Universities Committee for Scottish Literature

Universities Committee for Scottish Literature

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UCSL brings together Scotland’s universities in support of the study of Scottish writing old and new. We award the Ross Roy Prize and the Scottish Literary Studies Prize. https://ucsl-scotland.com/

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Scott Lyall
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Join Scotland's leading historians, writers and performers on 21 November, at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, for the Centenary Conference of Hugh MacDiarmid's A DRUNK MAN LOOKS AT THE THISTLE. Opened by Sir Tom Devine, presented by Sally Magnusson. Tickets here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/a-dr...

glasgowlife.org.ukA Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle: Hugh MacDiarmid and a Hundred Years of the Scottish Renaissance - Glasgow LifeThe Centenary Conference 1926 - 2026

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2026 marks the centenary of Hugh MacDiarmid’s “A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle”. For #GiesAScotsPoemDay @brambrella.bsky.social invited some of the standard-bearers of present-day Scots poetry to compose new work responding to MacDiarmid & his legacy www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/gies-a-scots...

scottishpoetrylibrary.org.ukGies a Scots Poem Day 2026This year’s Gies a Scots Poem Day is something special. 2026 marks the centenary of Hugh MacDiarmid’s A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle — a foundational work for contemporary poetry in Scots, and a poe...

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Peter Ross
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Congratulations to everyone involved in the publication of the works of Agnes Owens. The first of the reissues, including Gentlemen Of The West, are out today - with introductions by Scottish writers and terrific use of Joan Eardley paintings. A beautiful set of books.

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Penny Fielding
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Our annual Susan Manning Lecture is an exciting one this year. Cedric Tolliver will be speaking on African-American spy novels. Book here: llc.ed.ac.uk/english-lite... @uoe-llc.bsky.social

llc.ed.ac.ukThe Susan Manning Memorial Lecture | English and Scottish Literature | Literatures Languages and CultureJoin us in person for the Susan Manning Memorial Lecture 2026 by Professor Cedric Tolliver (University of Oklahoma), followed by a Q&A and reception.

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A curious coincidence? A certain sympathy for the Satanic? Or a testament to the enduring influence of James Hogg’s CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER? Of the 8 devilish novels chosen by Luke Dumas, 3 – including Hogg’s masterpiece – are by Scottish authors… #BookWormSat 💙📚 lithub.com/the-darkness...

lithub.comThe Darkness Within: 8 Novels About the DevilLucifer. Beelzebub. The Prince of Darkness. The guy’s got a lot of names—and even more credits. In Christianity, he’s the master of sin and evil. In horror movies, the monstrous voice that speaks t…

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