literature

<p>Dheigheadh sinn a dh’iasgach,<br>mi fhèin is m’ athair,<br>is lìonadh sinn an eathar le<br>peilichean de rionnach, liutha,<br>is dheigheadh sinn timcheall a’ bhaile<br>gu gach nàbaidh gus am biodh na peilichean falamh…</p><p>—Iain MacRath, “Dheigheadh sinn a dh’iasgach”<br>published in Don’t. Even. Ask. Too. Hot.: New Writing Scotland 42 (ASL, 2024)</p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws42/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws42/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws42/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/fathersday/" rel="tag">#FathersDay</a></p>

<p>Knock Knock by Kirsty Logan<br>Short Works – currently available on BBC Sounds</p><p>In Kirsty Logan’s new short work for Father&#x27;s Day, Wilbur prepares to meet his dad for the very first time. But can he find the strength to face his fears?</p><p>Read by Jessica Hardwick</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dc9d" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dc9d"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002d</span><span class="invisible">c9d</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/audio/" rel="tag">#audio</a> <a href="/tags/fathersday/" rel="tag">#FathersDay</a></p>

<p>Five Imaginary Scottish Places</p><p>Currently available on BBC Sounds: Stuart Kelly explores some of Scotland’s famous fictional locations, including:</p><p>🏰 Tillietudlem<br>🏡 Thrums<br>🏭 Duncairn<br>🏙️ Unthank<br>🛖 Brigadoon</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wytj9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wytj9"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wy</span><span class="invisible">tj9</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/place/" rel="tag">#place</a> <a href="/tags/location/" rel="tag">#location</a> <a href="/tags/imaginary/" rel="tag">#imaginary</a></p>

<p>“Annie S. Swan both requires revaluation through her own biography &amp; calls into question easy valorisations of ‘danger’ as expressed in terms of explicit challenge &amp; radicalism. The extent of her appeal &amp; influence demands a more nuanced analysis of the politics of emotion &amp; the gendering of reader response”</p><p>—Prof Glenda Norquay on Annie S. Swan (1859–1943) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 8 July</p><p>@litstudies </p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/09/08/annie-shepherd-swan/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/09/08/annie-shepherd-swan/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dangerouswomenproject.org/2016</span><span class="invisible">/09/08/annie-shepherd-swan/</span></a></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/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>‘What will things be like in 2099, for poets, for the country, for everyone? I won’t be there, but my words might be and now, literally, on the pavement, I stand by them: “Be brave. By the weird-song in the dark you’ll find your way.”’</p><p>Kathleen Jamie at Holyrood, in the London Review of Books</p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/june/at-the-canongate-wall" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/june/at-the-canongate-wall"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/june/a</span><span class="invisible">t-the-canongate-wall</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/holyrood/" rel="tag">#Holyrood</a></p>

<p>Something to die for</p><p>To die: to give up life for<br>to die for means to live for<br>would we want to die for what<br>we would not live for?</p><p>—“Saving the Planet” by Tessa Ransford (1938–2015) – poet, activist, &amp; founding director of the Scottish Poetry Library – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 8 July </p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/saving-planet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/saving-planet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/saving-planet/</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/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a></p>

<p>Poem of the week: To Wordsworth by Percy Bysshe Shelley</p><p>The radical young poet’s backhanded tribute to the older writer is a stern judgment on his lapsed political idealism</p><p>by Carol Rumens</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/09/poem-of-the-week-to-wordsworth-by-percy-bysshe-shelley" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/09/poem-of-the-week-to-wordsworth-by-percy-bysshe-shelley"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2026</span><span class="invisible">/feb/09/poem-of-the-week-to-wordsworth-by-percy-bysshe-shelley</span></a></p><p>To Wordsworth &amp; Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4800" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4800</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>

<p>SMHAF 2025: Writing Competition – open for entries</p><p>Enter the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival’s 2025 writing competition with new writing inspired by mental health &amp; the theme of “Comfort &amp; Disturb”</p><p>Free to enter &amp; open to all<br>Deadline 4 August</p><p>@writers </p><p><a href="https://www.mhfestival.com/2025/05/smhaf-2025-writing-competition-now-open/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mhfestival.com/2025/05/smhaf-2025-writing-competition-now-open/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mhfestival.com/2025/05/smh</span><span class="invisible">af-2025-writing-competition-now-open/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a></p>

