literature

<p>Better than Wuthering Heights? The Brontës’ novels – ranked!</p><p>As Emerald Fennell’s film sparks debate, we celebrate the pioneering brilliance of the siblings’ work</p><p>by Lucasta Miller</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/better-than-wuthering-heights-the-brontes-novels-ranked" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/better-than-wuthering-heights-the-brontes-novels-ranked"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2026</span><span class="invisible">/mar/16/better-than-wuthering-heights-the-brontes-novels-ranked</span></a></p><p>The Brontës at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/authors/search/?query=bront%C3%AB" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/authors/search/?query=bront%C3%AB"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">rs/search/?query=bront%C3%AB</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>I hear your 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥, that slow singer,<br>alone at my desk yet walking with you<br>through your valleys and hills, that shining<br>stream bubbling notes of your music<br>your pure Welsh music…</p><p>—Sheila Templeton, “For R.S. Thomas”<br>Published in A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening: New Writing Scotland 30 (ASL, 2012)</p><p>The Welsh poet R.S. Thomas (1913–2000) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 29 March</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/rsthomas/" rel="tag">#RSThomas</a></p>

<p>Celebrating Women’s History Month</p><p>Celebrate Women’s History Month with JSTOR Daily. We hope you’ll find the stories below a valuable resource for classroom or leisure reading.</p><p>By The Editors</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/womens-history-month-editors-picks/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/womens-history-month-editors-picks/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/womens-history</span><span class="invisible">-month-editors-picks/</span></a></p><p>Women literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=women+literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=women+literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=women+literature</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#WomenHistoryMonth</a></p>

<p>The Worm Queen Turns: Helen Adam (1909–93)<br>From Dundee Manse to California Coven<br>10 March, University of Glasgow – free</p><p>From Celtic Twilight to the Beat Generation, Adam’s career explodes literary historical periodisation &amp; tangles its sequential logic</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/corey-gibson-the-worm-queen-turns-tickets-1701079658049" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/corey-gibson-the-worm-queen-turns-tickets-1701079658049"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/corey-g</span><span class="invisible">ibson-the-worm-queen-turns-tickets-1701079658049</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/celtictwilight/" rel="tag">#CelticTwilight</a> <a href="/tags/beats/" rel="tag">#beats</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

<p>Lost Archimedes Page from Medieval Manuscript Discovered in France</p><p>A page long thought lost from one of the most important surviving manuscripts of antiquity has now been identified in a French museum, offering fresh insight into both ancient science and medieval book culture.</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/03/lost-archimedes-page-from-medieval-manuscript-discovered-in-france/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/03/lost-archimedes-page-from-medieval-manuscript-discovered-in-france/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/03/l</span><span class="invisible">ost-archimedes-page-from-medieval-manuscript-discovered-in-france/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>This week; the sermon is salt<br>and the taste of it as song. A clean, cold burn</p><p>quickens the blood…</p><p>—A.M. Havinden, “Sea Chapel”<br>published in Break in Case of Silence: New Writing Scotland 39 (ASL, 2021)</p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws39/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws39/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws39/</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>

<p>The Captivating Saga Behind the Only Known Portrait of the Brontë Sisters</p><p>The only known painting of the three Brontë sisters together was painted by their brother, Branwell, and was long thought lost.</p><p>by Katie White</p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bronte-sisters-portrait-history-2748843" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.artnet.com/art-world/bronte-sisters-portrait-history-2748843"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/bron</span><span class="invisible">te-sisters-portrait-history-2748843</span></a></p><p>Brontë sisters at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=bront%C3%AB+sisters" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=bront%C3%AB+sisters"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=bront%C3%AB+sisters</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenHistoryMonth</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1839, Charlotte Bronte declines Reverend Henry Nussey’s marriage proposal, claiming that he would find her “romantic and eccentric” and not practical enough to be a clergyman’s wife. </p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-march-5-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-march-5-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-march</span><span class="invisible">-5-2026/</span></a></p><p>Books by Charlotte Bronte at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/408</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#womenshistory</a></p>

<p>What Is the Dominant Emotion in 400 Years of Women’s Diaries?</p><p>A new anthology identifies frustration as a recurring theme in journals written between 1599 and 2015</p><p>by Sarah Gristwood</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-is-the-dominant-emotion-in-400-years-of-womens-diaries-180983834/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-is-the-dominant-emotion-in-400-years-of-womens-diaries-180983834/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/what-is-the-dominant-emotion-in-400-years-of-womens-diaries-180983834/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Women literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=women+literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=women+literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=women+literature</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#WomenHistoryMonth</a></p>

