<p>Nan MacKinnon, ‘Nan Eachainn Fhionnlaigh’ (1902–1982): her contribution to the School of Scottish Studies & her legacy<br>13 Feb, free online</p><p>Born in Barra & living later in Vatersay, Nan MacKinnon worked with several School of Scottish Studies fieldworkers to record for its archives a wealth of inherited Gaelic oral tradition – songs, tales, legends – as well as personal experience & observation.</p><p><a href="https://llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-studies/css-seminar-series-260213" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-studies/css-seminar-series-260213"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-s</span><span class="invisible">tudies/css-seminar-series-260213</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/tradition/" rel="tag">#tradition</a> <a href="/tags/folklore/" rel="tag">#folklore</a> <a href="/tags/legends/" rel="tag">#legends</a></p>
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<p>Call for Papers<br>Scotland Along the New Silk Road<br>IASSL 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures<br>17–20 June 2027, Nanjing</p><p>This congress seeks to foster reciprocal understanding & cultural collaborations between Scotland & the diverse voices of the New Silk Road</p><p>Deadline for proposals: 30 Nov 2026</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/call-for-papers-5th-world-congress-of-scottish-literatures-scotland-along-the-new-silk-road-17-20-june-2027/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/call-for-papers-5th-world-congress-of-scottish-literatures-scotland-along-the-new-silk-road-17-20-june-2027/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/c</span><span class="invisible">all-for-papers-5th-world-congress-of-scottish-literatures-scotland-along-the-new-silk-road-17-20-june-2027/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/postcolonial/" rel="tag">#postcolonial</a> <a href="/tags/worldliterature/" rel="tag">#worldliterature</a> <a href="/tags/callforpapers/" rel="tag">#callforpapers</a></p>
<p>Let us remember<br>the stillborn: how they</p><p>cede their places here<br>with such good grace</p><p>that no one ever<br>speaks of them</p><p>again…</p><p>—John Burnside, “A Footnote to Colossians”<br>published in RUIN, BLOSSOM (Penguin, 2024)</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456120/ruin-blossom-by-burnside-john/9781529909258" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.penguin.co.uk/books/456120/ruin-blossom-by-burnside-john/9781529909258"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.penguin.co.uk/books/456120</span><span class="invisible">/ruin-blossom-by-burnside-john/9781529909258</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/johnburnside/" rel="tag">#JohnBurnside</a></p>
<p>A Community-Curated Nancy Drew Collection</p><p>A team of volunteer Open Librarians have worked together to organize the many Nancy Drew book series into a beautiful collection on Open Library. </p><p>by elizabethmays via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@OpenLibrary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenLibrary</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a-community-curated-nancy-drew-collection/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a-community-curated-nancy-drew-collection/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/3</span><span class="invisible">0/a-community-curated-nancy-drew-collection/</span></a></p><p>Carolyn Keene at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/58985" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/58985"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/58985</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>
<p>The swine hangs on,<br>The swine hangs on to power,<br>The townsfolk mutter round the tower…</p><p>—Alan Jackson, “The Swine”<br>published in Salutations: Collected Poems 1960–1989 (Polygon, 1990)</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/swine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/swine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/swine/</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/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a></p>
<p>Poem of the week: A Sonnet to the Noble Lady, the Lady Mary Wroth by Ben Jonson</p><p>"A strategically flattering tribute to a pioneering female writer is lifted by authentic warmth and admiration"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/07/poem-of-the-week-a-sonnet-to-the-noble-lady-the-lady-mary-wroth-by-ben-jonson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/07/poem-of-the-week-a-sonnet-to-the-noble-lady-the-lady-mary-wroth-by-ben-jonson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/apr/07/poem-of-the-week-a-sonnet-to-the-noble-lady-the-lady-mary-wroth-by-ben-jonson</span></a></p><p>Ben Jonson at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1269" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1269"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1269</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#authors</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"Men with common minds seldom break through general rules. Prudence is ever the resort of weakness; and they rarely go as far as as they may in any undertaking, who are determined not to go beyond it on any account."</p><p>Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796)</p><p>~Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) </p><p>Mary Wollstonecraft at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/84</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>1876 | Laurel Springs, NJ</p><p>Looking Up</p><p>Walt Whitman has a happy hour.</p><p><a href="https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/happiness/looking" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.laphamsquarterly.org/happiness/looking"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.laphamsquarterly.org/happi</span><span class="invisible">ness/looking</span></a></p><p>Whitman at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/600" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/600"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/600</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Leigh Hunt, the Unstoppable Critic</p><p>Convicted and imprisoned for libeling the Prince Regent, Hunt capitalized on his incarceration by turning his prison cell into a newsroom and grand salon.</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/leigh-hunt-the-unstoppable-critic/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%207%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/leigh-hunt-the-unstoppable-critic/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%207%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/leigh-hunt-the</span><span class="invisible">-unstoppable-critic/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%207%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a></p>