<p>In Conversation: Imagine a Country</p><p>Conversation &amp; reflection inspired by the book Imagine a Country, a collection of hopeful visions for the future of Scotland, &amp; the exhibition ‘Rewrite the Future’ at the Wardlaw Museum.</p><p>Contributors include Prof Jo Sharp, Val McDermid, Dr Peter Mackay, Lyndsey Croal, Dr Harry Watkins, and Dr Rebekah Widdowfield</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JnIRYYmCXg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JnIRYYmCXg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JnIRY</span><span class="invisible">YmCXg</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/future/" rel="tag">#future</a> <a href="/tags/imagineacountry/" rel="tag">#ImagineaCountry</a></p>

<p>Re: Joyce - Ulysses returns to the RTÉ airwaves for Bloomsday</p><p>Drama On One&#x27;s Kevin Reynolds introduces the legendary RTÉ production of James Joyce&#x27;s Ulysses, performed by the Radio Éireann Players, which returns to the airwaves for Bloomsday.</p><p>Happy 103rd birthday to James Joyce&#x27;s novel Ulysses.</p><p><a href="https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0612/1518072-re-joyce-ulysses-returns-to-the-rte-airwaves-for-bloomsday/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0612/1518072-re-joyce-ulysses-returns-to-the-rte-airwaves-for-bloomsday/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0612/1</span><span class="invisible">518072-re-joyce-ulysses-returns-to-the-rte-airwaves-for-bloomsday/</span></a></p><p>Ulysses at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bloomsday/" rel="tag">#bloomsday</a></p>

<p>Tagore and Yeats: How a Nobel-winning friendship fell apart</p><p>On his 160th birth anniversary, revisiting Irish Nobel laureate WB Yeats&#x27; complex relationship with Rabindranath Tagore, who he first hailed as a mystic sage and championed for the Nobel, only to later dismiss him for “wrecking his reputation”.</p><p> by Aishwarya Khosla</p><p><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/tagore-yeats-nobel-prize-friendship-10065210/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/tagore-yeats-nobel-prize-friendship-10065210/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indianexpress.com/article/book</span><span class="invisible">s-and-literature/tagore-yeats-nobel-prize-friendship-10065210/</span></a> </p><p>Tagore at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/942" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/942"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/942</span></a></p><p>Yeats at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1719</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Far Side of Lorna Moon</p><p>“I’m always either convinced that nobody can write as I can – or that I’m the world’s louseyest writer.”</p><p>Lorna Moon (1886–1930) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 16 June, as Nora Helen Wilson Low, in Strichen. Dr Glenda Norquay writes about her journey from Aberdeenshire to Hollywood</p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/the-far-side-of-lorna-moon/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/the-far-side-of-lorna-moon/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/the-far-side-of-lo</span><span class="invisible">rna-moon/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/owmenwriters/" rel="tag">#owmenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/screenwriting/" rel="tag">#screenwriting</a> <a href="/tags/hollywood/" rel="tag">#Hollywood</a> <a href="/tags/hollywoodhistory/" rel="tag">#HollywoodHistory</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#cinema</a> <a href="/tags/aberdeenshire/" rel="tag">#Aberdeenshire</a></p>

<p>And we left our beds in the dark<br>And we drove a cart to the hill<br>And we buried the jar of ale in the bog<br>And our small blades glittered in the dayspring<br>And we tore dark squares, thick pages<br>From the Book of Fire…</p><p>—George Mackay Brown, “Peat Cutting”<br>Published in Selected Poems: 1954–1992</p><p><a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/none/selected-poems-1954-1992/9781848549395/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.hachette.co.uk/titles/none/selected-poems-1954-1992/9781848549395/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.hachette.co.uk/titles/none</span><span class="invisible">/selected-poems-1954-1992/9781848549395/</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/orkney/" rel="tag">#Orkney</a> <a href="/tags/georgemackaybrown/" rel="tag">#GeorgeMackayBrown</a></p>

