Rugadh Aonghas MacDhonnchaidh air an 6mh latha den Dàmhair 1871 ann am Breacais, anns an Eilean Sgitheanach. | Angus Robertson was born #OTD 6 October 1871 in Breakish, Skye.

Happy International Translation Day from @erskineproject.bsky.social!

Tha Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig air ais: 14–16 An t-Iuchar 2026, @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Adhbhar toileachais!

It is a great honour that 'An Staran' won the Donald Meek Award. I am especially grateful to @acairbooks.bsky.social, Ian MacDonald, and the Thomson family. Congratulations to all the other winners and shortlisted writers, and many thanks to @leughleabhar.bsky.social for a beautiful celebration.

'S e urram sònraichte a th' ann gun do bhuannaich 'An Staran: Rosg Gàidhlig le Ruaraidh MacThòmais' Duais Dhòmhnaill Meek a-raoir. Tha mi an comain sgioba @acairbooks.bsky.social, Iain MhicDhòmhnaill, agus teaghlach MhicThòmais.

It is a pleasure to have a piece on 'Irish Content and Contributors in Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic Magazines’ in the latest issue of the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies - the first publication based on @erskineproject.bsky.social.

On 20-23 August #OTD 1901, a pan-Celtic congress was held in Dublin, and Erskine served as its vice-president. After two years of @erskineproject.bsky.social, most of the contributors to Erskine's magazines involved in pan-Celtic initiatives are now identified: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/pan-c...

Congratulations to Project @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social and Taproot Press, honoured to have a Gaelic poem responding to Fergusson's 'Canongate Playhouse in Ruins' included in the collection.

Ceud bliadhna an-diugh fhèin bho rugadh Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill (4 An t-Iuchar 1925, Scarasta, Na Hearadh). Alasdair Iain MacAsgaill, 'An Aithne Dhuibh…?', Gairm 31 (1960)

New in @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social: @paulmalgrati.bsky.social reviews 'Esther', a play in Scots by David Kinloch, published by Rob A. Mackenzie through the Blue Diode Press pamphlet series. 👉 Review: tinyurl.com/ycydu4hh 👉 Book: www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page...

The new issue of The Bottle Imp @asls.org.uk is out - and it was a treat to contribute a piece on Gaelic crime writing to it, from Erskine's detective tales to Cailein T. MacCoinnich and Tormod Caimbeul's Shrapnel. www.thebottleimp.org.uk/issues/issue...

Congratulations to Li Li and John Corbett! 'Scotland & China', now available from @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social: brill.com/display/seri...

The recordings from the FRLSU May webinar 'Gaelic and Scots: Cultural Connections and Inspirations in the 20th Century' are now available online: frlsu.org/resources/. Contributions on George Campbell Hay; Douglas Young; William Neill; translations between Gaelic and Scots; Derick Thomson and Gairm.

A chàirdean: dh'fhaighnich caraid dhomh mu litreachas ann an Gàidhlig le daoine a bha ann am prìosan, aig an àm no roimhe. Bha i eòlach air Màiri Mhòr, agus fhuair i Deargadan Phòland, Suathadh ri Iomadh Rubha, agus Fo Sgàil a' Swastika bhuam. A bheil sibh eòlach air rud sam bith eile? Mìle taing.

Oidhche Dhiardaoin (29 Cèitean, 6:30f): bidh sinn a' cuir air bhog An Staran (@acairbooks.bsky.social), co-chruinneachadh de rosg Gàidhlig le Ruaraidh MacThòmais, aig Comhairle nan Leabhraichean @leughleabhar.bsky.social ann an Glaschu. Saor an-asgaidh, fàilte ro chàch.

This Thursday at Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd - in person & on Zoom, all welcome. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Erskine tour continues - tomorrow in Aberdeen, all welcome!

On Monday 12 May, 2.30 pm. All welcome! Also available via TEAMS (DM for link). poeticinnovation.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Coming to Dublin in June and searching for a place to stay for up to six months - if you or someone you know is looking to sublet their apartment over the summer or anything else crops up, PLEASE get in touch :)

The latest issue of @litterariaprag.bsky.social on 'Oaths, Odes and Oration', co-edited by David Duff and Marc Porée. 🔓 Available in open access: litterariapragensia.ff.cuni.cz/magazin/2024...

It was a pleasure to write a blog post on women contributors involved in Erskine's Scottish magazines @erskineproject.bsky.social for @womenshistscot.bsky.social: womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/04/21/w...

Oidhche Dhiardaoin, bidh sinn a' comharrachadh 100 bliadhna bho rugadh Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill (1925-1987), le @macailpein.bsky.social a' coimhead air rosg neo-fhicseanach MhicDhòmhnaill, mise air na sgeulachdan goirid & na h-eadar-thengachaidhean. An làthair & air-loidhne!

The new IASSL @iassl.bsky.social PhD Award for theses on Scottish literature completed outside the UK (in the period June 2024–26) is now open for submissions! 🏆 Detailed guidelines: scotlit-iassl.org/awards/iassl...

An upcoming talk 'Radical Scottish Gaelic Magazines in the Twentieth Century and Contacts with Brittany' on 30 April, 10 am, in person at the University of Western Brittany and online. The presentation will draw on @erskineproject.bsky.social and discuss Breton contributors and content in Gairm.

