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Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>BOSLIT: Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation: creating digital futures &amp; networks<br>20 March, free online</p><p>BOSLIT includes over 32,000 records of texts by Scottish writers from the middle ages to the 2010s translated into over 100 languages.</p><p>Prof Kirsteen McCue &amp; Dr Paul Malgrati will discuss the history of BOSLIT &amp; its new beginnings, opening up discussion about future directions for this amazing database.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://scotlit-iassl.org/2025/03/04/boslit-webinar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scotlit-iassl.org/2025/03/04/b</span><span class="invisible">oslit-webinar/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a></p>
Stooryduster<p>My latest <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> word weekly <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a>. Sometimes I lift a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> out of my pad of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doodles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doodles</span></a> and find a word to fit. My subconscious supplies the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>image</span></a> for any <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doodle</span></a> so don't ask me the meaning or the reason for any of them. They just come in quiet moments. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
CLondoner92 (New Account)<p>The installation of 4G at Corrour station on the West <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Highland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Highland</span></a> Line provides vital connectivity to one of Scotland’s most remote areas. Since launching in July 2024, over 40,000 people have accessed the service, improving digital access for both passengers and the local community. Corrour, only accessible by train, foot, or bike, now benefits from reliable 4G coverage, which supports local tourism and enhances the passenger experience. The service uses <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> connectivity from Clarus, integrated with <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ScotRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScotRail</span></a>’s network, ensuring high-speed internet despite the station's isolation. This project, funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and led by Virgin Media <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/O2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>O2</span></a>, was delivered by ATS Ltd on behalf of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> Futures Trust, highlighting the ongoing effort to enhance digital connectivity in rural <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/4g-installtion-corrour-station-vital-connectivity-remote-west-highland-line" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/</span><span class="invisible">news/4g-installtion-corrour-station-vital-connectivity-remote-west-highland-line</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>“By the time [Willa Muir] met Edwin at a mutual friend’s house in Glasgow, she was a lecturer in English, psychology and education and vice-principal of Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College in London…”</p><p>Robert Crawford Robert Crawford reviews Margery Palmer McCulloch’s Edwin &amp; Willa Muir: A Literary Marriage, &amp; Willa Muir’s The Usurpers, in the London Review of Books</p><p>5/5</p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n18/robert-crawford/peerie-breeks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n18/ro</span><span class="invisible">bert-crawford/peerie-breeks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>“The sociological insights of ‘Mrs Muttoe and the Top Storey’ are sharpened by their relevance to Britain’s pandemic response… Muir’s novel matches what current social scientists describe as ‘role overload’ in the ‘role strain theory’.”</p><p>—Re-Evaluating Willa Muir’s ‘Mrs Muttoe &amp; the Top Storey’ in Light of COVID-19 Labour Disparities<br>Emily Pickard, SCOTTISH LITERRY REVIEW 14/1 (2022)</p><p>4/5</p><p><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/article/857661" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/article/8</span><span class="invisible">57661</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>“Most of the translation, especially Kafka, has been done by ME. Edwin only helped. And every time Edwin was referred to as THE translator, I was too proud to say anything; […] I am left without a shred of literary reputation”<br>—Willa Muir</p><p>Listen to the Dead Ladies Show podcast on Willa Muir</p><p>3/5</p><p><a href="https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/06/17/podcast-34-willa-muir/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadladiesshow.com/2020/06/17/</span><span class="invisible">podcast-34-willa-muir/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kafka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kafka</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>“Willa Muir […] is one of these ‘dangerous women’ whose courage, intelligence and imagination helped redefine women’s place in a changing society”<br>—Margery Palmer McCulloch on Willa Muir, for the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities’ “Dangerous Women” project </p><p>2/5</p><p><a href="https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/10/30/willa-muir/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dangerouswomenproject.org/2016</span><span class="invisible">/10/30/willa-muir/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“Had a fit of the scunners: heart withered up.”<br>—Willa Muir (1890–1970) was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 13 March. Her translations of Kafka solidified his reputation in English, &amp; then internationally </p><p>In this article, Prof Michelle Woods looks at Willa Muir—a Shetland translator in Prague </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/willa-muir-a-shetland-translator-in-prague/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/wi</span><span class="invisible">lla-muir-a-shetland-translator-in-prague/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kafka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kafka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Shetland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shetland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prague</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>McGonagall, ‘Poute’, &amp; the Bad Poets of Victorian Dundee</p><p>“Reading through the newspaper poems of these years makes it evident that […] McGonagall was contributing to a pre-existing poetic culture that hovered between the satirical and the serious, and that caused difficulties for editors faced with deciding which was which.”</p><p>—Was McGonagall really a terrible poet? Or was he a brilliant, Andy Kaufman-esque comedian?</p><p><a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/11/mcgonagall-poute-and-the-bad-poets-of-victorian-dundee/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/11/mc</span><span class="invisible">gonagall-poute-and-the-bad-poets-of-victorian-dundee/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>19thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/badpoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>badpoetry</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>An Evening in Celebration of William Topaz McGonagall<br>20 April, Edinburgh – £1.79–£7.21</p><p>Join the International Ghost Society for an evening in celebration of the poet William Topaz McGonagall (1825–1902) – a man commonly known as the worst poet ever to have lived …</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-in-celebration-of-william-topaz-mcgonagall-tickets-1244903863969" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-</span><span class="invisible">in-celebration-of-william-topaz-mcgonagall-tickets-1244903863969</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>19thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/badpoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>badpoetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/McGonagall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McGonagall</span></a></p>
