“Farewell Miss Julie Logan: A Wintry Tale”, by J.M. Barrie
Written in diary form & telling of an uncanny romance in a remote winter glen, “Farewell Miss Julie Logan” evokes J.M. Barrie’s fascination with longing, death & loss in one of the most unnerving & tenacious examples of #Gothic fiction ever to come from #Scotland
Listen to the story online, courtesy of Romancing the Gothic:
The Pirate Who Stole Scotland: William Dampier and the Creation of the United Kingdom
He was a pirate, a brute and a devious sociopath. But he was also a scientist and a talented writer who gave his readers accurate descriptions of previously unknown places, peoples, plants and animals. He was a daring explorer and an expert navigator who mapped coastlines and logged wind patterns and ocean currents. @bookstodon #books #nonfiction #biography #history #WilliamDampier #Scotland #England
A SPIRITUALIST’S WIFE STRUGGLES to come to terms with her husband’s new world of séances and “readings”—and fears he’ll find out some of her own secrets. Lush evocation of post-World War I Scotland and the frenzies of Jazz Age society. B PLUS
A sweeping YA fantasy inspired by Scottish history and folklore, Our Divine Mischief takes readers on a journey told in three voices: a determined heroine, an outcast young man, and a wish-granting canine. Their adventure spans an island fishing village to the king’s court in a story about identity, belonging, and the love between a human and her dog.
“Scotland’s a Sense of Change”: History in Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s A Scots Quair & James Robertson’s And the Land Lay Still
14 Nov, free online
Ilka Schwittlinsky looks at Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s A SCOTS QUAIR & James Robertson’s AND THE LAND LAY STILL, & analyses changing #Scottish#identity in the #20thcentury by looking at their depiction of Scottish #history & life in #Scotland
The Scottish Traditional Music Archive Directory is now live! 🥳
The directory brings together organisations in and outside Scotland with collections of Scottish traditional music.
Users can identify collection holders, find information on their catalogues, get in touch with them, and compare collections from different organisations.
An instant international bestseller: a suspenseful, sweeping historical epic for readers of Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller, which boldly reimagines the origin story of the woman who inspired one of Shakespeare’s most iconic characters, Lady Macbeth.
Scottish Society for Northern Studies half-day conference – exploring literary cross-currents between Scotland & Scandinavia via the prism of crime fiction
"The castle of Macduff I will surprise;
Seize upon Fife; give to the edge o' the sword
His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls
That trace him in his line."
East Wemyss in #Scotland. The castle is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife in the middle ages. These ruins are of the home of the Wemyss family, who lived here from the 14th century. @photography
On Thursday, we took a day out in our EV to tootle along the #Fife coastal route from the Three Bridges to Lower Largo beach, stopping at a few places along the way. This shot is of Kinghorn Beach, the island with the lighthouse is #Inchkeith.
When the hunter becomes the prey. My new novel ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set mainly in central Scotland and the far north-west.
Sandwood Bay in north-west Sutherland has an important part to play in the story as it develops, and the book reaches its climax nearby.
Hi all! We visited Argaty Red Kites at Doune in Perthshire, #Scotland on Thursday, and I have some great shots to share with you. Probably not all today, though!
First of all, while we were waiting for the Kites feeding time, this little one paid us a quick visit. @photography
Beaches are places of intertidal liminality. Transient, impermanent and ever changing. To be the first person to walk on the sands as the tide retreats, is to find the world remade.
This is Bracklinn Falls in Callander, #Scotland. We had a lovely half mile stroll through leafy countryside to the bridge across the wooded gorge. It's situated on the course of the Keltie Water, where the river crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
Portrait orientation, please click/tap for full image! @photography