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<p>Dorothy K Haynes – Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch</p><p>Five supernatural and unsettling short stories from Dorothy K. Haynes’ award-winning collection first published in 1949. Produced by David Jackson Young and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.</p><p>@bookstodon </p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/bbc-radio-dorothy-k-haynes/BBC+Dorothy+K+Haynes+2004-12-xx+1+Gas.flac" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/bbc-radio-dorothy-k-haynes/BBC+Dorothy+K+Haynes+2004-12-xx+1+Gas.flac"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/bbc-radio-</span><span class="invisible">dorothy-k-haynes/BBC+Dorothy+K+Haynes+2004-12-xx+1+Gas.flac</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/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/weird/" rel="tag">#weird</a> <a href="/tags/weirdfiction/" rel="tag">#weirdfiction</a> <a href="/tags/weirdtales/" rel="tag">#weirdtales</a> <a href="/tags/audio/" rel="tag">#audio</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a></p>

<p>The Laird o’ Cockpen, he’s proud an’ he’s great,<br>His mind is ta’en up wi’ the things o’ the State…</p><p>Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (1766–1845) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 16 Aug. Oliphant wrote over 100 popular songs to traditional Scottish tunes. Although she shunned publicity &amp; never acknowledged her authorship, along with Robert Burns she is one of the most significant figures in Scottish folksong</p><p>1/2</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/folksong/" rel="tag">#folksong</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/romanticism/" rel="tag">#romanticism</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>100 years of women’s lives &amp; writings workshop<br>23 Sep, online – free</p><p>The National Library of Scotland will discuss literature &amp; archives in the library that are inspired by the lives of women. The examples chosen are from the NLS’s ‘Dear Library’ centenary exhibition.</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/100-years-of-womens-lives-and-writings-workshop-tickets-1003525460667" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/100-years-of-womens-lives-and-writings-workshop-tickets-1003525460667"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/100-yea</span><span class="invisible">rs-of-womens-lives-and-writings-workshop-tickets-1003525460667</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/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/archives/" rel="tag">#archives</a></p>

<p>A birthday 🧵 for Violet Jacob (1863–1946) – poet, novelist, short story writer, &amp; key figure in the 20th-century Scottish renaissance &amp; Scots language revival – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 1 September</p><p>1/8</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to-z/violet-jacob" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to-z/violet-jacob"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishwomenwritersonthew</span><span class="invisible">eb.net/writers-a-to-z/violet-jacob</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thCentury</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#WomenWriters</a> <a href="/tags/violetjacob/" rel="tag">#VioletJacob</a></p>

<p>The relentless brilliance of Muriel Spark</p><p>“I am not here to say that all a career in letters requires is tenacity and a can-do attitude, but rather that knowing the challenges Spark overcame makes me doubly grateful for her.’</p><p>Lauren J. Joseph reflects on a quality many writers have to develop – the “sheer bloody-mindedness” Spark had in spades.</p><p><a href="https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/the-relentless-brilliance-of-muriel-spark/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rlf.org.uk/posts/the-relentless-brilliance-of-muriel-spark/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rlf.org.uk/posts/the-relen</span><span class="invisible">tless-brilliance-of-muriel-spark/</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/murielspark/" rel="tag">#MurielSpark</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 7 September. Her three novels—Marriage, The Inheritance, &amp; Destiny—are vivid &amp; humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary Jane Austen, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious… </p><p>A 🎂🧵</p><p>@litstudies </p><p>1/8</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to-z/susan-ferrier" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to-z/susan-ferrier"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishwomenwritersonthew</span><span class="invisible">eb.net/writers-a-to-z/susan-ferrier</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thCentury</a> <a href="/tags/romanticism/" rel="tag">#romanticism</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#WomenWriters</a> <a href="/tags/susanferrier/" rel="tag">#SusanFerrier</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a></p>

