.

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<p>American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1864.</p><p>Hawthorne's early career was marked by relative obscurity. He self-published his first work, a novel titled "Fanshawe," in 1828, but later sought to suppress it. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, he wrote numerous short stories and sketches which were later collected in volumes such as "Twice-Told Tales" (1837, 1842).</p><p>Books by Nathaniel Hawthorne at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/28" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/28"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/28</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photographic portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1860s
Mathew Benjamin Brady - Library of Congress

Black and white photograph featuring a man with a well-groomed mustache.

Cover of Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Mosses from an Old Manse is a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1846.

The collection includes several previously published short stories, and was named in honor of The Old Manse where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage. The first edition was published in 1846.

Hawthorne seems to have been paid $75 for the publication.

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<p>"Destiny stands behind people, veiled in a veil of mystery, and in her hand she holds a quiver with a thousand events..."<br>Gloria Victis</p><p>Polish novelist Eliza Orzeszkowa died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1810.</p><p>Orzeszkowa was a leading writer of the Positivism movement during foreign Partitions of Poland. In 1905, together with Henryk Sienkiewicz, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.</p><p>Books by Eliza Orzeszkowa at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9367" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9367"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/9367</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Eliza Orzeszkowa

(Coloured) Black and white photograph of a woman in red dress reading a book.

Cover of Marta by Eliza Orzeszkowa

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<p>Aifter the boombers cleck<br>and the sodgers traik thro the skau<br>there’s an auld air sterts up –<br>bubblin and greetin.</p><p>It’s a ballant mithers sing<br>on their hunkers i the stour<br>for a bairn deid.</p><p>They ken it by hert.</p><p>—Alastair Mackie, “Pietà”<br>published in The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bookish.community/@canongatebooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>canongatebooks</span></a></span>, 2021</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/warpoem/" rel="tag">#warpoem</a> <a href="/tags/warpoetry/" rel="tag">#warpoetry</a></p>

Pietà
Alastair Mackie

Her face was thrawed.
She wisna aa come.

In the trams o her airms
the wummin held oot her first bairn.
It micht hae been a mercat day
and him for sale.
Naebody stoppit tae niffer.

His life bluid cled his breast
wi a new reid semmit.
He’d hippens for deid claes.

Aifter the boombers cleck
and the sodgers traik thro the skau
there’s an auld air sterts up –
bubblin and greetin.

It’s a ballant mithers sing
on their hunkers i the stour
for a bairn deid.

They ken it by hert.

It’s the cauldest grue i the universe
yon skelloch.
It niver waukens the deid.

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<p>The Maud Sulter Annual Lecture<br>31 October, Glasgow School of Art – free</p><p>Pratibha Parmar met Maud Sulter in the mid 1980’s when many outside the mainstream arts establishment were committed to growing a vibrant Black women’s arts movement. Parmar will talk about these foundational moments in dialogue with Sulter’s work & their reverberations today.</p><p><a href="https://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/the-maud-sulter-annual-lecture-with-pratibha-palmar/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="womenslibrary.org.uk/event/the-maud-sulter-annual-lecture-with-pratibha-palmar/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">womenslibrary.org.uk/event/the</span><span class="invisible">-maud-sulter-annual-lecture-with-pratibha-palmar/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/movingimage/" rel="tag">#movingimage</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/maudsulter/" rel="tag">#MaudSulter</a> <a href="/tags/womensart/" rel="tag">#womensart</a> <a href="/tags/blackwomen/" rel="tag">#Blackwomen</a></p>

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<p>Dutch poet, literary critic, & essayist Albert Verwey was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1865.</p><p>Verwey was a central figure in the Dutch literary movement known as the Tachtigers, which sought to revolutionize Dutch poetry by emphasizing individualism, emotion, and innovative language and form. The Tachtigers rejected the conventional poetic styles & themes of their time, advocating for a more personal and introspective approach to poetry.</p><p>Books by Albert Verwey at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/38843" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/38843"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/38843</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Albert Verwey by Jan Veth (1885)

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Cover of Holland en de oorlog by Albert Verwey

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<p>“THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive & brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, & a female adventure”</p><p>Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne married <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 19 May, 1880. In this article, Prof Penny Fielding explores the dangerous <a href="/tags/collaboration/" rel="tag">#collaboration</a> between RLS & his wife: granting female agency on the page & in life</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/robertlouisstevenson/" rel="tag">#RobertLouisStevenson</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#WomenWriters</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#humour</a> </p><p>@bookstodon </p><p><a href="https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2017/01/06/a-dangerous-collaboration/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dangerouswomenproject.org/2017/01/06/a-dangerous-collaboration/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dangerouswomenproject.org/2017</span><span class="invisible">/01/06/a-dangerous-collaboration/</span></a></p>

Book cover

More New Arabian Nights

THE DYNAMITER

By R. L. & F. Stevenson

London

Longmans Green & Co.

