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📢 Calling all emerging poets in Scotland! Applications are now open for CLYDEBUILT 17, a 12-month mentoring scheme facilitated by StMungo's Mirrorball 🪩 that provides intensive support to poets at an early stage of their writing careers. Find out more ⬇️ edwinmorgantrust.com/2024/06/04/cly…

Great to see Brìghde Chaimbeul opening Dior's Drummond Castle show with smallpipes and style. Dior Cruise 2025 Show youtube.com/live/v-mD28vh4… via YouTube

Fascinating to read how 'Embroidering Her Truth' by Clare Hunter Clare Hunter inspired Dior's new Cruise Collection. Brilliant to see the spotlight on textile arts, women's creativity and politics in fashion.

Smashing talk underway here at Immaculate Conception by Linden Bicket on the Scott Moncrieffs. IASSL SALTIRE SOCIETY SCHA Sarah Dunnigan 🌿 V interesting on children's fiction

DEADLINE APPROACHING! There's still time to enter the Saltire Literary Awards 2024: saltiresociety.org.uk/the-saltire-so… 📚 Deadline - Monday 24th June 2024 at 23:59 #SNBA24

Statement on Creative Scotland decision to close the Open Fund for Individuals literaturealliancescotland.co.uk/closure-of-ope… Creative Scotland Scottish Government Scottish Poetry Library Edinburgh International Book Festival Scottish Book Trust CILIPScotland Moniack Mhor Publishing Scotland SALTIRE SOCIETY The Society of Authors ScotSocPlaywrights

Thanks to The Open University for the chance to hear Andrew O' Hagan interviewed by Andrew Marr Edinburgh International Book Festival last night. A hugely entertaining and uplifting evening. No punches pulled on arts support in Scotland (or lack thereof), and fascinating on the future of writing.

In this topsy-turvy week, here's to one of the good uns, the poet, editor and all round gent, Gerry Cambridge! I've persuaded him to let me run the book launch for his debut prose book, as it is a stupendous read and you need it on yer shelves. Tix here: bit.ly/3Mhjei8

We are delighted to be partnering with SALTIRE SOCIETY to launch this excellent prose book, which is a memoir-esque journey through the teenage travails of 'Jed.' More here, from the back cover:

Congratulations to longlisted authors for the #SaltireBookAwards 2024. We're featuring Fiction, Non-Fiction, First Book Award and Poetry longlistees, but you can see all our lists at bit.ly/SBAll24 Nine titles are longlisted in Nonfiction: #LiteraryAwards #booktok

Discover the #SaltireBookAwards Fiction Longlist 2024. There are ten titles on the list, and you can learn more about these and all this year's longlists at bit.ly/SBAll24🔗Congratulations to authors on the Fiction longlist: #LiteraryAwards #booktok #TheSaltireSociety

We continue with our 2024 #SaltireBookAwards longlists with books in the running for the First Book Award – congratulations to the authors below. Remember you can see all our longlists at bit.ly/SBAll24 🔗 #LiteraryAwards #booktok #TheSaltireSociety #FirstBook

Congratulations to the #SaltireBookAwards longlisted authors 2024 in the Poetry category! This year our Poetry longlist features 12 books. See the link for more information: saltiresociety.org.uk/the-saltire-so…

Great article on #SaltireBookAwards Longlists – thanks Brian Ferguson Late poet John Burnside and Ukraine war reporter Jen Stout in running for Scotland's 'book of the year' prize (scotsman.com) For more on the lists, head over to SaltireBookAwards

Very sorry to hear of the sudden death of Alex Salmond, former FM & recipient of our Fletcher of Saltoun Award with Donald Dewar & Jim Wallace. Passionate about culture and history, he spoke on our 80th anniversary on 'Inspiring Scotland'. Our condolences to his family & friends.