<p>James Macpherson’s Epic Journey<br>23 April, online – tickets from £3.35</p><p>Investigating the life, work, &amp; legacy of James Macpherson. How did he create his epics – &amp; who helped him? What poems did he draw upon for inspiration, from his own Gaelic culture? What impact did Macpherson’s poems have, in Britain &amp; beyond – &amp; on Scottish Gaelic culture too? And how did the controversy over the “Ossian” epic’s authenticity first begin?</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-macphersons-epic-journey-domhnall-uilleam-stiubhart-zoom-tickets-1981485519529" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-macphersons-epic-journey-domhnall-uilleam-stiubhart-zoom-tickets-1981485519529"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-m</span><span class="invisible">acphersons-epic-journey-domhnall-uilleam-stiubhart-zoom-tickets-1981485519529</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/ossian/" rel="tag">#Ossian</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a></p>

<p>“I never read such an impious book,” said the reader, throwing it on the floor.<br> “You need not hurt me,” said the book; “you will only get less for me second hand, and I did not write myself.”</p><p>For World Book Day (UK &amp; Ireland), a fable about a book: Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Reader”</p><p>@bookstodon </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/fables/" rel="tag">#fables</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/flashfiction/" rel="tag">#flashfiction</a> <a href="/tags/microfiction/" rel="tag">#microfiction</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a></p>

<p>The Clockwork Orange Project is an experimental literary project taking place on the Glasgow Subway, sponsored by the Royal Society of Literature, &amp; is open to anyone living in or around (or with some meaningful connection to) Glasgow.</p><p>The goal of the project is to reimagine urban public spaces as sites of community and creativity, and to produce work that is collaborative, interactive and experimental.</p><p><a href="https://kelvingrovewriters.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/the-clockwork-orange-project/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kelvingrovewriters.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/the-clockwork-orange-project/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kelvingrovewriters.wordpress.c</span><span class="invisible">om/2026/03/02/the-clockwork-orange-project/</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/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/glasgow/" rel="tag">#Glasgow</a></p>

<p>What Oral Histories Reveal About Women’s Pursuit of Economic Independence</p><p>What does independence really mean for women? Through oral histories spanning generations, ‘We Do Declare’ explores how access to money, credit, and opportunity shaped women’s lives and the economic freedom that makes true independence possible.</p><p>by Rachel F. Seidman</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/03/02/we-do-declare-womens-voices-on-independence/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/03/02/we-do-declare-womens-voices-on-independence/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/s</span><span class="invisible">mithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/03/02/we-do-declare-womens-voices-on-independence/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550</span></a></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> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a></p>

<p>There’s no a muir in my ain land but’s fu’ o’ sang the day,<br>Wi’ the whaup, and the gowden plover, and the lintie upon the brae.<br>The birk in the glen is springin’, the rowan-tree in the shaw,<br>And every burn is rinnin’ wild wi’ the meltin’ o’ the snaw…</p><p>—Lady John Scott, “The Comin’ o’ the Spring”</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/comin-o-spring/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/comin-o-spring/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/comin-o-spring/</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/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/spring/" rel="tag">#Spring</a></p>

<p>Nuair a bha Gàidhlig aig na h-Eoin – When the Birds Spoke Gaelic<br>28 March, Isle of Lewis. £12</p><p>Port na h-Eala &amp; Skylark’s Ascension are two of the many songs, stories &amp; tunes in the Gaelic tradition featuring or inspired by birds. Join Màiri MacMillan, Alana MacInnes, Gillebrìde MacMillan, Padruig Moireasdan &amp; Coll MacDonald for an evening of songs, stories, folklore &amp; music inspired by birdlife</p><p><a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mairimacmillan/2103909" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.tickettailor.com/events/mairimacmillan/2103909"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.tickettailor.com/events/ma</span><span class="invisible">irimacmillan/2103909</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/song/" rel="tag">#song</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/folklore/" rel="tag">#folklore</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a></p>

<p>Female writers and readers have been challenging the patriarchy for more than 200 years</p><p>by Roberta Garrett</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/female-writers-and-readers-have-been-challenging-the-patriarchy-for-more-than-200-years-276231" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/female-writers-and-readers-have-been-challenging-the-patriarchy-for-more-than-200-years-276231"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/female-wri</span><span class="invisible">ters-and-readers-have-been-challenging-the-patriarchy-for-more-than-200-years-276231</span></a></p><p>Suffrage at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/72" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/72"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/72</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a></p>