<p>On leaving<br>you playfully punched<br>my left<br>shoulder.</p><p>The sensation<br>remains</p><p>But your<br>voice fades</p><p>The sensation<br>remains<br>But your<br>image fades</p><p>I<br>short of breath<br>tremble</p><p>I think<br>you’ve<br>cracked<br>a<br>rib.</p><p>—“Gone but Not Forgotten”, by Maud Sulter (1960–2008)<br>born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 19 Sep – a 🎂 🧵</p><p>1/9</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/poet/" rel="tag">#poet</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/maudsulter/" rel="tag">#MaudSulter</a> <a href="/tags/bpoc/" rel="tag">#BPOC</a> <a href="/tags/blackwriters/" rel="tag">#Blackwriters</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a></p>

<p>Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 11 September. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies &amp; tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018</p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doodles.google/doodle/joanna-b</span><span class="invisible">aillies-256th-birthday/</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/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#WomenWriters</a> <a href="/tags/joannabaillie/" rel="tag">#JoannaBaillie</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a></p>

<p>“Spark thrived in institutions. This is because, like Miss Brodie, she was a conservative anarchist. Her anarchism was part of the Edinburgh Character and her conservatism rooted in respect for order, authority and ritual.”</p><p>Behind the Fame (and Inspirations) of Muriel Spark: Frances Wilson on the similarities between Spark’s favourite teacher and her most famous protagonist</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/behind-the-fame-and-inspirations-of-muriel-spark/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/behind-the-fame-and-inspirations-of-muriel-spark/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/behind-the-fame-and</span><span class="invisible">-inspirations-of-muriel-spark/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/murielspark/" rel="tag">#MurielSpark</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>“THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive &amp; brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, &amp; a female adventure”</p><p>Robert Louis Stevenson &amp; Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne married <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 19 May, 1880. In this article, Prof Penny Fielding explores the dangerous <a href="/tags/collaboration/" rel="tag">#collaboration</a> between RLS &amp; his wife: granting female agency on the page &amp; in life</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/robertlouisstevenson/" rel="tag">#RobertLouisStevenson</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#WomenWriters</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#humour</a> </p><p>@bookstodon </p><p><a href="https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2017/01/06/a-dangerous-collaboration/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dangerouswomenproject.org/2017/01/06/a-dangerous-collaboration/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dangerouswomenproject.org/2017</span><span class="invisible">/01/06/a-dangerous-collaboration/</span></a></p>

<p>I ask no lovelier thing<br>Than this December silver:<br>See how the light flakes off the new-turned plough<br>Under the slow great swing<br>Of branches, silver-boled…</p><p>—Dorothy Margaret Paulin, “December Day”<br>published in SCOTTISH RELIGIOUS POETRY (Saint Andrew Press, 2024)</p><p><a href="https://standrewpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781800830479/scottish-religious-poetry" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="standrewpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781800830479/scottish-religious-poetry"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">standrewpress.hymnsam.co.uk/bo</span><span class="invisible">oks/9781800830479/scottish-religious-poetry</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/december/" rel="tag">#December</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>A gifted writer of gothic &amp; horror fiction, Dorothy K. Haynes (1918–1987) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 12 Oct. Haynes &amp; her twin brother spent 4 years in Aberlour Orphanage, from 1929 to 1933: last year, we republished her long out-of-print childhood memoir, HASTE YE BACK</p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/haste-ye-back/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/haste-ye-back/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/volumes/haste-ye-back/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/memoir/" rel="tag">#memoir</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/weird/" rel="tag">#weird</a> <a href="/tags/weirdtales/" rel="tag">#weirdtales</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>Jessie Kesson (1916–1994) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 28 Oct. Taken from her mother at 10, she spent 6 years in an orphanage; although she displayed obvious academic talent she was denied any chance of further education &amp; was sent into domestic servitude aged 16. </p><p>Despite these &amp; other hardships she became a highly regarded novelist whose works explore ordinary women’s lives with clarity &amp; poetic prose</p><p>A 🎂🧵</p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/9964/jessie-kesson-novelist" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/9964/jessie-kesson-novelist"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nationalgalleries.org/art-</span><span class="invisible">and-artists/9964/jessie-kesson-novelist</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/workingclass/" rel="tag">#workingclass</a></p>

