I’ve been running a feature called Bookshelves of Scotland on Instagram. Writers of Scotland have shared their bookshelves.
This week my guest was Natalie Jayne Clark, the author of The Malt Whisky Murders.
#writersofscotland #bookshelves #bookshelfie #scottishwriters
Wow, what an opportunity! #ScottishWriters #IsleOfLewis #OuterHebrides
#ScottishWriters ✒️📚
Holding the book "The International Companion to Scottish Children's Literature" in front of a yellow-leafed tree
"The International Companion to Scottish Children's Literature", ed.s Maureen A. Farrell & Robert A. Davis, asks what is distinctly #Scottish in #ChildrensLiterature by #ScottishWriters - from #PeterPan or #TreasureIsland to recent works, incl plays & poetry 🏴
#ScottishLiterature #LiteraryStudies
Thanks to all the poets that were involved in this event, tonight. It was great to welcome Ray and hear such a diversity of work.
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#ScottishPoetry #IrishPoetry #AfricanPoetry #NigerianPoetry #WritersOfColour #PoetsOfColour #IrishDiaspora #ScottishWriters
Writers - Scottish by residence, birth or inclination!
#writers #Scotland
#scottishwriters
#Scottishwritingcommunity
#Glasgow #ScottishWriters 🏴📚✒️ #ScottishArts
Moniak Mhor. Scottish Youth Fund applications invited. £500 individual £2.5 group. Writers aged 8-30. Closing date 18 Nov 25. Writers who've experienced isolation or marginalisation. See website for info.
#scottishwriters #youngwriters #writingopportunities
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Someone should start a #ScottishWriters starterpack, or #starterpacks for people who #write about Scottish folklore/fairytales, because it feels like there's a lot of us on here (and I don't have the skill or following to do it myself). 📚💙
#writingcommunity
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#DumfriesAndGalloway #ScottishWriters #ScottishLiterature 🏴✒️📚
Bold Types: Scottish Women's Creative Writing Competition. Short stories and poems on the theme of friendship. Up to 1k. Comp closing on 15th September 2025. Free entry. See website for more information.
#boldtypes #scottishwriters #writingcompetitions
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There's still time for Scottish writers to apply for a Cove park crime writing residency. Applications close Monday 25th August 2025. See website for more details.
#scottishwriters #writingopportunities
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One of the great Scottish novels, and amazingly it was Douglas Stuart's first book. #ScottishWriters #ScottishLiterature 🏴📚✒️
Our two Golden Retriever explorers, Arthur (on the left) and Walter (on the right) smile as they stand on cobblestones next to a brick building (the Burns House Museum). To the left of Arthur is a sign with a picture of the Scottish writer, Robert Burns, with the text 'Museum Open' below his picture.
Sending you all #WeekendSmiles from these three Scottish literary giants - Robert (Burns), Arthur (Conan Doyle) and Walter (Scott)!
#FromScotlandWithLove 🦮🐾🦮🐾💙🏴
#BurnsHouseMuseum #RobertBurns #Mauchline #VisitScotland #GoldenRetrievers #Dogs #Travel #Scotland #ScottishWriters
Holding the book "Scottisch Literature of the South Seas" amidst a meadow in bloom, with a brightly pink flower in the foreground
"Scottish Literature of the South Seas" is an essay collection ed. by Richard J. Hill & Allison E. Francis, examining the relationship & affinities between #ScottishWriters including & beyond #RLStevenson to the #Pacific
#ScottishLiterature #ScottishStudies #PacificStudies #PostcolonialStudies
Holding the book "Scotland and China" amidst a meadow in bloom
2 new books on Scottish Literature🏴
The essay collection "Scotland and China", edited by Li Li & John Corbett, analyses the literary cross-currents betw Scotland & #China - how did #ScottishWriters construct China in their texts & how was translated Scottish lit received in China?
Book cover for 'My place on this earth' by Andrew Williamson
Passion and scandal collide at the heart of Scottish politics - my new novel is out and makes the perfect summer reading! You can order a copy here: www.amazon.co.uk//dp/13266442... #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #readingcommunity #NewRelease #IndieAuthor #ScottishWriters #ScottishBooks
#ScottishWriters 🏴📚
Liz Lochhead stands in front of the Canongate Wall on the Royal Mile. She smiles as she touches a new stone with her words carved onto it.
Jackie Kay and the Presiding Officer stand in front of the Canongate Wall after unveiling Jackie's new quote.
Kathleen Jamie smiles after unveiling her new quotation featured on the Canongate Wall quote.
Read more on our website: parliament.scot/about/news/n...
#Edinburgh #CanongateWall #ScotlandQuotes #ScottishWriters #ScotsMakars
Todmorden is great for local hikes, and has some really cool shops and cafes. Plus, the famous Hebden Bridge is just 1 stop along on the train, or a couple of hours along a lovely canal walk.
#ScottishWriters 🏴📚 #Yorkshire 🏴
Congratulations to Judith Younger of our Haddington group, winner of the Federation of Writers Scotland bi-monthly Flash Fiction competition!
Read her story here:
www.federationofwriters.scot/flash25
#TyneandEskWriters #FlashFiction #FederationofWritersScotland #writingcommunity #scottishwriters
a photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle writing, with a comical houndstooth partyhat and party blower edited in
Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! The famous creator of #SherlockHolmes would have turned 166 today!
#BOTD #ArthurConanDoyle #ScottishWriters #VictorianLiterature #EnglishLiterature #booksky
Original photo via Wikimedia Commons (edited), George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress
The Hugo Burge Foundation is offering grants to Scottish writers. Applications open until 31st May. See website for T&C, process and dates.
#writingopportunities #writingfunding #scottishwriters
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Poster for West of Scotland Writing Group. Write-Ins. Critique Club. In-Person Meetups & More. Love to Write? Eager to start your first book? Editing your fifth? Looking for Encouragement and support on your writing journey? Join our discord! Find out more at WOSWG.COM
Live in the West of Scotland? Looking to join a FREE writing group?
Check out WOSWG.COM for more details!
#writing
#writingcommunity #writerlife #writers #amwriting
#amediting
#amquerying #writinggroup #writingsprint #scottishwriters #scotland
#westofscotland #writersofbluesky #writingsky #booksky
Sexism in the Scottish literary sector. Really glad Dr. Neuwirth is undertaking this kind of analysis — thorough, depressing, and necessary.
#booksky #Edinburgh #scottishwriters
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Decided to pick up SF Caledonia & an issue of Shoreline of Infinity to read & examine more short stories between returning back to writing some of my own. #shortstories #sciencefiction #scottishwriters #fantasyfiction #speculativefiction
A day of killing darlings for me. Not as painful as I thought 🧐 #writing #scottishwriters #amwriting #novel #histfiction
Good day at a conference today. Excellent talks and lots of great books to buy … including The Rescue Sisters 😁
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#Booksky #scottishwriters #histfic #scotland
🚨We have a big announcement coming tomorrow!🚨Huge! We can’t wait to tell you who our first guest will be in November. Can you guess? St Andrew’s Book Festival in London 27 - 30 November #worldbookday2025 #Bookfest #scottishwriters #scottishwriting #scottishthemes #Fiction #crimenovels #debutauthors
