Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>“By the time [Willa Muir] met Edwin at a mutual friend’s house in Glasgow, she was a lecturer in English, psychology and education and vice-principal of Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College in London…”</p><p>Robert Crawford Robert Crawford reviews Margery Palmer McCulloch’s Edwin & Willa Muir: A Literary Marriage, & Willa Muir’s The Usurpers, in the London Review of Books</p><p>5/5</p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n18/robert-crawford/peerie-breeks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n18/ro</span><span class="invisible">bert-crawford/peerie-breeks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a></p>
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Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>“The sociological insights of ‘Mrs Muttoe and the Top Storey’ are sharpened by their relevance to Britain’s pandemic response… Muir’s novel matches what current social scientists describe as ‘role overload’ in the ‘role strain theory’.”</p><p>—Re-Evaluating Willa Muir’s ‘Mrs Muttoe & the Top Storey’ in Light of COVID-19 Labour Disparities<br>Emily Pickard, SCOTTISH LITERRY REVIEW 14/1 (2022)</p><p>4/5</p><p><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/article/857661" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/article/8</span><span class="invisible">57661</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>“Most of the translation, especially Kafka, has been done by ME. Edwin only helped. And every time Edwin was referred to as THE translator, I was too proud to say anything; […] I am left without a shred of literary reputation”<br>—Willa Muir</p><p>Listen to the Dead Ladies Show podcast on Willa Muir</p><p>3/5</p><p><a href="https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/06/17/podcast-34-willa-muir/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadladiesshow.com/2020/06/17/</span><span class="invisible">podcast-34-willa-muir/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kafka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kafka</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>“Willa Muir […] is one of these ‘dangerous women’ whose courage, intelligence and imagination helped redefine women’s place in a changing society”<br>—Margery Palmer McCulloch on Willa Muir, for the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities’ “Dangerous Women” project </p><p>2/5</p><p><a href="https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/10/30/willa-muir/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dangerouswomenproject.org/2016</span><span class="invisible">/10/30/willa-muir/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“Had a fit of the scunners: heart withered up.”<br>—Willa Muir (1890–1970) was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 13 March. Her translations of Kafka solidified his reputation in English, & then internationally </p><p>In this article, Prof Michelle Woods looks at Willa Muir—a Shetland translator in Prague </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/willa-muir-a-shetland-translator-in-prague/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/wi</span><span class="invisible">lla-muir-a-shetland-translator-in-prague/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kafka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kafka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Shetland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shetland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prague</span></a></p>
The Global Voice<p>🕛Z <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> At the top of the hour it's the repeat of The Global Classical Hour Presented by Shawn Klein. An hour of western <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classical</span></a> music from around the globe, not limited to the west. <a href="https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobalvoice.info:8443/broad</span><span class="invisible">band</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TGVRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TGVRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classicalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classicalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/baroque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baroque</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/romantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romantic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> 👨🎤👩🎤🎻🎼🎹🎧🏛🙏📖😌🕊️🛐🎭🤺🌍🌎🌏🔁</p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Edwin Only Helped</p><p>Women Writers of the Scottish Literary Renaissance: handmaids, midwives, mothers, mistresses, cooks, nannies, & skivvies to that literary revolution. Oh, & contributors, too. Let’s not forget about their own writing! Again…</p><p>🖼️ Jacky Fleming</p><p><a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/edwin-only-helped/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/ed</span><span class="invisible">win-only-helped/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternationalWomensDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalWomensDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a></p>
Tania Lévy<p>Touriste à Paris</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/20esiecle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20esiecle</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/immeuble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immeuble</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>CFP: Alexander Trocchi at 100: a Symposium<br>12–13 June, Glasgow</p><p>To mark the centenary of ‘the Scottish Beat’, Alexander Trocchi’s birth, Scottish Literature & the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies at the University of Glasgow will be staging a two-day symposium on 12–13 June, 2025.</p><p>The organisers welcome proposals for talks of 15-20 minutes on any aspect of Trocchi’s life & works.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://baas.ac.uk/news-and-events/2025/03/alexander-trocchi-at-100-a-symposium/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">baas.ac.uk/news-and-events/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/alexander-trocchi-at-100-a-symposium/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AlexanderTrocchi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderTrocchi</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>When the Bough Breaks (1924) & Travel Light (1952) as SFF Texts</p><p>“Mitchison is a key figure for thinking about how a huge swathe of predominantly (but not exclusively) women’s writing of the interwar decades would be thought of as SFF from today’s perspective”</p><p>Nick Hubble looks at two novellas by Naomi Mitchison: When the Bough Breaks (1924) & Travel Light (1952)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/road-from-glasgow-2024-to-pictcon-1-naomi-mitchison-when-the-bough-breaks1924-and-travel-light-1952-as-sff-texts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospectiveculture.wordpress.c</span><span class="invisible">om/2025/03/02/road-from-glasgow-2024-to-pictcon-1-naomi-mitchison-when-the-bough-breaks1924-and-travel-light-1952-as-sff-texts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Your thorned back <br>heavily under the