The Scots Scriever

Wi passin on the baton seen, this is ma last post as the Aiberdeenshire Scriever - cheers aabdy! 💙 Ye can keep up tae date wi ma at @Shane_Strachan and can read ma Scriever wirk in latest @Gutter_Magazine, the neist @EemisStane and in DWAMS (March 2024) tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/dwams-…

£500 for yer Scots Language project? Get yer application in noo: projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguagea… The Wee Grants for Creativity in the Scots Leid has up tae £500 tae gie tae yer project! Aw Scots dialects an aw creative practices welcome.

Tonight Polari is at ⁦@ByLeavesWeLive⁩ with ⁦@FJMozley⁩ Chitra Ramaswamy, Shane Strachan and @PaulBurston! Still a few tickets left! eventbrite.co.uk/e/polari-prize…

WED 22 NOV A dazzling @PolariSalon evening of literary shooting stars at SPL with 2018 @PolariPrize winner @FJMozley + award winning author Chitra Ramaswamy + Scots language poetry maestro @Shane_Strachan + author/incomparable host @PaulBurston 🌈🔥☄️💥 eventbrite.co.uk/e/polari-prize…

The Press & Journal launches its new Doric column today and I’ve featured the talented group of writers, musicians, poets and polymaths who are following in the footsteps of the late Robbie Shepherd. They’re all fair trickit to be involved! pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/6…

Wi passin on the baton seen, this is ma last post as the Aiberdeenshire Scriever - cheers aabdy! 💙 Ye can keep up tae date wi ma at @Shane_Strachan and can read ma Scriever wirk in latest @Gutter_Magazine, the neist @EemisStane and in DWAMS (March 2024) tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/dwams-…

Makar @KathleenJamie invites lines of poetry from the people of Scotland to address concerns about conflict to the leaders of the world. "Through this process of artistic creation, rather than destruction, people will feel that hope is possible." Info 👇 scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/an-address-fro…

We've acquired the #archives of Alasdair Gray, James Kelman and George Mackay Brown — but we need your help to to catalogue and curate these important documents. Learn more and support us at nls.uk/writers-archiv…

Ma poyem ‘Ma Da Disna’ for @tiecampaign’s new #Scots poyetry resource for primary skweels 🙌🏻🌈 #Doric tie.scot/primary/primar…

An honour and a privilege to work on these new Scots LGBT-inclusive resources from @tiecampaign, with poets and pals like @Shane_Strachan, @ashdouglasscot and Mae Diansangu. Even great privilege to write about two icons of the Scottish game - @rachelcorsie14 and @zandermurray!

We are now a Boat Yard for @PaperBoatsWrite #Paperboats campaign. Paperboat Writers is a collective of writers, focused on the environment. They are aiming to deliver 1,000 paper boats with 1,000 messages of hope to the Scottish Parliament on 23 Nov to coincide with COP28.

The day, @tiecampaign have launched spleet new LGBT-inclusive resources for primary schools in #Scots, includin poyems by Mae Diansangu, @ashdouglasscot, @ClashCityClarky and masel! Affa prood tae be pairt o this resource 🌈 Link: tie.scot/primary/primar…

Scots Hoose Horror Writing 2023. Competition closes midnicht Tuesday 31 Oct (the morn's nicht, Halloween). Last caw for scunnersome scary stories in Scots. Competition details here: scotsinschools.co.uk/creativity @EnglishScotland @scotlit #Scotstober

Ye can also jyne the Scottish online launch event tae find oot mair on Tues 14 November via: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-language…

Grand tae see #Scots includit on the spleet new @LangsGateway site for learners, teachers and researchers o aa languages in the UK. If ye think there’s ony resources missin, ye can contact them via the link on the page ablow! thelanguagesgateway.uk/explore/langua…

Time's getting short to apply for one of the Doric Board's New Year Grants. The Board offers grants of up to £1k to NE residents for projects promoting "the language, music, ballads, song, story, history and lore of the North East. Apply here: doricboard.com/news/grant-sch…