HerrSchleinig<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Scotland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ScottishHighlands?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottishHighlands</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TravelScotland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TravelScotland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/VisitScotland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VisitScotland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LandscapeLovers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandscapeLovers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ScenicScotland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScenicScotland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Highlands?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Highlands</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/RoadTrip?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoadTrip</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NaturePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturePhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Scottish?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scottish</a>
Astrobach :breadified:<p>Folklore read live! </p><p>Is there a greater gaslighter than a folklore fox?</p><p>Find out LIVE right NOW: <a href="https://youtube.com/live/53qrNf4f9ZE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/live/53qrNf4f9ZE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FairyTaleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairyTaleTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/storyteller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storyteller</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FairyTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairyTale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vancouver</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/indieWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indieWriter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/folk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tales</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stories</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GrimmBrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrimmBrothers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dnd</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dnd5e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dnd5e</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pf2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pf2e</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lotr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lotr</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wolf</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fox</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/butter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butter</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Commemorating and Editing Robert Fergusson at the 250th Anniversary of his Birth<br>18 March, University of Aberdeen &amp; online – free</p><p>A talk by Professor Rhona Brown of the University of Glasgow</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> <br> <br><a href="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss/news-events/events/21986/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abdn.ac.uk/riiss/news-events/e</span><span class="invisible">vents/21986/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotslanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotslanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertFergusson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertFergusson</span></a></p>
Stooryduster<p>Decided to promote RSS on my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> word a week <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> website see alt txt for easier read. Not enough of the public really know what it is. <a href="https://stooryduster.co.uk/why-use-rss/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stooryduster.co.uk/why-use-rss</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Wind in pines<br>wind on water<br>wind in rushes<br>wind on feather…</p><p>—Tessa Ransford, “March Weather”<br>published in THE THING THAT MATTERED MOST: Scottish poems for children (Scottish Poetry Library/B&amp;W, 2006</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/march-weather/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p</span><span class="invisible">oem/march-weather/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/March" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>March</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a></p>
Radio Jammor<p>8pm Monday: Time for the New Music &amp; Scottish Albums Chart show</p><p>Radio Jammor is on the air...<br>Broadcasting from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a><br><a href="https://radiojammor.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">radiojammor.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://discord.gg/U6D4QJEkYa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">discord.gg/U6D4QJEkYa</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishIndependence</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NewMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishMusic</span></a></p>
In Search of a Better World<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> Traffic Problems. <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MeanwhileInScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeanwhileInScotland</span></a> </p><p>Ask me about my day... I had a cow, man.</p>
LordWoolamaloo<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a> peeps, a reminder that on Thursday 20th March, Shoreline of Infinity will be launching SF Caledonia Anthology One at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bookish.community/@TheEdinburghBookshop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheEdinburghBookshop</span></a></span> ; classic &amp; new <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> stories, with readings from several of the authors <a href="https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/shoreline-of-infinitys-event-horizon-sf-caledonia-anthology-one-book-launch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">edinburghbookshop.com/events-1</span><span class="invisible">/shoreline-of-infinitys-event-horizon-sf-caledonia-anthology-one-book-launch</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bruntsfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bruntsfield</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Edimbourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edimbourg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ShorelineOfInfinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShorelineOfInfinity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SFCaledonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFCaledonia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EventHorizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EventHorizon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BookLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookLaunch</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<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>Download a free ebook of THE DYNAMITER by Robert Louis Stevenson &amp; Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_org</span></a></span> </p><p>3/3</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/647" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/647</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>19thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertLouisStevenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertLouisStevenson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RLS</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“Without Fanny, there would be no Robert Louis Stevenson as we know him. He probably would not have written Treasure Island or finished Kidnapped, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde might well have been a different story from the one the world knows today.”</p><p>2/3</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-fanny-and-robert-louis-stevenson-defied-victorian-relationship-conventions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-fanny-and-rober</span><span class="invisible">t-louis-stevenson-defied-victorian-relationship-conventions/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>19thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertLouisStevenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertLouisStevenson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RLS</span></a></p>