Scott Lyall

scottlyall.bsky.social

20 October 2026 09:11

Kindly sponsored by the Saltire Society, @natlibscot.bsky.social, the Centre for Arts, Media & Culture @edinburghnapier.bsky.social, and the Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies @glasgow.ac.uk All welcome! Please repost @asls.org.uk | @iassl.bsky.social | @modernistudies.bsky.social

Scott Lyall

scottlyall.bsky.social

20 October 2026 09:10

Join Scotland's leading historians, writers and performers on 21 November, at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, for the Centenary Conference of Hugh MacDiarmid's A DRUNK MAN LOOKS AT THE THISTLE. Opened by Sir Tom Devine, presented by Sally Magnusson. Tickets here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/a-dr...

Association for Scottish Literature

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15 October 2026 19:35

Allan Ramsay (1684–1758) – poet, playwright, founder of modern #Scots writing, & with a fair claim to be the father of #Romanticism – was born #OTD, 15 Oct. A 🎂 🧵 … #C18 🖼️ Allan Ramsay, 1684–1758, by William Aikman – Scottish National Portrait Gallery www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-arti...

Derek Alan Meins

derekalanmeins.bsky.social

15 October 2026 19:35

Roll up, roll up!

Emily Hay

emilyhay.bsky.social

15 October 2026 19:35

Myself and Craig Lamont have written about the recent spate of media controversy surrounding memoirs for @theconversation.com: doi.org/10.64628/AB.... Give it a read for our thoughts on memory and fiction which are informing the 'Memory and care experience in Scottish life-writing' project!