literature

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<p>WRITERS!</p><p>Submissions are invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, Gaelic, & Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p>Submit free via Submittable 👇</p><p><a href="https://nws.submittable.com/submit" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>nws.submittable.com/submit</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/iamwriting/" rel="tag">#IAmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a></p>

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<p>American writer, historian and poet Elizabeth Fries Ellet died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1877.</p><p>She is best known for her works on women’s contributions to American history, particularly during the American Revolutionary War. Her extensive research and writings helped to highlight the often overlooked roles that women played in significant historical events.</p><p>Books by Elizabeth F. Ellet at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45321" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45321"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/45321</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/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

Elizabeth Ellet
Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 -- Author Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919 -- Collector - New York Digital Library image, information, site

A monochromatic image featuring a woman with long hair, captured in the past.

Cover of The Women of The American Revolution, Vol. 1 by E. F. Ellet.

"The Women of the American Revolution, Volume 1" by Elizabeth Fries Ellet, published in 1848, is a seminal work that documents the often overlooked contributions of women during the American Revolutionary War. Ellet's meticulous research and engaging narrative style provide a detailed and vivid portrayal of the lives, sacrifices, and achievements of women who played crucial roles in the struggle for American independence.

Elizabeth Fries Ellet’s "The Women of the American Revolution, Volume 1" remains an important work for its detailed and compassionate portrayal of the contributions of women during a pivotal period in American history. Through her pioneering research, Ellet ensured that the bravery and sacrifices of these women were recorded and honored, providing a richer and more inclusive understanding of the Revolutionary War.

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<p>Zachary Boyd’s Books: Recovering a 17th-Century Scottish Library<br>21 Oct, University of Glasgow & online – free</p><p>Zachary Boyd (c.1585–1653) was a Scottish academic, minister, & poet. Prof Adrian Streete has worked to reconstruct Boyd’s library, bequeathed to Glasgow University – a new & substantial archive, unknown at present to modern scholars</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adrian-streete-zachary-boyds-books-tickets-1700918335529" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adrian-streete-zachary-boyds-books-tickets-1700918335529"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adrian-</span><span class="invisible">streete-zachary-boyds-books-tickets-1700918335529</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/17thcentury/" rel="tag">#17thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/earlymodern/" rel="tag">#earlymodern</a> <a href="/tags/bookhistory/" rel="tag">#bookhistory</a></p>

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<p>Dreaming the Daily Darg: Working Lives in Scottish Writing since 1918<br>Studies in Scottish Literature 50/1, 2025</p><p>A special issue exploring work & working life in Scottish writing chiefly of the 20th & 21st centuries – available now on Open Access </p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol50/iss1/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol50/iss1/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol5</span><span class="invisible">0/iss1/</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/21stcentury/" rel="tag">#21stcentury</a> <a href="/tags/work/" rel="tag">#work</a> <a href="/tags/working/" rel="tag">#working</a></p>

Articles

Introduction: Dreaming the Daily Darg
Corey Gibson

Jute mill songs: Mary Brooksbank and industrial tradition in a dying industry
Erin Farley

‘And On One Toils, Into The Hill’: Working and Walking in Nan Shepherd’s North East
Sarah Leith

Labour and (Class) Struggle in James Barke’s Compositionist Imaginaries: Dreaming with Rob Roy, Marx & Burns
Arianna Introna

Proletarian Nights in Archie Hind’s The Dear Green Place
Corey Gibson

Agnes Owens and the Parliament of Insignificant Lives
Marie-Odile Pittin-Hedon

Writing Loss, Culture and Change: Deindustrialisation and Community Writers’ Groups In Glasgow
Kate Wilson

James Kelman and the Impossibility of Managerial Souls
Joseph H. Jackson

‘Just Get It On The Table’: Gendered Food Labour in Janice Galloway’s Fiction
Gina Lyle

Scottish Workers’ Stories of Life and Labour during Covid-19 from the Workers’ Stories Project
Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert, Suki Sangha, and Ewan Gibbs

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1917.</p><p>The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first for biography (for Julia Ward Howe), Jean Jules Jusserand the first for history with With Americans of Past and Present Days, and Herbert B. Swope the first for journalism for his work for the New York World.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38648" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38648</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39954" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39954</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 by Richards, Elliott, and Hall

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<p>In June 1898.</p><p>First appearance of E. W. Hornung's fictional gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in the story "The Ides of March" in Cassell's Magazine (London).</p><p>The stories were collected into one volume—with two additional tales—under the name "The Amateur Cracksman", which was published the following year. Hornung used a narrative form similar to Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The first Raffles story was in the June 1898 issue of Cassell's Magazine.