<p>The Short But Magical Life of John Keats</p><p>Poet John Keats, in his short life, wrote some of the most beloved poems in the English language.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/john-keats-english-poet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/john-keats-english-poet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/john-keat</span><span class="invisible">s-english-poet/</span></a></p><p>Books by Keats at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/935" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/935"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/935</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>“It is not a romantic Tale that the Reader is here presented with, but a real History. Not the Adventures of a Robinson Crusoe, a Colonel Jack, or a Moll Flanders, but the Actions of the HIGHLAND ROGUE…”</p><p>Rob Roy MacGregor was baptised <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 7 March, 1671. Walter Scott’s novel made the Scottish outlaw internationally famous – &amp; created the model for today’s roguish antiheroes</p><p>@litstudies </p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/two-centuries-before-marvel-and-star-wars-walter-scotts-rob-roy-was-the-first-modern-anti-hero-89421" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/two-centuries-before-marvel-and-star-wars-walter-scotts-rob-roy-was-the-first-modern-anti-hero-89421"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/two-centur</span><span class="invisible">ies-before-marvel-and-star-wars-walter-scotts-rob-roy-was-the-first-modern-anti-hero-89421</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/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/romanticism/" rel="tag">#romanticism</a> <a href="/tags/walterscott/" rel="tag">#WalterScott</a></p>

<p>Currently on BBC Sounds: THE STATE OF THE ART by Iain M. Banks</p><p>In 1977, the Culture starship GCU ARBITRARY discovers Earth: a primitive society on the edge of self-destruction.</p><p>When Contact agent Dervley Linter decides to go native, can Diziet Sma change his mind?</p><p>@bookstodon </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hv1dz" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hv1dz"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hv</span><span class="invisible">1dz</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/iainbanks/" rel="tag">#IainBanks</a> <a href="/tags/iainmbanks/" rel="tag">#IainMBanks</a> <a href="/tags/theculture/" rel="tag">#TheCulture</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a></p>

<p>Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid&#x27;s 2,000-year-old poem</p><p>You might think that Ovid&#x27;s Metamorphoses, an ancient compendium of the greatest Greek myths, would hold little relevance today. But its tales of desire and deceit reveal surprising parallels with contemporary concerns, from climate change and the refugee crisis to gender-based violence and identity.</p><p>by Cath Pound</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260317-metamorphoses-ovids-2000-year-old-poem-says-a-lot-about-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260317-metamorphoses-ovids-2000-year-old-poem-says-a-lot-about-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/culture/article/20</span><span class="invisible">260317-metamorphoses-ovids-2000-year-old-poem-says-a-lot-about-2026</span></a></p><p>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/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a></p>

<p>Happy International Women&#x27;s Day! To celebrate it, Project Gutenberg created a new bookshelf titled Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/706</span></a></p><p>More information about these magnificent women can be foud in PG´s March Newsletter:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#womeninstem</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a></p>

<p>Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) was baptised <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 19 March. </p><p>George Orwell thought him “Scotland’s best novelist”, “whose outstanding intellectual honesty may have been connected with the fact that he was not an Englishman” (TRIBUNE magazine, 22/9/1944)</p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://orwell.ru/library/reviews/smollett/english/e_ts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="orwell.ru/library/reviews/smollett/english/e_ts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">orwell.ru/library/reviews/smol</span><span class="invisible">lett/english/e_ts</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/smollett/" rel="tag">#Smollett</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/orwell/" rel="tag">#Orwell</a></p>

<p>Typing for Love or Money<br>The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/t</span><span class="invisible">yping-for-love-or-money/</span></a></p><p>At PG:</p><p>&quot;The Story of the Typewriter&quot;:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60794" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60794</a></p><p>Books by Henry James:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/113</span></a></p><p>&quot;Henry James at Work&quot; by Theodora Bosanquet:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63377" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63377</a></p><p>Books by T. S. Eliot:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/599</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Scotland, you have invoked her name<br>just once too often<br>in your Presbyterian living rooms.<br>She’s heard, yea<br>even unto heathenish Arabia<br>your vixen’s bark of poverty…</p><p>—Kathleen Jamie, “The Queen of Sheba”<br>first published in THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (Bloodaxe Books,1994)</p><p>A poem for International Womens’ Day </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/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/internationalwomensday/" rel="tag">#InternationalWomensDay</a> <a href="/tags/queenofsheba/" rel="tag">#QueenofSheba</a></p>

<p>Edwin Only Helped</p><p>Women Writers of the Scottish Literary Renaissance: the handmaids, midwives, mothers, mistresses, cooks, nannies, &amp; skivvies to that literary revolution. Oh, &amp; contributors, too. Let’s not forget about their own writing! Again…</p><p><a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/edwin-only-helped/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/edwin-only-helped/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/1</span><span class="invisible">2/edwin-only-helped/</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/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/internationalwomensday/" rel="tag">#InternationalWomensDay</a></p>