Without CS funding, I couldn’t have written my 2nd novel. Why does it matter? Because all voices do, not just ones that can afford the time or money to create. My heart breaks for my own writing, but my soul is crushed to think of raising my kids where only affluent voices matter

If any of this pre-1999 backstory interests you, there's more here hinesjumpedup.com/literary-polit…

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s cultural landscape is at risk of collapse, due to continued inaction and backtracking from the Scottish Government. Please join me in signing the Campaign for the Arts petition to urge ministers to deliver on their arts funding pledges now. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/scot…

Great news: STV have just let me know that they've found & duplicated the unedited interview I did with Alasdair Gray back in 1994, plus the footage we shot of the theatre adaptation of Lanark. I'll be donating it to the The Alasdair Gray Archive. STV once made so much great arts TV.

Pls share! Final chapter in our virtual tour of AGA looks at the ledger, the ❤️ of our collection! Hear SGSAH funded CDA student Lauren Forde discuss her research & Chitra Ramaswamy’s creative response to it via her Creative Commission with us & Creative Writing at Strathclyde in 2023, link in bio ☝️

We are shocked & deeply concerned about Creative Scotland closure of its Open Fund for Individuals due to Scottish Government’s inability to confirm the £6.6m budget for the current financial year. We stand in solidarity with all creatives impacted. Link in bio to Campaign for the Arts petition.

On Wednesday we launched an emergency petition, urging the Scottish Government to keep their promises and deliver crucial support for the arts and culture. Over 10,000 people have signed already! 🙌 Have you? #DefendArtsAccess 👇 campaignforthearts.org/petitions/scot…

Very proud of our placement student Holly Rennie Brown whose degree show at MFA Curating from DJCAD, UoD is now open! With a focus on queer archives & oral histories they have created an interactive installation that questions who gets to have an archive & how others can shape them

PLEASE SHARE 🙏 Free weekly tours of our collection with our Custodian Sorcha Dallas Gray To secure a space please email [email protected] with your preferred date. September 6th, 13th, 20th and 28th all at 11am #alasdairgray #thealasdairgrayarchive

Link in bio to ‘A Day Well Spent’ by Curatorial Practice student Lori Baird, whose degree show is on until 08.09.24! The necklaces are made from recycled materials, reflecting #AlasdairGray's own approach to making, paying homage to his recreational pastimes & items in our collection

Great to welcome our web developer Neil Scott to the archive today to discuss website updates, he was resplendent in his AGA t-shirt 👍👌😉

*Appreciation Post* We’ve been working hard to create an organisation that’s reflective of Alasdair and is non hierarchical… a big part of this is having a facilitative board. Huge thanks to them all 🙏 Monica Callaghan Judit Bodor Laura Frood, Dougie Smith & Andy Bell

Thanks to everyone who attended our free Saturday tour yesterday, it was wonderful to meet you all! Excellent to see our new library shelves kindly donated by Christine Borland & Prof Ross Sinclair in full use, September tour dates available to book now!

Great to meet you & your family Les! Pls drop us an email to hatch further plans 👍

Had an amazing experience yesterday. Thank you to the archive for making Alasdair’s work and workings so accessible. Vital at a time where the cultural landscape feels bleak. Go be inspired!!

Delighted to share that we have updated our Organisational Strategy, now on our website and available via the link in our bio☝️ This update has been co-created by Our Custodian, Sorcha Dallas Gray and Our Board. Designed by @nearlymcguire

PLEASE SHARE 🙏 UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES With the uncertainty right now in funding for culture we have been working hard to secure support for early stage researchers, curators & visual artists to help develop this vital ecosystem and will be sharing soon our first round👇🏽

We’re so excited to be collaborating with The Alasdair Gray Archive to offer two great opportunities for a researcher and a creative to work on a project about Alasdair and Eddie Researcher call-out to be announced on Monday – watch this space!

Our Custodian Sorcha Dallas Gray is looking forward to delivering a talk with Outwith Festival on #AlasdairGray’s murals at Abbot House tonight. She will be discussing a selection of his existing and lost murals including the one at Abbot House made in 1994.