Sillars: Independence can be saved but only by ditching SNP influence on Yes movement heraldscotland.com/news/24236777.…

What to you get if you take the Atlantic out of NATO? NO! - ‘Yes to Peace, but NO to NATO’ hashtag#peace.
Thanks to Liam Murphy.

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'Poetry is the Last Stand of the Soul': Out of Gaza, New Palestinian Poetry
Jim Aitken reviews brilliant new antholgy of Palestinian poetry from Smokestack Books.

Our next Dove Tales event's at 4pm on zoom two weeks tomorrow, Wednesday 3rd April. Margaret Elphinstone will be talking to me about her latest novel, Lost People, set in a post war world of trauma and need. Come along and speak to the author live. margaretelphinstone.co.uk

Time for some story telling. Did you work in the mill? Did your mum and dad meet behind the looms? Do you remember watching mill workers walking down the street? Come along to Untangled Yarns, the wool shop in Galashiels in March for a couple of storytelling sessions.

Margaret Elphinstone's new novel, about the aftermath of war, is out now on the Iona Books imprint, Wild Goose Publication. A beautiful and haunting story. Read my review on Dove Tales blog:
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🔥His Bloody Grilling🔥
I get the third degree from James Naughtie and a very erudite BBC Radio 4 Book Club audience today at 4pm (& online thereafter)
#HisBloodyProject #BookClub
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A number of poets working in Scotland have been responding to events in Gaza & have given us permission to share their work on our blog tinyurl.com/yc2je9us

We’ll continue to share this work here over coming days. #Gaza #poetry

Here’s Eyeless by Ruth Aylett [1/2]

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I was born in the NHS. Raised in a council house. Immunised, made well & fixed by the NHS. I had a good ILEA education with free milk, school dinners & subsidised trips. My uni education would’ve been free. All I am is thanks to a decent society. Our kids deserve this again.

This government’s plans to slaughter badgers are every bit as bad as they sound. Can you take a moment to sign the petition? secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/st…

Iran fires missiles into Pakistan who reports civilian deaths, including two children.

In 2014 I set-up and ran Pavement Magazine workshops for people with experience of homelessness. We reported on things that mattered to them...and their friends, and family were dying from overdoses...Gave me a window to the power of grassroots media. Learned a lot from others since.

Oh jeez- full banana republic dictator hanging kitsch pics of yourself in everybody's public spaces

🚨 Gaza: “A Genocide in the Making?” South Africa sues Israel at the ICJ over alleged genocide. Over 23,000 Palestinians dead. The world must act NOW! Sign the petition to urge global leaders to support an end to the bloodshed. #Gaza secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/sa…

I just signed the petition calling on Fujitsu to be held to account for their role in the Post Office scandal. Will you sign too? #PostOfficeScandal you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/hold… via 38 Degrees

.@nike stop stealing worker wages share.eko.org/837107376t?ref…

To any writer in need of encouragement, it took 10 years, 2 unpublished novels and leaving an agent before my debut novel was published. This month it’s Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month and Booksellers Association Indie Book of the Month. Keep going. You will get there ♥️
#amwriting

I just signed the petition calling on Paula Vennells, the former CEO of the Post Office to be stripped of her CBE. Will you sign too? #MrBatesVSThePostOffice you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stri… via 38 Degrees

Thrilled to be on the shortlist for the Hammond House International Poetry Prize.
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