Cassell's Magazine - http://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/raffles/

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<p>Portuguese poet Luís de Camões died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1580.</p><p>"Os Lusíadas" (1572) is considered Camões' magnum opus. The epic poem consists of ten cantos and is written in ottava rima. The poem celebrates the voyage of Vasco da Gama and the Portuguese discoveries, blending historical events with mythological elements. It extols the virtues of bravery, patriotism, and the divine mission of the Portuguese people.</p><p>Books by Luís de Camões at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1183" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1183"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1183</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>

The portrait of Camões by Fernão Gomes, copied by Luís de Resende. This is considered to be the most authentic portrait of the poet, whose original, which has been lost, was painted while he was still alive.

An illustration of a bearded man wearing a collar.

Cover of the 1572 edition of Lusíadas.

"Os Lusíadas" ("The Lusiads") is an epic poem by Luís de Camões, first published in 1572. It is considered the most important work in Portuguese literature and a masterpiece of world literature. The poem celebrates the Portuguese voyages of discovery during the Age of Exploration, particularly the journey of Vasco da Gama to India.

"Os Lusíadas" consists of 10 cantos, containing a total of 1,102 stanzas, written in ottava rima (a stanza of eight lines with an abababcc rhyme scheme).

The poem is a blend of historical narrative and mythological elements, combining real events with classical allusions and divine interventions.

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<p>In front of me a girl with bare feet,<br>in a beribboned dress, picks white<br>flowers in a field somewhere near Pompeii…</p><p>—Stewart Conn, “Springtime”<br>published in IN THE KIBBLE PALACE (Bloodaxe, 1987)</p><p>Pompeii was destroyed possibly <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 24 Oct, 79CE</p><p><a href="https://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/portfolio-item/affreschi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/portfolio-item/affreschi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it</span><span class="invisible">/portfolio-item/affreschi/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/classical/" rel="tag">#classical</a> <a href="/tags/roman/" rel="tag">#Roman</a> <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#archaeology</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/pompeii/" rel="tag">#Pompeii</a></p>

Stewart Conn
Springtime

In front of me a girl with bare feet,
in a beribboned dress, picks white
flowers in a field somewhere near Pompeii.

Each day I look at her, head straight,
right hand outstretched as she delicately
plucks the stem. Was she there that night

the lava flowed, birds shrivelled in the sky
and lovers turned to ash, where they lay?
If so, what had she done to deserve it?

I wonder, will it ever be
Springtime again, the blood flow freely;
or has man blighted all hope of recovery?

We are on borrowed time, you and I
and have been from the outset.
All that is left, is to live lovingly.

“Flora”
da Stabiae, Villa di Arianna inv. 8834
www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it

A Roman fresco from Pompeii. Painted on a green background, a young woman, wearing a loose, flowing robe of white and yellow, walks away from the viewer. In her left arm she carries a basket of flowers; her dress slips off her right shoulder as she reaches out to pluck a shoot from a tall flowering plant beside her.

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<p>🚀Launch<br>A CHAOS OF LIGHT: New Writing Scotland 43<br>28 Oct, The Book Nook, Stirling<br>Pay as you please (suggested £3)</p><p>Celebrate this year’s amazing edition of NEW WRITING SCOTLAND & hear a selection of featured authors reading from their work, in English, Gaelic & Scots. All welcome!</p><p><a href="https://thebooknookstirling.co.uk/tickets/New-Writing-Scotland-Anthology-Launch-p566956822/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thebooknookstirling.co.uk/tickets/New-Writing-Scotland-Anthology-Launch-p566956822/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebooknookstirling.co.uk/tick</span><span class="invisible">ets/New-Writing-Scotland-Anthology-Launch-p566956822/</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/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/stirling/" rel="tag">#Stirling</a></p>

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<p>She is tougher than me, harder.<br>Elephant body on a miniature stool<br>keels when rising till the drilled stick<br>plants it upright…</p><p>—Iain Crichton Smith, “For My Mother”<br>from New Collected Poems (Carcanet, 2011)</p><p><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857549607/new-collected-poems/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857549607/new-collected-poems/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.carcanet.co.uk/97818575496</span><span class="invisible">07/new-collected-poems/</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/mothersday/" rel="tag">#MothersDay</a></p>

For My Mother
Iain Crichton Smith

She is tougher than me, harder.
Elephant body on a miniature stool
keels when rising till the drilled stick
plants it upright. Rock
fills the false room

who has more air about her.
Kneaded life like good butter.
Is at seventy not afraid
of the perished dead
who spit and rear

snarling at me, not her,
though forty years younger.
Not riches do I wish me
nor successful power.
This only I admire

to roll the seventieth sea
as if her voyage were
to truthful Lewis rising,
most loved though most bare
at the end of a rich season.