<p>Naomi Mitchison (née Haldane, 1897–1999) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 1 Nov, &amp; saw almost every day of the <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a>. A hugely influential writer, with 80+ books—poetry, politics, historical novels, <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a>, <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a>, <a href="/tags/childrensliterature/" rel="tag">#ChildrensLiterature</a> &amp; more—to her credit</p><p>A 🎂🧵 </p><p>“She liked to challenge, she liked to shock, she liked to deliver the unexpected, she liked to experiment”</p><p>—Jenni Calder looks at Mitchison’s life &amp; work</p><p>@litstudies <br>1/9</p><p><a href="https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/09/25/naomi-mitchison/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/09/25/naomi-mitchison/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dangerouswomenproject.org/2016</span><span class="invisible">/09/25/naomi-mitchison/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>But in the climbing ecstasy of thought,<br>Ere consummation, ere the final peak,<br>Come hours like this…</p><p>—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”<br>published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by Kerri Andrews</p><p>Today, 11 December, is International Mountain Day</p><p><a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/mountain-day" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.un.org/en/observances/mountain-day"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.un.org/en/observances/moun</span><span class="invisible">tain-day</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/mountains/" rel="tag">#mountains</a> <a href="/tags/cairngorms/" rel="tag">#cairngorms</a> <a href="/tags/nanshepherd/" rel="tag">#NanShepherd</a> <a href="/tags/climbing/" rel="tag">#climbing</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/naturewriting/" rel="tag">#naturewriting</a> <a href="/tags/internationalmountainday/" rel="tag">#InternationalMountainDay</a></p>

<p>Nan Shepherd &amp; her friends<br>21 Nov, Aberdeen – free, ticketed</p><p>Nan Shepherd has often been imagined as a solitary walker &amp; writer. In this talk, Dr Timothy Baker looks at the importance of female friendship in Nan Shepherd’s writing &amp; life, placing her as part of a much larger network of Aberdonian women writers &amp; thinkers</p><p><a href="https://aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&amp;RNI=16811409" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&amp;RNI=16811409"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-</span><span class="invisible">bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&amp;RNI=16811409</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/nanshepherd/" rel="tag">#NanShepherd</a> <a href="/tags/aberdeen/" rel="tag">#Aberdeen</a></p>

<p>Am I really home? A Journey Through the Literary Voices of Italian Scottish Women<br>25 Nov, Edinburgh – free, ticketed</p><p>Through storytelling, poetry, &amp; prose, four widely published Italian Scottish women writers will describe their diverse journeys of navigating, rooting, &amp; belonging</p><p><a href="https://iicedimburgo.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/am-i-really-home-a-journey-through-the-literary-voices-of-italian-scottish-women/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="iicedimburgo.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/am-i-really-home-a-journey-through-the-literary-voices-of-italian-scottish-women/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iicedimburgo.esteri.it/en/gli_</span><span class="invisible">eventi/calendario/am-i-really-home-a-journey-through-the-literary-voices-of-italian-scottish-women/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scottishitalian/" rel="tag">#ScottishItalian</a> <a href="/tags/identity/" rel="tag">#identity</a> <a href="/tags/culturalidentity/" rel="tag">#culturalidentity</a> <a href="/tags/belonging/" rel="tag">#belonging</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>A birthday 🧵 for Violet Jacob (1863–1946) – poet, novelist, short story writer, &amp; key figure in the 20th-century Scottish renaissance &amp; <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> language revival – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 1 September</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thCentury</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#WomenWriters</a> <br>1/7<br><a href="https://www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to-z/violet-jacob" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to-z/violet-jacob"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishwomenwritersonthew</span><span class="invisible">eb.net/writers-a-to-z/violet-jacob</span></a></p>