creel <br>you steadily stamped the rising daffodil. </p><p>Your set mouth <br>forgives no one, not even God’s justice <br>perpetually drowning law with grace…</p><p>—Iain Crichton Smith, “Old Woman”<br>published in DEER ON THE HIGH HILLS (Carcanet, 2021)</p><p><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781800170940" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer</span><span class="invisible">?product=9781800170940</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>Celebrating the Centenary of A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS</p><p>From 2020: a conversation between Lindsay specialist Douglas A. Anderson, Prof Robert A. Davisl, & author Nina Allan, discussing the novel & its influence on fantasy writers – hosted by the Unversity of Glasgow’s Centre for Fantasy & the Fantastic</p><p>4/4</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6HpKWSLuBM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=A6HpKWSLuB</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>“this is a book that counts Clive Barker, Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, & Jeff Vandermeer among its admirers … Once you read ARCTURUS, you’re always finding chunks of it here & there, like burning fragments of an exploded spaceship smoldering in a field”</p><p>—Dan Schwartz on David Lindsay’s cult status</p><p>3/4</p><p><a href="https://wearethemutants.com/2018/05/09/one-long-discomfort-the-legacy-and-future-of-david-lindsays-a-voyage-to-arcturus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wearethemutants.com/2018/05/09</span><span class="invisible">/one-long-discomfort-the-legacy-and-future-of-david-lindsays-a-voyage-to-arcturus/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cultfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultfiction</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>“The current strength of Scottish weird fiction has its roots in Lindsay’s surreal & stricken work … Lindsay ought to be considered alongside writers like Arthur Machen, William Hope Hodgson & HP Lovecraft as one of the great proponents of cosmic horror.”</p><p>2/4</p><p><a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2010/11/many-worlds-david-lindsay-and-alternative-realities/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebottleimp.org.uk/2010/11/ma</span><span class="invisible">ny-worlds-david-lindsay-and-alternative-realities/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CosmicHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CosmicHorror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lovecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lovecraft</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“I can’t begin to convey to you the power of Lindsay’s vision; I found it overwhelming when I first read the book, thirty years ago, & I’ve seldom seen its equal outside Blake.”<br>—Philip Pullman</p><p>David Lindsay (1876–1945) was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 3 March – author of A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS & other weird works</p><p>A 🎂 🧵</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
The Global Voice<p>🕛Z <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> At the top of the hour it's the repeat of The Global Classical Hour Presented by Shawn Klein. An hour of western <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classical</span></a> music from around the globe, not limited to the west. <a href="https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobalvoice.info:8443/broad</span><span class="invisible">band</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TGVRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TGVRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classicalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classicalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/baroque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baroque</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/romantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romantic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> 👨🎤👩🎤🎻🎼🎹🎧🏛🙏📖😌🕊️🛐🎭🤺🌍🌎🌏🔁</p>
gavcloud<p>Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)</p><p>Sonatina [No. 3] <br>Ad usum infantis Madeline M.* Americanæ</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/SNG1VlwSojQ?si=P3pw82fH-RtEIrKV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/SNG1VlwSojQ?si=P3pw82</span><span class="invisible">fH-RtEIrKV</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/busoni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>busoni</span></a> <a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/sonatina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonatina</span></a> <a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/classicalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classicalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piano</span></a> <a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>INSPIRATION<br>a film about Hamish Henderson<br>3 April, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh – £5</p><p>“Inspiration” explores the complex life of Hamish Henderson, from war hero to folk song, through the eyes of artist Charles Nasmyth</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-of-inspiration-a-film-about-hamish-henderson-tickets-1261391669439" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-o</span><span class="invisible">f-inspiration-a-film-about-hamish-henderson-tickets-1261391669439</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HamishHenderson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamishHenderson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folksong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folksong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>The Worm Queen Turns: Helen Adam from Dundee Manse to California Coven<br>27 Feb, St Andrews University – free</p><p>The poet, balladeer, & collagist Helen Adam (1909–1993) charted an uncommon course through the 20th century. Dr Corey Gibson examines Adam’s bipartite career as a challenge to established literary historiography, of the Scottish Kailyard & the Bay Area Beats, & transatlantic literary exchange</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/english-research-seminar-talk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events</span><span class="invisible">/english-research-seminar-talk/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenwriters</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>The Buchan 150 Lecture<br>11 March, University of Glasgow & online – free</p><p>Prof Murray Pittock will show how John Buchan (1875–1940), in both his political & fictional writing, analysed the issues of global security & national self-determination in ways more than ever relevant today.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-buchan-150-lecture-professor-murray-pittock-university-of-glasgow-tickets-1013702941787" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-buchan-</span><span class="invisible">150-lecture-professor-murray-pittock-university-of-glasgow-tickets-1013702941787</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JohnBuchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBuchan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a></p>
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