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<p>I had a holiday from awkwardness. Can you have sex? was solved. Most people have been or known a doubled self like us…</p><p>—Nuala Watt, “Pregnant & Squint”<br>from The Department of Work & Pensions Assesses a Jade Fish (Blue Diode, 2024)</p><p><a href="https://www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page/the-department-of-work-and-pensions-assesses-a-jade-fish-by-nuala-watt" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page/the-department-of-work-and-pensions-assesses-a-jade-fish-by-nuala-watt"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bluediode.co.uk/product-pa</span><span class="invisible">ge/the-department-of-work-and-pensions-assesses-a-jade-fish-by-nuala-watt</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/mothersday/" rel="tag">#MothersDay</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#pregnancy</a></p>

Nuala Watt
Pregnant and Squint

I had a holiday from awkwardness. Can you have sex? was solved. Most people have been or known a doubled self like us. Briefly my conditions were disabled.

Test to term I never had to console a passer-by spooked by my movement. People knew what to say. When are you due? Do you know what you’re having? Yes, a break.

We were disconcertingly well. Nothing Abnormal Detected said midwives’ scribbles. Just before childbirth, everyone’s disabled. For me, same old, same old. I had cohabited with fatigue for years; my balance was dreadful; I already leaked.

Suddenly I had twice the rights on buses. I could be the belly, if I liked, or the girl balanced on a semi-circle. I qualified for both the reserved seats.

I liked the quaint but truthful phrase ‘with child’.

The government forced me to list what I couldn’t do. I had to excise you from my answers. Whilst I described the most disastrous days, the falls, the fits, the faff, the time I collapsed while trying to use a tampon, my oddly capable body made your kidneys.

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<p>Public Domain Stories</p><p>Explore Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes adventures — preserved and shared by <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/</a>.</p><p><a href="https://sherlockholmes.com/pages/public-domain-stories" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="sherlockholmes.com/pages/public-domain-stories"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sherlockholmes.com/pages/publi</span><span class="invisible">c-domain-stories</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>

Cover page

Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1661/pg1661-images.html

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<p>American writer and editor Lucretia Peabody Hale died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1900.</p><p>Lucretia's most famous work is the series of humorous stories about the Peterkin family, which were originally published in magazines and later collected into books. As part of the broader movement for women's rights in the 19th century, Hale's writings and public activities contributed to the dialogue on women's education and social roles.</p><p>Books by Lucretia Peabody Hale at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1092" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1092"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1092</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Lucretia Peabody Hale (2 September 1820-12 June 1900) American author born in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lucretia Peabody Hale (1820-1904), an influential figure in the 19th century, made significant contributions to literature and women's rights.

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<p>CFP: “Our three-voiced country”: 20th-century cross-currents in Gaelic & other Scottish writing<br>26–28 Jun 2026, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye</p><p>Proposals for papers are invited exploring literary interactions between Gaelic, Scots & English in poetry, drama, the novel, song, media, & education in the 20th century – deadline 2 Feb</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/co-labhairt-bhliadhnail-asl-2026/?lang=en" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/co-labhairt-bhliadhnail-asl-2026/?lang=en"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/co-labhairt-</span><span class="invisible">bhliadhnail-asl-2026/?lang=en</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/scottishlanguage/" rel="tag">#ScottishLanguage</a> <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/song/" rel="tag">#song</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/mediastudies/" rel="tag">#mediastudies</a></p>

