Is anyone else detecting a Christmas office party flavour in today’s #FridayBookCover with this Russian edition of Spark’s Loitering With Intent? #MurielSpark100 National Library of Scotland Creative Scotland #illustration #design #SparksBookCovers

From a Victorian journal of a Scottish tour (Acc.12615) #ArchiveAdventDoor #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

Illustrated travel diary of a journey through the Trossachs, Perthshire & Angus, 1817 (Acc.9166) #ArchiveAdventDoor #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

Your #FridayBookCover is the 1970 Penguin Books UK edition of Spark’s 1968 novel The Public Image. Annabel Christopher must have a muckle surrealist Christmas tree if this is her star for the top… #MurielSpark100 National Library of Scotland Creative Scotland #illustration #design #SparksBookCovers

C18th bill from the records of one of Edinburgh's incorporated trades (MS.255). Can you spot the Christmas theme? #ArchiveAdventDoor #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

Christmas card from papers re the 7th Workshop Company of the Polish Army in Great Britain (Acc.6174) #ArchiveAdventDoor #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

On our review of the year in books pod Ali & Vikki Reilly discuss the work of @HelenMcClory Stuart Cosgrove Peacock Johnson @Jenni_Fagan Vic Galloway Chris McQueer Douglas Skelton Darren McGarvey @TaylorHelen_M M.J. Nicholls @StephenWattSpit & many more... scotswhayhae.com/2018/12/17/tha…

Illustration for Alasdair Gray's 1983 'Unlikely Stories, Mostly' (Acc.10191) #ArchiveAdventDoor #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

How Muriel Spark came home to Scotland. Muriel Spark 100 Muriel Spark Society Sparkivist newyorker.com/books/page-tur…

Our last #FridayBookCover is this classic from Fawcett Crest of The Mandelbaum Gate. Thank you for a brilliant Spark100 centenary year, and Merry Christmas from all at Spark100. #MurielSpark100 National Library of Scotland Creative Scotland #illustration #design #SparksBookCovers

The latest post is a tribute to the poet Tom Leonard who sadly passed away today... scotswhayhae.com/2018/12/21/tom…

Been saving this package for Christmas Day - thank you, Polygon Books for #AYearOfSpark. Muriel Spark Society Muriel Spark 100 Sparkivist

Book review: The Year of Spark by Alan Taylor heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/1731…

Advice from the divine Dame Muriel. Muriel Spark 100 Muriel Spark Society Sparkivist lithub.com/a-few-words-of…

The National Library of Scotland collects, preserves and makes available archives and manuscript collections relating to the lives, activities and interests of Scots at home and abroad #Archive30 #YourArchive National Library of Scotland ARA Scotland

Plan of the Scottish National War Memorial which is on display in our 'A Better World?' exhibition which runs until 27 April reveal.nls.uk/a-better-world/ #Archive30 #Memory ARA Scotland Edinburgh Castle

Whilst travelling in Kathmandu in the 1990s the artist Rob Fairley recorded the colours for sale in the colorman’s shop in his sketchbook. It is now part of the Attic Archive (Acc.13227) #Archive30 #colours

You will find lots of #Handwriting in our new display 'Such seductive poetry: Lord Byron's Don Juan' Here's Byron's distinctive hand. nls.uk/exhibitions/tr… #Archive30 #SeeDonJuan The Byron Society Romantics200 ARA Scotland

This letter writer imagines author, antiquary and editor of the Gentleman’s Magazine, John Nichols, in his #garden. The sketch is by John Adey Repton, son of Humphry the great landscape designer (MS.2909) #NationalGardeningWeek

Today is a day to give thanks to @brianchamill & all thi wurd for putting their money where few others were willing & continuing to champion arguably Scotland's greatest living writer. To keep up to date follow JamesKelmanDotNet & visit his official website jameskelman.net