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Join us for a special event this Thursday showcasing another successful year of the Emerging Translator Mentorships programme 🌟 Fresh from 6 months' mentoring our talented translators will offer readings from their translation projects. Register here: buff.ly/3uuzAyG

We are concerned to see the cancellation of Aye & Wee Write festivals and hope the situation is reviewed. Leaving Glasgow without a book festival will impact readers of all ages, and those who write for them, with no occasion to celebrate all that books and reading does for us.

Getting some inspiration for our upcoming workshop Body of Water with Dr Helen Boden @helenboden.bsky.social : the Kale Water further upstream from Kalewater Cottage. These two reels were taken on the same bridge but the landscape and quality of the water could hardly be more different. 1/2

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Isn't life wild? Thank you Windham-Campbell Prizes ... with all my heart ... and congratulations to the other recipients 💚

What I’ve discovered in the first 4 months with a baby: those dolls that automatically close their eyes when you tip them over?False advertisement;the increase in patience for a baby is in direct relation to a decrease in patience for old, semi functional tech (I replaced it all)

Chose my first evening outing since D day well: what a poetic musical treat to see Hank Tree with Arun Sood and Anoraq with Juana Adcock Nicky Melville and Titilayo Farukuoye PaisleyBookFest Such an amazing programme this year, wish I could have seen more. Chapeau Jess Orr

Introducing the ILX10: Rising Stars of UK writing! ⭐ We’re delighted to share 10 early-career writers whose work has the powerful potential to speak to & engage with global literary audiences. Supported by British Council Arts Arts Council England, South East. Part of #LitExchange buff.ly/3KvmYfi

We did it. Buffer zones are now law. We want to pay tribute to those who chose to speak through us and make their voices heard. This simply wouldn’t have been possible without every single one of you. Thank you. 💗

Thank you very much Openreach for your half-arsed job on a Friday afternoon, cutting off our internet before the new fibre was installed and leaving us hanging (with cables literally hanging off the building) as the pole engineer failed to show up. Very useful indeed.

Hi Keir Starmer 👋 it's never easy starting a new job – so we thought we'd help by showing you 5 important steps you need to take to make our money matter: ​ ​ 1. Stop the money flowing to new fossil fuels 🔥 = serious plans from our banks and pension funds - and the oil and gas

Hey antanddec 👋 you’re the nation’s favourite duo – don't let Santander use you to cover up their profiteering from the climate crisis. They don’t deserve you. Will you close the Bank of Antandec? We’re in a climate crisis, get us out of here! #DropSantander

The poem “Shoestring” by Kathleen Jamie reflects on the hapless state of funding for the arts in Scotland

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s cultural landscape is at risk of collapse, due to continued inaction and backtracking from the Scottish Government. Please join me in signing the Campaign for the Arts petition to urge ministers to deliver on their arts funding pledges now. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/scot…

As summer is drawing to a close, here are some impressions of the beautiful flowers at #KalewaterCottage If you are feeling the “back to school” vibe and would benefit from a retreat to tackle your writing projects, get in touch. #writersretreat #amwriting #translators #xl8

Autumn at #KalewaterCottage : there are still plenty of flowers in bloom, fruit is growing in the orchard, and guests can enjoy the wood burning stove without being disappointed at the cold Scottish summer. In short: The best time for a writing retreat. Get in touch to book!

Knowing for the past few weeks that this moment was fast approaching didn’t make it any less heartbreaking to hear the news early this morning that Janey had died. Janey Godley truly was a force of nature, and one of the funniest people I have ever known. I was able to visit her