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<p>O whence the leaves<br>scuttering down Easter Road,<br>sycamore and rowan<br>desperate as refugees,<br>crowding against the wheels of street-side dumpsters<br>– common leaves<br>with two-three crisp packets, like gaudy imposters<br>fleeing by outside the corner-shop<br>convenient for milk and pornography…</p><p>—Kathleen Jamie, “Autumn”<br>published in THE BONNIEST COMPANIE (Picador, 2015)</p><p><a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kathleen-jamie/the-bonniest-companie/9781509801718" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kathleen-jamie/the-bonniest-companie/9781509801718"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.panmacmillan.com/authors/k</span><span class="invisible">athleen-jamie/the-bonniest-companie/9781509801718</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/autumn/" rel="tag">#autumn</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a></p>

Autumn
by Kathleen Jamie

O whence the leaves
scuttering down Easter Road,
sycamore and rowan
desperate as refugees,
crowding against the wheels of street-side dumpsters
– common leaves
with two-three crisp packets, like gaudy imposters
fleeing by outside the corner-shop
convenient for milk and pornography …

see the leaves hurry, Shy but Dirty –
past the Chinese nail-bar,
Mr Greg’s Tatoos –
they’re here, look:
blown into your stair
with the pizza delivery leaflets …
O whither the leaves?

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<p>Short Works: The Cottage</p><p>Labouring for your dad in the summer holidays is grim enough without factoring in a ruined cottage where normal rules don't apply …</p><p>Currently on BBC Sounds – a new short work from award-winning writer Callum McSorley</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ks5w" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ks5w"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k</span><span class="invisible">s5w</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/audio/" rel="tag">#audio</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#audiobooks</a></p>

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<p>Michel Byrne on poet & translator George Campbell Hay | Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa (1915–1984) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 8 Dec</p><p>Gaelic & Scots: Cultural Connections & Inspirations in the 20th Century (Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland & Ulster webinar, 6 May 2025)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIesmENZ0Iw" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIesmENZ0Iw"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIesmE</span><span class="invisible">NZ0Iw</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/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</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/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a></p>

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<p>The Lessons of Due Process in Julius Caesar</p><p>Shakespeare’s tragedy offers a telling parable about the administration of justice—and rife mishandling thereof—in our day.</p><p>By: Philip Goldfarb Styrt </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-lessons-of-due-process-in-julius-caesar/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K87ETKMS0EZD48BZ10CE3FVQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/the-lessons-of-due-process-in-julius-caesar/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K87ETKMS0EZD48BZ10CE3FVQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/the-lessons-of</span><span class="invisible">-due-process-in-julius-caesar/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K87ETKMS0EZD48BZ10CE3FVQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Julius Caesar at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1522" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1522</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Aftermath of the attack with Caesar's body abandoned in the foreground, La Mort de César by Jean-Léon Gérôme, c. 1859–1867.

In 44CE a group of senators banded together to kill Julius Caesar, who they believed was taking too much power for himself and endangering the Roman Republic. Rather than show the dramatic moment that the conspirators attacked, as artists had often done before him, Gérôme chose to depict the moment immediately following Caesar’s murder. His body is abandoned in the foreground next to a toppled throne, and the senators rush out into the sunlight with their swords held aloft. Only one man is left in the seats to the right, brooding over the scene. The dramatic use Gérôme makes of architecture, lighting, and props is a lesson in scenography. His highly choreographed paintings influenced early filmmakers and continue to resonate in movies and serials set in ancient Roman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar#/media/File:Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_-_The_Death_of_Caesar_-_Walters_37884.jpg

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<p>“[Milne’s] cryogenics story, ‘Ten Thousand Years in Ice’, in which a survivor from an ancient advanced civilisation is revived in the present, unintentionally became one of science fiction’s great literary hoaxes”</p><p>Robert Duncan Milne (1844–1899) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 7 June, in Cupar, Fife. He emigrated to the USA & became America’s first full-time writer of <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> </p><p>1/5<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/remembering-the-lost-father-of-american-science-fiction-and-his-scottish-roots-78968" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/remembering-the-lost-father-of-american-science-fiction-and-his-scottish-roots-78968"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/rememberin</span><span class="invisible">g-the-lost-father-of-american-science-fiction-and-his-scottish-roots-78968</span></a></p>

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<p>Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist Giacomo Leopardi died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1837.</p><p>Around 1816, Leopardi experienced what he called his "literary conversion," shifting his focus from philological studies to poetry and philosophical reflection. His early lyrical poems, or "canti," began to reflect his developing philosophical ideas. In 1816 the idylls Le rimembranze and Inno a Nettuno were published.</p><p>Books by Giacomo Leopardi at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8593" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8593"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/8593</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>

Domenico Morelli, Portrait of Giacomo Leopardi, 1842, believed by acquaintances to be most faithful to the poet's physical appearance.