<p>“not only is there no invocation of the free market […Smith] plainly sees that government, not private industry, is the only force capable of effectively ‘erecting and maintaining’ the technically unprofitable but nevertheless indispensable ‘publick works’ and ‘publick institutions’ […] essential to every modern state.”</p><p>—Adam Smith (1723–1790) was baptised <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 16 June. Evan Gottlieb examines Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand”</p><p><a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/05/invisible-hand-over-fist-on-the-development-and-legacy-of-adam-smiths-famous-phrase/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/05/invisible-hand-over-fist-on-the-development-and-legacy-of-adam-smiths-famous-phrase/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/0</span><span class="invisible">5/invisible-hand-over-fist-on-the-development-and-legacy-of-adam-smiths-famous-phrase/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a></p>

<p>But, John, have you seen the world, said he,<br>Trains and tramcars and sixty-seaters,<br>Cities in lands across the sea –<br>Giotto’s tower and the dome of St Peter’s?</p><p>—Robert Rendell, “Angle of Vision”<br>from The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry (Edinbrugh University Press, 2005)</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/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a></p>

<p>Art Imitates Life: Who Was the Real Woman Behind André Breton’s Nadja?</p><p>Mark Polizzotti Explores the Cultural Landscape of 1920s Paris Through the Eyes of the Surrealists and Their Muses </p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/art-imitates-life-who-was-the-real-woman-behind-andre-bretons-nadja/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JXWFQNQY7GEDDQGVGGQPQFHZ&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/art-imitates-life-who-was-the-real-woman-behind-andre-bretons-nadja/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JXWFQNQY7GEDDQGVGGQPQFHZ&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/art-imitates-life-w</span><span class="invisible">ho-was-the-real-woman-behind-andre-bretons-nadja/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JXWFQNQY7GEDDQGVGGQPQFHZ&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Breton at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60417" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60417</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p>The famous quotes from The Biography of Guo Tuo-tuo, the Tree Planter (種樹郭橐駝傳):<br><br>Quotes on Tree-Planting Experience<p>&quot;橐駝非能使木壽且孳也，能順木之天，以致其性焉爾。&quot;</p>- Translation: Tuo-tuo isn&#x27;t able to make trees live long and flourish; he simply follows their natural tendencies, allowing their inherent nature to fully develop.<br>- Explanation: This reveals that the fundamental key to successful tree planting lies in following natural laws.<p>&quot;其本欲舒，其培欲平，其土欲故，其築欲密。&quot;</p>- Translation: Its roots should be spread out, the soil around its base should be level, the earth should be its original soil, and the tamping should be firm.<br>- Explanation: This summarizes the specific essentials of tree planting, emphasizing adherence to the trees&#x27; growth habits.<p>&quot;其蒔也若子，其置也若棄。&quot;</p>- Translation: When planting, treat it like a child; once planted, leave it as if abandoned.<br>- Explanation: This explains the wisdom of appropriate care and letting go, avoiding excessive interference.<br><br>Quotes Criticizing Improper Tree-Planting Methods<p>&quot;雖曰愛之，其實害之；雖曰憂之，其實讎之。&quot;</p>- Translation: Although they say they love it, they are actually harming it; although they say they worry about it, they are actually its enemy.<br>- Explanation: This points out that excessive care can be counterproductive, drawing a parallel to inappropriate methods of education and management.<br><br>Quotes Extended to Governance<p>&quot;見長人者好煩其令，若甚憐焉，而卒以禍。&quot;</p>- Translation: Seeing those in power who love to issue numerous commands, as if showing great compassion, but ultimately bringing disaster.<br>- Explanation: This critiques officials who issue tedious and disruptive policies, causing harm to the people, echoing the principles of tree planting.<p>&quot;傳其事以爲官戒也。&quot;</p>- Translation: I record this matter as a warning for officials.<br>- Explanation: This clarifies the purpose of the essay, emphasizing the use of the tree-planting wisdom to caution those in power.<br><br><a href="/tags/essay/" rel="tag">#essay</a> <a href="/tags/article/" rel="tag">#article</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/chinese/" rel="tag">#chinese</a> <a href="/tags/ancient/" rel="tag">#ancient</a> <a href="/tags/translate/" rel="tag">#translate</a> <a href="/tags/english/" rel="tag">#english</a> <a href="/tags/englishtranslation/" rel="tag">#englishtranslation</a> <a href="/tags/quotation/" rel="tag">#quotation</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</a> <a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/photo/" rel="tag">#photo</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>Now online: “The Tree that Never Grew: A Literary Journey Through Glasgow’s History” – Annika Sinner’s talk for Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz’s READING SCOTLAND series, given on 27 May 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W1r2BAu4cU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W1r2BAu4cU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W1r2B</span><span class="invisible">Au4cU</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/glasgow/" rel="tag">#Glasgow</a></p>

