A rare opportunity to hear Margot Livesey discuss her newest novel, The Road from Belhaven, a rich portrait of twentieth-century Scotland inspired by Nan Shepherd and Willa Muir. A free online event, 25th Sept. Tickets from waywordfestival.com

As a proud Brocher and Peterheider, it’s great to have over 80 AH English students visiting us at University of Aberdeen today from across Aberdeenshire for some dissertation and creative writing inspo! 📚Aberdeen Uni LLMVC Aberdeen Uni Library Timothy Baker

Scots Language Awards in Cumnock! I’ve a couple spare tickets, DM me and I’ll sort ye oot 😉 Performances fae Singer Claire Hastings 🎶 Storyteller Susi Briggs 💁‍♀️ Speaker Billy Kay 🙋‍♂️ Guitarist Seán Gray & mair

Yes I will use Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club to explain story structure for as long as it’s still stuck in my head (forever)

We hae twa o the best sangsters in the sooth west at the Scots Language Awards this Saturday Claire Hastings & Rose Byers will be performin 🎶 Mon doon an jine us, Cumnock Toun Ha 7pm eastayrshireleisure.com/events/scots-l…

Whit dae fowk in the Sooth-West o Scoland mak o their ain Scots language? Aheid o the Scots Language Awards on Saturday, I got a blether wi Susi Briggs aboot jist that (includes owerheard conversation in Dumfries 😅)

A fantastic *fully-funded* PhD opportunity University of Aberdeen, working with our own Dr Isabelle Gapp & Prof John Underhill School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen! Applications close 14 Oct 2024: findaphd.com/phds/project/a… #ArtHistory #Glaciology #Geosciences #ClimateChange

Really hoping my students are as excited about my new 4th year course as I am 🥹 The Art of Scottish Literature exploring cross-art crossovers and collaboration (also includes a fashion week featuring yours truly on Bill Gibb and Valerie Wallace’s House of McQueen 💃🏻)

Acclaimed Scottish writers Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh discuss their latest novels, common themes, differing genres, and creative collaborations. Get your free tickets at waywordfestival.com 5pm, 29/9 | King's Pavilion

WayWORD Festival 2024 is now open for bookings, taking place on 21st and 24th to 29th September. A livestream programme will run alongside the in-person events. Find out more - abdn.io/VJ

Gye luikin forrit ti the Awards in Cumnock Toon Ha, Setterday, efter drappin aff ma wee quine ti Glesga Uni ti stert her degree. 🥲 See yez there gien yer gyaan 👍

The morra nicht in Cumnock it’ll be a pleisure tae see ane o ma favorite Doonhamers an sangsters Claire Hastings, an ane o oor finest fiddlers Eryn Rae. Guid crack guaranteed wi presenters Taylor Dyson fae Elfie Picket Theatre an Shane Strachan fae the Broch. Jyne us Hands Up For Trad

BUY MY BLOODY BOOK. Shifting between English and North-East Scots, BLOODSONGS, is an ode to matters of the blood: queer carnality; black rage; the crude power of myth and how history is felt in the body🩸 tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/bloods…

WayWORD 2024 is only days away, have you booked your tickets yet? Every ticket for every event is free and open to everyone. Book now at waywordfestival.com to meet your favourite poet, discover a new page-turner, listen to new music or try something new.

🏆 Next up, we have the award for Scots Bairns’ Book o the Year sponsored by Scottish Government and it has been awarded to Riverbank Primary’s Summer e Magic Scurry! 👏

And now a recital from National Library of Scotland’s Scots Scriever Susi Briggs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We won! Canna believe it. Fit rare

Hurrah! Congrats Team Sunset Song ❤️

As a tutor on this course, an efter pilotin the course wi 8 colleagues at Banff Academy I wis fair tricket for sylviaw and Bruce Eunson that we won the award fer Scots Education Projeck o e Year.