Price One Shilling

Cover illustration shows a man in a Victorian frock coat nervously descending a ladder which is propped up against a tall stone wall. At the top of the wall we can the head and shoulders of a smiling man with side-whiskers and a slouch hat.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1916.</p><p>Natsume Sōseki's novel Light and Darkness (明暗, Mei An) begins to be serialized in the Tokyo and Osaka editions of the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, but will remain unfinished at the author's death on December 9, aged 49.</p><p>Works by Natsume Sōseki at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2905" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2905"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2905</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of the Japanese novelist Natsume Soseki（夏目漱石）on 13 September 1912 (day of Emperor Meiji's funeral)

Ogawa Kazumasa - 1. Jiten , 2. The Japan Times article, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts

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<p>British poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1835.</p><p>Some of her most famous poems include "Casabianca," which begins with the memorable line "The boy stood on the burning deck," and "The Homes of England," which celebrates the virtues of home and family. Hemans also wrote historical and romantic poetry, drawing inspiration from literature, history, and mythology.</p><p>Books by or about Felicia Hemans at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Felicia+Hemans&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Felicia+Hemans&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Felicia+Hemans&submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Felicia Hemans – English poet (1793-1835)

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1926.</p><p>C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien first meet in Oxford. </p><p>Both men served on the English faculty at Oxford University and were active in the informal Oxford literary group known as the Inklings. The Inklings were literary enthusiasts who praised the value of narrative in fiction and encouraged the writing of fantasy.</p><p>C.S. Lewis at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/782" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/782"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/782</span></a></p><p>J.R.R. Tolkien at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42379" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42379"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/42379</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Author C. S. Lewis as an undergraduate at University College, Trinity Term in 1917.

Photograph of J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1920s on leaving Leeds University

Unknown photo studio commissioned by Tolkien's students 1925/6 (private communication from Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien Archivist, Bodleian Library) - Epistle of Dude, Photos from the lives of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, probably originally sourced from John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War.

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<p>"There is an ideal standard somewhere and only that matters and I cannot find it. Hence the aimlessness."<br>The Letters of T.E. Lawrence</p><p>British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer T. E. Lawrence died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1935.</p><p>He is famously known as "Lawrence of Arabia" due to his extraordinary role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.</p><p>T. E. Lawrence as a translator at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65161" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65161</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

British Army File photo of T.E. Lawrence.

A man in uniform standing proudly in a black and white photo.

Bedouins of the Syrian Desert.
(JOHN SARGENT. R.A.)

Frontispiece of Syria, the Desert & the Sown

Author: Gertrude Lowthian Bell

Illustrator: John Singer Sargent

Available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63731

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<p>Morgan le Fay was King Arthur’s sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer</p><p>by Nicole Kimball</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/morgan-le-fay-was-king-arthurs-sister-but-also-a-healer-mathematician-and-murderer-275927" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/morgan-le-fay-was-king-arthurs-sister-but-also-a-healer-mathematician-and-murderer-275927"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/morgan-le-</span><span class="invisible">fay-was-king-arthurs-sister-but-also-a-healer-mathematician-and-murderer-275927</span></a></p><p>Morgan le Fay at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31900" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31900</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

A painting of Morgan le Fay by Frederick Sandys, 1863-1864 depicts her enchanting a cloak.

A young woman with wild copper-red hair kneels in intense concentration, eyes half-closed, lips parted in incantation, one hand extended over a small burning brazier while the other holds a golden object. She wears sumptuous layered robes — a deep green outer cloak, a yellow-gold embroidered gown decorated with fantastical creatures, and a great sweep of crimson-purple silk behind her. A leopard skin drapes across her lap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay#/media/File:Sandys,_Frederick_-_Morgan_le_Fay.JPG

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