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Gairm airson tagraidhean 📣 A' sireadh dàin Gàidhlig, Albais agus Beurla mar phàirt de phròiseact "Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson" a thèid fhoillseachadh le Taproot Press. *Ceann-latha: 31 Faoileach 2025* robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submiss…

What a joy this was! Thanks so much to Billy Kay and friends for a wonderful evening of poetry and song in celebration of #RobertFergusson.

🪶Reminder 🪶 We would love your contributions for our new poetry collection 'Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson'. Information in the post below!! #submissionsopen

'Oysters and Aqua Vitae: Food and Drink in Robert Fergusson’s Poems', by our project RA Amy Wilcockson is now available in the latest issue of 'The Bottle Imp'. Featuring satire, gluttony, and a 'Tavern Rat' cocktail recipe (concocted with Petra Johana Poncarová!) thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/11/oyster…

#Edinburgh #Convivial Look forward to sampling the new Fergusson cocktail. The Society is sure no rats were harmed in its making.

Reminder: With our friends at Taproot Press, we welcome submissions for a new poetry collection entitled 'Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson'. Deadline 31 January 2025. Please share with those you think may be interested in contributing! Info ⤵️ robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submiss…

#FergussonFact Tenducci was a close friend of Fergusson's, and performed the role of Arbaces in Edinburgh in the opera Artaxerxes! Fergusson had written the words for three Scots airs in this production - his first published works!

One of our favourite moments of 2024 too - thank you Billy and all for organising and performing!!

What a year! The 250th anniversary of Fergusson's death in 2024 was a unique opportunity to promote his life & legacies - we certainly celebrated him in style! Check out our update on autumn 2024's events series⤵️ robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/fergusson-at-2… Here's to an equally fruitful 2025!

To give you all a little extra time, the deadline for submissions to our poetry collection 'Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson' has been extended to Friday 28th February 2025! More information below ⤵️ robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submiss…

⭐️DEADLINE EXTENSION⭐️ We've extended the deadline for submissions to our upcoming 'Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson' project. Follow the link below to find out more about how to submit 👇

REMINDER: 📷DEADLINE EXTENSION📷 We've extended the deadline for submissions to our upcoming 'Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson' poetry collection for another MONTH to Friday 28th February! robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submiss…

A great day out National Library of Scotland and Scottish Poetry Library with fellow Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow PGRs and Gerard Carruthers ! Some diverse, funny and informative conversations whilst walking, eating and ‘train’ing’ Oh and we stopped by Robert to say hello Robert Fergusson (1750-74) !

🎆 Just over a week to submit your poems to our poetry collection 'Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson'! We've had some AMAZING submissions so far - we'd love to receive yours too! 🎆

🌟SUBMISSIONS CLOSE TODAY!🌟 There's still time to get your poetry submission to us for our collection of poetical responses to Robert Fergusson! Info at the link below ⤵️

Prof Rhona Brown will be giving a talk 'Commemorating and Editing Robert Fergusson at the 250th Anniversary of his Birth' on Tues 18 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 at the University of Aberdeen. The event is hybrid, for more details, see the link below: abdn.ac.uk/riiss/news-eve…

Reminder - Prof Rhona Brown will be giving at talk in Aberdeen today about all things #ProjectFergusson!

Talk: ‘Editing Robert Fergusson at the 250th Anniversary of his Death’, Textual Editing Lab Thursday 22nd May 2025, 2-4pm On Uni of Glasgow campus In this session, we discuss the complexities of editing Fergusson. Tickets and more details ⤵️ robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/event/talk-edi…

Robert Fergusson looking canty and braw in the Edinburgh sunshine this evening 💐 Robert Fergusson (1750-74)

#Edinburgh #Convivial As well as feeding the imagination from this fantastic painting, consider the poem, Leith Races, by the Cape Club's own Sir Precentor (Robert Fergusson). "... That sic braw buskit laughing lass..."