<p>The 19th-century Gaelic poet & songwriter Màiri Nic a’ Phearsain (Mary MacPherson) – known as Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (Great Mary of the Songs) – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 10 March 1821. Much of her work was political & was especially focused on the struggle for land rights</p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/19145415.mairi-mhor-nan-oran-celebrating-one-greatest-gaelic-poets/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenational.scot/news/19145415.mairi-mhor-nan-oran-celebrating-one-greatest-gaelic-poets/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenational.scot/news/1914</span><span class="invisible">5415.mairi-mhor-nan-oran-celebrating-one-greatest-gaelic-poets/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/landrights/" rel="tag">#landrights</a></p>
<p>The Author of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ Lived a Far Less Charmed Life Than Her Beloved Heroine</p><p>L.M. Montgomery created a classic of children’s literature, but what about her lesser-known works?</p><p>By V.M. Braganza (from the archive)</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/lm-montgomery-anne-green-gables-life-180981839/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/lm-montgomery-anne-green-gables-life-180981839/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-cu</span><span class="invisible">lture/lm-montgomery-anne-green-gables-life-180981839/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>L. M. Montgomery at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/36" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/36"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/36</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>I nod and nod to my own shadow and thrust<br>A mountain down and down.<br>Between my feet a loch shines in the brown,<br>Its silver paper crinkled and edged with rust…</p><p>—Norman MacCaig, “Climbing Suilven”<br>from BETWEEN MOUNTAIN AND SEA: Poems From Assynt (Birlinn, 2018)</p><p><a href="https://birlinn.co.uk/product/between-mountain-and-sea/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="birlinn.co.uk/product/between-mountain-and-sea/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">birlinn.co.uk/product/between-</span><span class="invisible">mountain-and-sea/</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/climbing/" rel="tag">#climbing</a> <a href="/tags/hillwalking/" rel="tag">#hillwalking</a> <a href="/tags/suilven/" rel="tag">#Suilven</a> <a href="/tags/sutherland/" rel="tag">#Sutherland</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/normanmaccaig/" rel="tag">#NormanMacCaig</a></p>
<p>75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction</p><p>By Sam Weller</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/75-years-ago-the-martian-chronicles-legitimized-science-fiction/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/75-years-ago-the-martian-chronicles-legitimized-science-fiction/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/75-years-ago-the-ma</span><span class="invisible">rtian-chronicles-legitimized-science-fiction/</span></a></p><p>Ray Bradbury at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41269" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41269"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/41269</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>
<p>A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise</p><p>Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history,” founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a “life-and-death struggle”</p><p>by Meilan Solly</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smithso</span><span class="invisible">nian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Carter G. Woodson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3835" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3835"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3835</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#blackhistorymonth</a></p>
<p>Nan Shepherd (1893–1981) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 11 Feb. Recently her nature writing & her memoir THE LIVING MOUNTAIN have gained attention—but she was also an important modernist novelist. Charlotte Peacock weighs her contribution to Scotland’s literary renaissance</p><p>A 🎂 🧵</p><p>1/9</p><p><a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/quiet-pioneer-the-novels-of-nan-shepherd-1893-1981/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/quiet-pioneer-the-novels-of-nan-shepherd-1893-1981/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/1</span><span class="invisible">2/quiet-pioneer-the-novels-of-nan-shepherd-1893-1981/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/nanshepherd/" rel="tag">#NanShepherd</a> <a href="/tags/modernist/" rel="tag">#modernist</a> <a href="/tags/modernism/" rel="tag">#modernism</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thCentury</a> <a href="/tags/naturewriting/" rel="tag">#NatureWriting</a> <a href="/tags/memoir/" rel="tag">#memoir</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#WomenWriters</a></p>
<p>Thanks to funding from the Scottish government, ASL is offering free class sets of Donald S. Murray’s play SEQUAMUR – one of the set texts for Higher English – to secondary schools in Scotland. See our website for details:</p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/sequamur/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/sequamur/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/free-publications/sequamur/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a> <a href="/tags/higher/" rel="tag">#Higher</a> <a href="/tags/higherenglish/" rel="tag">#HigherEnglish</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#school</a> <a href="/tags/secondaryschool/" rel="tag">#secondaryschool</a></p>
