My painting Iris is currently on show in The Feasting Room ⁦@InglebyGallery⁩ & is seen here on the cover of the wonderful ⁦Rebecca Goss⁩ latest collection ⁦Carcanet Press⁩

Twenty seven years ago a "most promising" 29 year old probation officer won one of the very first Forward Prizes for Poetry for his collection 'Kid'. The poet was Simon Armitage, and today he becomes Poet Laureate. So here's looking at you, Kid. With love and admiration from FAF

So that’s how we raised dauntless daughters!

📖BBC Scotland has commissioned a new arts series to celebrate literature #TheBigScottishBookClub will be hosted by award winning author Damian Barr You can find out more on BBC Media Centre here 👇 bbc.in/2HVQ6MU

We really enjoyed your visit - these stories need to much better known!

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Great Muriel Spark Society AGM with a talk from @Shane_Strachan on his book "Nevertheless," a series of short fictions funded through Muriel Spark 100. The picture behind him and Gail Wylie is of the Lady Rodwell Nursing Home in Bulawayo where Muriel Spark gave birth. Sparkivist

BOOKMARK Blog – Official blog for the BOOKMARK book festival! bookmarkfestival.blog

A "master of Scottish historical fiction" @SarahMaineBooks' novel Women of the Dunes is a family mystery that lies buried in the wilds of #Scotland where the fates of 3 women become more tightly bound..We're gripped already! More at #Bookmark19 this Fri. bookmarkblair.com

The annual Muriel Spark lecture National Library of Scotland was given by Janice Galloway, who met Dame Muriel several times and said it was like drinking at "an erudite fountain." She was introduced by Muriel Spark Society chairman Eric Dickson. Muriel Spark Society Sparkivist

3 January events in Edinburgh celebrating Spark:book group on the 20th on her poetry; Birthday Lunch on 26th and a concert 6 of her poems put to music and performed by Nash Ensemble at Queen’s Hall on 27th. Go to themurielsparksociety.blogspot.com for details.

White Flame: Scottish premiere of David Matthews' work celebrating Muriel Spark's centenary with Victoria Simmonds & Nash Ensemble at The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, presented by New Town Concerts society. My preview: planethugill.com/2020/01/white-… Muriel Spark Society

A positive initiative, the fires may not be in the headlines as much but their ongoing impact on people should not be forgotten #bushfires #bushfirecrisis

Remembering Dame Muriel on her birthday. Muriel Spark Society Sparkivist

Are you the next McIlvanney Prize winner? Or our next Bloody Scotland Debut of the Year winner? Only one way to find out - we're accepting submissions NOW until Friday 10th April. Full elegibility info and rules: bloodyscotland.com/mcilvanney-pri…

Muriel Spark Society @SallyGibbNS Richard Osman Polygon Books And they're beautiful editions. I'm working my way through them.

What a wonderful final Centre Stage from John Glenday! His poetry melded family stories with Greek myth, wildflowers, and the (sometimes dour) Scottish landscape. #StAnza20