<p>Tales of a Grandmother: Female Literary Agency &amp; its Echoes in Scotland’s Cultural Memory in the Age of Scott<br>25 Nov, Glasgow University &amp; online. Free</p><p>Walter Scott’s shadow eclipsed most of his contemporary writers in Scotland’s cultural memory of the early 19th century. Leonie Jungen investigates CLAN-ALBIN by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1781–1857), published one year after Scott’s WAVERLEY</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leonie-jungen-tales-of-a-grandmother-tickets-1700991755129" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leonie-jungen-tales-of-a-grandmother-tickets-1700991755129"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leonie-</span><span class="invisible">jungen-tales-of-a-grandmother-tickets-1700991755129</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/walterscott/" rel="tag">#WalterScott</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>Elspeth Barker (1940–2022) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 16 Nov</p><p>Maggie O’Farrell called Barker’s classic O CALEDONIA “one of those books you proselytize about… I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named [it] as her favourite book”</p><p>A 🎂🧵</p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/maggie-ofarrell-on-elspeth-barkers-modern-scottish-classic-o-caledonia/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/maggie-ofarrell-on-elspeth-barkers-modern-scottish-classic-o-caledonia/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/maggie-ofarrell-on-</span><span class="invisible">elspeth-barkers-modern-scottish-classic-o-caledonia/</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/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/comingofage/" rel="tag">#comingofage</a></p>

<p>Reigniting Spark: Jewish Values in the Modernism of Muriel Spark<br>26 Nov, University of Edinburgh &amp; online – free</p><p>Prof Holli Levitsky investigates how Muriel Spark navigates her Jewish identity amidst the broader themes of modernity, nationalism, &amp; personal identity</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/professor-holli-levitsky-reigniting-spark-jewish-values-modernism-muriel-spark" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/professor-holli-levitsky-reigniting-spark-jewish-values-modernism-muriel-spark"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/profes</span><span class="invisible">sor-holli-levitsky-reigniting-spark-jewish-values-modernism-muriel-spark</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/murielspark/" rel="tag">#murielspark</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/jewish/" rel="tag">#Jewish</a> <a href="/tags/catholic/" rel="tag">#Catholic</a> <a href="/tags/modernism/" rel="tag">#modernism</a> <a href="/tags/identity/" rel="tag">#identity</a></p>

<p>Finally, I’m done with the phone calls and everything else<br>and when I switch on the radio it feels like lying in salt water –<br>all I need to do is breathe: Bach will keep me afloat…</p><p>—Elizabeth Burns (1957–2015) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 14 December</p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://www.wayleavepress.co.uk/?page_id=898" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wayleavepress.co.uk/?page_id=898"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wayleavepress.co.uk/?page_</span><span class="invisible">id=898</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/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/classicalmusic/" rel="tag">#classicalmusic</a> <a href="/tags/bach/" rel="tag">#Bach</a></p>

<p>Investigating Irish &amp; Scottish Women Writers of Children’s Literature<br>12 December, Edinburgh University – free</p><p>A one-day symposium exploring regional &amp; national identities in children’s literature c.1750–1940 – an era of major cultural &amp; political upheaval in Ireland &amp; Scotland</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigating-irish-scottish-women-writers-of-childrens-literature-tickets-1838781518019" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigating-irish-scottish-women-writers-of-childrens-literature-tickets-1838781518019"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investi</span><span class="invisible">gating-irish-scottish-women-writers-of-childrens-literature-tickets-1838781518019</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/irish/" rel="tag">#Irish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/childrensliterature/" rel="tag">#childrensliterature</a> <a href="/tags/kidlit/" rel="tag">#kidlit</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/identity/" rel="tag">#identity</a></p>

<p>Mirror, mirror on the wall<br>show me in succession all<br>my faces, that I may view<br>and choose which I would like as true…</p><p>—“Through the Looking Glass”, by Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 28 Nov</p><p>published in COLLECTED POEMS (Shearsman Books, 2008)</p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/143680/through-the-looking-glass" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/143680/through-the-looking-glass"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.poetryfoundation.org/poems</span><span class="invisible">/143680/through-the-looking-glass</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> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#WomenWriters</a> <a href="/tags/postmodern/" rel="tag">#postmodern</a></p>

<p>“From Scotland to the World”: The Poetry of Hope Mirrlees, Helen Adam, Muriel Spark, &amp; Veronica Forrest-Thomson<br>—Dorothy McMillan, HUMANITIES 8/4, 2019</p><p>Dorothy McMillan discusses four 20th-century women writers “poised… between Scotland and Modernism”</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/4/184" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/4/184</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/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/modernism/" rel="tag">#modernism</a></p>