Call for Papers
Scotland Along the New Silk Road
IASSL 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures
17–20 June 2027, Nanjing
This congress seeks to foster reciprocal understanding & cultural collaborations between Scotland & the diverse voices of the New Silk Road
Deadline for proposals: 30 Nov 2026
#Scottish #literature #Scotland #China #culture #postcolonial #worldliterature #callforpapers
Pleased to inform Fancy Duck is still in the area. Operation Get A Better Photo of Fancy Duck is GO GO GO!
RE: https://mikecoats.social/@mike/116057732564431150
Boosting for my evening #FediFriends crew.
Come work with my amazing team, remotely, hybrid or full time from one of our many amazing offices across Scotland.
- 41.5 days of annual leave
- 2 days paid volunteering leave
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Civil Service Pension
#FediHire #FediHired #GetFediHired #Job #RemoteWork #FediJob #Scotland
“[Shane] Strachan sees Scots’s revitalization being driven in part by young people’s desire for, as he puts it, ‘what’s left that makes you different’ in an era of social media homogenization. A new generation of Scots speakers wants to talk about what’s happening in the world, in their own words.”
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/scots-language-social-media-tiktok
#Scottish #Scotland #Scots #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguages
57th: The Hanging Garden Ian Rankin’s outstanding 9th book in John Rebus series where grapples with the hit and run on his grown daughter, a cold case linked to a possible Nazi war criminal, and gang violence breaking out on Edinburgh’s streets. #books #crimefiction #Scotland
Memory & Moggies: McIlvanney, Muriel & Making a Novel
10 June, free online
Prof Zoë Strachan explores the inspiration behind her latest novel, the historical fiction Catch The Moments as They Fly (2023) – including the work of William McIlvanney, & Muriel Spark’s advice that writers should acquire a cat…
https://www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/
#Scottish #literature #writing #historicalfiction #novel #IAmWriting #WritingCommunity #Scotland #Ayrshire #memory
Lavender Menace: Queer Bookselling in Edinburgh
19 July, City Art Centre, Edinburgh. Free, ticketed
This talk explores the history of queer bookselling in Edinburgh, from the early bookstalls to the opening of Lavender Menace and West & Wilde to the resurgence of independent bookshops.
https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/lavender-menace-queer-bookselling-edinburgh
Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections
26 June
free online
Many Scots are not aware of how widely spoken Gaelic once was in Scotland, & most Canadians don’t know that at the time of Confederation, Gaelic was likely the third most widely-spoken language in Canada.
Prof Robert Dunbar will explore efforts by activists, communities & governments to support the language & its speakers in both countries.
On Thursday 19th we will be celebrating the launch of Dark Crescent by #Edinburgh scribe @lyndseycroal , with tales inspired by #Scottish folklore, published by Luna Press
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/lyndsey-croal-dark-crescent-book-launch
#books #livres #Edimbourg #Bruntsfield #LyndseyCroal #BookLaunch #BookEvent #AuthorEvent #DarkCrescent #Fantasy #Scotland #Ecosse #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
Call for participants
Survey on minoritised languages in Scotland
If you speak Scottish Gaelic, Scots, and/or Shaetlan, you are invited to share your experiences, knowledge, and perspectives. This research will contribute to reversing language decline and strengthening linguistic diversity across Europe
#Scotland #Scottish #language #minoritylanguages #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shaetlan #Shetland
Goonie: Poetry Extravaganza with Michael Mullen & Friends
20 June, Lighthouse Books, Edinburgh. £0–£10.99
Exploring queerness through fierce lyrical poetry & celebrating Scotland through vernacular vignettes, GOONIE is Michael Mullen’s debut collection
https://lighthousebookshop.com/events/goonie-poetry-extravaganza-with-michael-mullen-and-friends
#Scottish #literature #poetry #queer #queerness #Scotland #Scots #Scotslanguage
Across The Bay
https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/across-the-bay-justin-farrimond.html
This stretch of water has a beautiful name, the Sound of Iona. A mile wide channel between the isles of Mull and Iona. Taken with a toy camera this shot has the look of a cheap 70's postcard. Splendid.
#PhotoOfTheDay #Photography #Art #Travel #InteriorDesign #ArtPrint #MediumFormat #BelieveInFilm #InnerHebrides #Scotland #FilmPhotography #Seascape
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds, & the Paranormal
Scotland’s Darkest Folklore
Currently available on BBC Sounds: exploring tales of selkies, kelpies, & the ancient figure of the Cailleach. Maddy & Anthony's guest today is Donald Smith, founding director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, & a storyteller who has written & lectured widely on the folklore of Scotland.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l2hncz
#Scottish #literature #folklore #supernatural #myth #paranormal #storytelling #Scotland
Mastodon.scot is a Mastodon server intended for (but not limited to) users in Scotland or who identify as Scottish:
You can find out more at https://mastodon.scot/about or contact the admin @trumpet
#FeaturedServer #Scotland #Scottish #Scots #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
The grey roots circle thee, who never knew
At any hour within thy travels lone
A human shape but mine…
—Olive Fraser, “The Adder of Quinag”
First published in The Pure Account (Aberdeen University Press, 1981), & included in The Wrong Music (@canongatebooks 1989)
A poem for #WorldSnakeDay 🐍
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/adder-quinag/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #naturewriting #Scotland #highlands #snake #snakes
Happy Glasgow Fair Monday!
“…on one occasion the Highland Queen was berthed by the master and a boy, the rest of the crew being quite incapable…”
Steamships, “steaming”, drunkenness & “smùid” – Donald Meek on going doon the watter, & early Scottish booze-cruising
https://meekwrite.blogspot.com/2013/04/maritime-and-linguistic-studies.html
#Scottish #Scotland #Scots #Scotslanguage #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #steaming #GlasgowFair #FairMonday #culturalstudies #19thcentury #20thcentury #alcohol #steamboat
What's The Dream Story
https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/whats-the-dream-story-justin-farrimond.html
Beneath the dreamscape varnish life goes on in Tobermory.
#PhotoOfTheDay #Photography #Art #PhotographyIsArt #Dreamscape #Travel #Tobermory #Harbour #Scotland #ArtPrint #InteriorDesign
Come to St Monans! A wee gem nestled in the East Neuk of Fife. Beautiful views, amazing fish & chips, intermittent haar, occasional existential dread & monsters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c043n0kl71wo
#Scotland #Fife #EastNeuk #StMonans #horror #videogames #SilentHill #Townfall #SilentHillTownfall
Just arrived in paperback - Alastair Moffat's Edinburgh: a New History, published by Birlinn Books.
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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #History #Histoire #EdinburghANewHistory #AlastairMoffat #Birlinn #BirlinnBooks #Scotland #Ecosse #ScottishLiterature #ScottishHistory #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
🏴 📚 **10+ Best Bookshops in Edinburgh You Must Visit (Local Guide for Book Lovers)**
>>If you are ever in Edinburgh and in need of visiting a bookshop this is for you.
For anyone looking at those reposts on Burns I just shared, and curious about Scottish poetry, but not sure where to begin, may I suggest some of our new generation of younger poets such as Len Pennie, Michael Pedersen or Jeda Pearl. And of course the veterans such as the wonderful Jackie Kay, or the (sadly now late) John Burnside.
For more ideas, snippets of the works etc, try the Scottish Poetry Library https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/