<p>4 Must-Read Works by Edgar Allan Poe (& Why You Should Read Them)</p><p>Edgar Allan Poe was a master of Gothic literature. Although his stories are filled with gloom and mystery, they also contain universal truths.</p><p>by Andrew Olsen</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/edgar-allan-poe-works-must-read/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/edgar-allan-poe-works-must-read/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/edgar-all</span><span class="invisible">an-poe-works-must-read/</span></a></p><p>Edgar Allan Poe at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/481" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/481"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/481</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Inside Switzerland's extraordinary medieval library</p><p>By Mike MacEacheran</p><p>The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for 1,300 years.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20260202-inside-switzerlands-extraordinary-medieval-library" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20260202-inside-switzerlands-extraordinary-medieval-library"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/2</span><span class="invisible">0260202-inside-switzerlands-extraordinary-medieval-library</span></a></p><p>Medieval library at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=medieval+library" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=medieval+library"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=medieval+library</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a></p>
<p>How a reading group helped young German students defy the Nazis and find their faith</p><p>By Peter Nguyen</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-a-reading-group-helped-young-german-students-defy-the-nazis-and-find-their-faith-254774" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-a-reading-group-helped-young-german-students-defy-the-nazis-and-find-their-faith-254774"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-a-read</span><span class="invisible">ing-group-helped-young-german-students-defy-the-nazis-and-find-their-faith-254774</span></a></p><p>More information:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Ro</span><span class="invisible">se</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Why Do We Keep Telling the Same Stories? Archetypes in Pop Culture</p><p>"Archetypes aren't just storytelling tools—they're reflections of us. We keep retelling them because they help us feel understood."</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/archetypes-pop-culture/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/archetypes-pop-culture/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/archetype</span><span class="invisible">s-pop-culture/</span></a></p><p>Books by Jung at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44679" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44679"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/44679</span></a></p><p>Odysseus und Nausicaa</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a></p>
<p>Exploring the Jackie Kay Archive<br>28 May, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Free, booking required.</p><p>Explore the personal archive of Jackie Kay, Scotland's former Makar and beloved writer. Curator Dan Sheehy will share his favourite discoveries from cataloguing her lifetime of work.</p><p><a href="https://www.nls.uk/whats-on/jackie-kay-archive/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nls.uk/whats-on/jackie-kay-archive/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nls.uk/whats-on/jackie-kay</span><span class="invisible">-archive/</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/jackiekay/" rel="tag">#JackieKay</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/archives/" rel="tag">#archives</a></p>
<p>Rare Watercolor by ‘Wuthering Heights’ Author Emily Brontë Will Go on Public Display for the First Time</p><p>“The North Wind,” painted while Emily and her sister Charlotte were studying in Belgium, is now heading to the Brontë family home in Yorkshire</p><p>By Eli Wizevich</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-watercolor-by-wuthering-heights-author-emily-bronte-will-go-on-public-display-for-the-first-time-180986423/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-watercolor-by-wuthering-heights-author-emily-bronte-will-go-on-public-display-for-the-first-time-180986423/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/rare-watercolor-by-wuthering-heights-author-emily-bronte-will-go-on-public-display-for-the-first-time-180986423/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>“A Mystery Novel Like No Other Before.” On Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time</p><p>Sarah Weinman in Praise of an Innovative and Timeless Work of Detective Fiction</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-like-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%2016%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-like-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%2016%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-lik</span><span class="invisible">e-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%2016%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daug</span><span class="invisible">hter_of_Time</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>What Was Saint Augustine’s Narrative of the Two Cities?</p><p>What was Saint Augustine’s narrative of the two cities, the City of God and the City of the World, all about?</p><p>by Marnie Binder</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/saint-augustine-narrative-two-cities/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/saint-augustine-narrative-two-cities/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/saint-aug</span><span class="invisible">ustine-narrative-two-cities/</span></a></p><p>Saint Augustine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1156" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1156"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1156</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Subverting hell</p><p>In their visions of the underworld Dante and Milton were truly subversive, incorporating predecessors into their own repudiation</p><p>by Charlie Ericson</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/feel-the-burn-how-subversion-works-in-literature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e6bfbf5e1b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/feel-the-burn-how-subversion-works-in-literature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e6bfbf5e1b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/feel-the-burn-h</span><span class="invisible">ow-subversion-works-in-literature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e6bfbf5e1b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Dante and Milton at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/507</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/17" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/17"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/17</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