Portrait of a man wearing a stylish blue suit in a painting.

Manoscritto autografo de L'infinito. (Visso, Archivio comunale)

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<p>‘The Garb of Old Gaul’: Romanticised Gaelic Highlanders & Intercultural Mobility<br>4 November, online – free</p><p>Prof Silke Stroh discusses the 18th-century song “The Garb of Old Gaul” – an example of the romanticisation of Highland soldiers. She traces the song’s textual history, argues that the English text might be older than is commonly assumed, & sheds new light on the Gaelic translations</p><p><a href="https://www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/read</span><span class="invisible">ing-scotland/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/highlands/" rel="tag">#Highlands</a> <a href="/tags/romanticism/" rel="tag">#romanticism</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a></p>

READING SCOTLAND
with Silke Stroh

‘The Garb of Old Gaul’: Romanticised Gaelic Highlanders and Intercultural Mobility

Tuesday 4th November 2025
6:00–7:30 p.m. (German time) on MS Teams

www.scotland.uni-mainz.de

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1893.</p><p>The Shelley Memorial is inaugurated at University College, Oxford, from which the poet was expelled in 1811. It is designed by Basil Champneys, with a reclining nude marble statue of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Edward Onslow Ford. Although Shelley was expelled from the college, he remains one of its most famous alumni and is now held in high honour there.</p><p>Shelley Memorial all washed up?<br>By Josh Pull via @Cherwell </p><p><a href="https://www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/shelley-memorial-all-washed-up/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/shelley-memorial-all-washed-up/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/sh</span><span class="invisible">elley-memorial-all-washed-up/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Percy Bysshe Shelley, by Alfred Clint (died 1883).

Portrait of a man wearing a black jacket and white shirt, exuding elegance and style.

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<p>"Our national epic has yet to be written."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1904.</p><p>Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday" in honour of the novel's main character Leopold Bloom.</p><p>Happy Bloomsday Day!</p><p>Ulysses is available 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></p>

Announcement of the initial publication of Ulysses

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/photoneg/oneITEM.asp?pid=39002036127232&iid=3612723&srchtype=

Sylvia Beach's press release and order form for Ulysses.

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<p>Ovid’s Metamorphoses is all about mothers</p><p>Mothers don’t normally belong in Latin epics, which were meant to be devoted to warriors and warfare.</p><p>by Frances Myatt</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/ovids-metamorphoses-is-all-about-mothers-266383?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859+CID_dd5bfffedf1c121cf798264446dd13b0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Ovids%20Metamorphoses%20is%20all%20about%20mothers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/ovids-metamorphoses-is-all-about-mothers-266383?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859+CID_dd5bfffedf1c121cf798264446dd13b0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Ovids%20Metamorphoses%20is%20all%20about%20mothers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/ovids-meta</span><span class="invisible">morphoses-is-all-about-mothers-266383?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859+CID_dd5bfffedf1c121cf798264446dd13b0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Ovids%20Metamorphoses%20is%20all%20about%20mothers</span></a></p><p>Metamorphoses at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Page from the edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses published by Lucantonio Giunti in Venice, 1497.

A 1497 Venice printed page from Ovid's Metamorphoses, published by Lucantonio Giunti. Features elaborate Renaissance border decoration with mythological scenes, ornate floral patterns, decorative initial letters, and Italian text in two columns beneath a woodcut illustration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphoses#/media/File:Ovidius_Naso_-_Metamorphoses,_del_MCCCCLXXXXVII_Adi_X_del_mese_di_aprile_-_1583162_Carta_a1r.jpeg

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<p>French novelist, memoirist and journalist George Sand died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1876.</p><p>Sand's writing combines elements of Romanticism and early Realism, with rich descriptions, strong emotions, and detailed character studies. Her novels often critique societal norms, particularly the limitations placed on women and the injustices faced by the lower classes. </p><p>Books by George Sand at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/851</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

George Sand (esquisse) par Eugène Delacroix en 1838. Collection Ordrupgaard museum de Copenhague.

Serene woman depicted in a painting, holding a white handkerchief delicately.

La Mare au diable.
Edmond Rudaux — Bibliothèque nationale de France
Illustrations de La Mare au Diable par Edmond Rudaux, dess. et grav. ; George Sand, aut. du texte

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