<p>Brown burn water dropping<br>Between the grey stones,<br>The lapse and the murmur,<br>The bright overtones<br>Of cuckoo and curlew…</p><p>—Dorothy Margaret Paulin (1904–1982)<br>from Springtime by Loch Ken, &amp; other poems (J.H. Maxwell Ltd., 1963)</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/galloway-burn-june/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/galloway-burn-june/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/galloway-burn-june/</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/galloway/" rel="tag">#Galloway</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#Womenwriters</a></p>

<p>Between Two Beaches: Poetry Night<br>25 July, Auckengill. Free, ticketed</p><p>Poet &amp; author George Gunn presents readings from Between Two Beaches, a collection written during his time as Caithness Makar &amp; inspired by the landscapes &amp; stories of the Far North</p><p><a href="https://lytharts.org.uk/event/between-two-beaches-poetry-night/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lytharts.org.uk/event/between-two-beaches-poetry-night/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lytharts.org.uk/event/between-</span><span class="invisible">two-beaches-poetry-night/</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/caithness/" rel="tag">#Caithness</a></p>

<p>What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line</p><p>By Hana Videen</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2025/07/hwaet-beowulf-opening-line/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2025/07/hwaet-beowulf-opening-line/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2025/07/h</span><span class="invisible">waet-beowulf-opening-line/</span></a></p><p>Beowulf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/12660" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/12660"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/12660</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#Translation</a></p>

<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici &amp; Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>The latest &amp; best collection of new writing in English, Gaelic, &amp; Scots, coming Aug 2025 – available for preorder from all good bookshops!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>Peewits quiffed like Elvis reel from rocks,<br>their sheen of feathers like blue suede<br>the breeze buffs in the midday air…</p><p>—Donald S. Murray, “An Incomplete History of Rock Music in the Hebrides”<br>published in The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry (EUP, 2005)</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/hebrides/" rel="tag">#Hebrides</a> <a href="/tags/rockmusic/" rel="tag">#RockMusic</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#humour</a></p>

<p>StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, seeks event proposals from poets, publishers, workshop facilitators &amp; performers for 2026, scheduled to be held online &amp; in St Andrews, 13–15 March</p><p>The theme for 2026 is “You Are Not Alone”</p><p>Submit proposals by 11 August</p><p><a href="https://stanzapoetry.org/take-part/artist-proposals/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="stanzapoetry.org/take-part/artist-proposals/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stanzapoetry.org/take-part/art</span><span class="invisible">ist-proposals/</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/poets/" rel="tag">#poets</a> <a href="/tags/poetrycommunity/" rel="tag">#poetrycommunity</a></p>

<p>The Battle of Waterloo was fought <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 18 June, 1815. Walter Scott visited the battlefield shortly after; his 1816 book PAUL’S LETTERS TO HIS KINSFOLK contains one of the earliest accounts of the aftermath, &amp; is an important early example of war journalism</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/walter-scott-war-journalism-from-the-waterloo-battlefield-43304" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/walter-scott-war-journalism-from-the-waterloo-battlefield-43304"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/walter-sco</span><span class="invisible">tt-war-journalism-from-the-waterloo-battlefield-43304</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/waterloo/" rel="tag">#Waterloo</a> <a href="/tags/sirwalterscott/" rel="tag">#SirWalterScott</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a></p>