111 years since Erskine revived The Scottish Review. The quarterly kept appearing regularly between 1914 and 1920, covering a turbulent period of Scottish and European history. Apart from Gaelic writers, it attracted contributors from Ireland, and it also published new content in Scots and on Scots.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇿 Dear Edinburgh-based friends! Markéta Novotná ([email protected]), my lovely friend and project collaborator from Prague who works on Scots poetry, is coming to Edinburgh Uni for an Erasmus stay Sept-Dec 2025 & is looking for a separate/shared room. Any recommendations will be appreciated.🙏

Erskine & co. for the World Poetry Day. The magazines not only provided a platform for Gaelic poetry but also inspired poems, as Alexander Cameron and Neil MacLeod greeted them with ‘Fàilte don Bhàrd’, ‘Rann do dh’Alba’ and ‘Rann molaidh do Ghuth na Bliadhna’. erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/poetry/

A-màireach aig a' Mhitchell! 👉 comannghlaschu.wordpress.com/clar-ama/

One of the thrills of @erskineproject.bsky.social has been tracing the extensive group of Irish contributors – and it proves to be quite the Who's Who in Irish literature and politics of the 1900s – 1920s. Happy St Patrick's Day! erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/places/irela... 🇮🇪 ☘️

Thursday 20 March on ZOOM - IASSL webinar on BOSLIT with Kirsteen McCue and @paulmalgrati.bsky.social. All welcome! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌐

Abair spòrs a bh' againn ann an Àros an Rubha leis An Staran! Buidheachas do Chatrìona Dunn, Anne Frater, Ruairidh MacÌomhair, sgioba @acairbooks.bsky.social, agus buidhnean a chuidich le cosgaisean: @leughleabhar.bsky.social, Urras an Rubha agus Sanndabhaig, agus @bordnagaidhlig.bsky.social. ⚓ 💚

Ràinig An Staran Glaschu 💚 ⚓️ bit.ly/4kFpZKw @acairbooks.bsky.social @leughleabhar.bsky.social

Congratulations to Gioia Angeletti! 🎊

Congratulations to @eleoma.bsky.social! 🎉

Oidhche Haoine, chuir sinn air bhog 'An Staran: Rosg Gàidhlig le Ruaraidh MacThòmais' ann an Àros an Rubha. ⚓ 💚 An leabhar: acairbooks.com/books/an-sta.... Clàradh bhon tachartas: fb.watch/y5gWVg_V0m/. Tha mi glè thaingeil do dhaoine & buidhnean a tha air a bhith cuideachail don leabhar:

'S e urram agus toileachas a th' ann Duais nan Sgrìobhadairean Ùra fhaighinn airson mo sgrìobhaidhean sa Ghàidhlig a leasachadh. Buidheachas do @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social & @leughleabhar.bsky.social. It is a delight and an honour to receive a New Writers Award to develop my Gaelic writing.

Tha Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2025 @sngaidhlig.bsky.social a' tòiseachadh an-diugh & Lèirmheas Leabhraichean Ghlaschu @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social a' foillseachadh ‘A’ Sireadh nan Lepcha’ le Abrona Aden, ann an eadar-theangachadh gu Gàidhlig le Kevin MacNeil. Ri fhaighinn air tinyurl.com/3x2c5xm7.

Tomorrow (Monday 24 February) at 12-1: an online talk about Ruaraidh Erskine's Scottish magazines and digital resources created as part of @erskineproject.bsky.social for the Stirling Magazines and Periodicals Research Group (SMPRG). All welcome! MS Teams link: tinyurl.com/26274xy8

Abair bogsa làn toileachais! 💚 📚 @acairbooks.bsky.social acairbooks.com/books/an-sta...

Oidhche Dhiardaoin aig a' Mhitchell: coinneamh @cgaidhligghlaschu.bsky.social, òraid le Michel Byrne air 'Duanaire Peairteach'. Fàilte is furan, an làthair & air loidhne.

In a fortnight at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. A great honour (and surprise) to be asked by @asls.org.uk to deliver the lecture. Join us for a celebration of Douglas Young, George Campbell Hay, Derick Thomson, Willie Neill, and others whose work brought Gaelic and Scots closer in new ways.

The latest @litterariaprag.bsky.social has arrived! 🎉 Issue 68, 'Oaths, Odes and Orations', edited by David Duff & Marc Porée. 🔓 Available in open access: litterariapragensia.ff.cuni.cz/magazin/2024...

'An Staran: Rosg Gàidhlig le Ruaraidh MacThòmais': a' tighinn a dh'aithghearr bho @acairbooks.bsky.social. A h-uile sgeulachd ghoirid a chaidh lorg gu ruige seo, taghadh de lèirmheasan, aithisgean-siubhail, colbhan-beachd, agus aistean. Ro-òrdachadh: acairbooks.com/books/books/... ⚓

Lèirmheas ùr a dh'fhoillsich sinn ann an @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social: '100 Bliadhna de Bhàird a’ Chomuinn Ghàidhealaich' (CLÀR), deasaichte le @gillebride.bsky.social. Seallaidhean ùra air litreachas na Gàidhlig eadar 1923 agus 2023, bho Sheumas MacThòmais gu Meg Bateman. tinyurl.com/yc55jnh7

Clàr-ama 2024/25 ri fhaighinn air làrach-lìn @cgaidhligghlaschu.bsky.social a-nis: comannghlaschu.wordpress.com/clar-ama/

@erskineproject.bsky.social website now features an overview of content related to Robert Burns in Erskine's seven Scottish magazines: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/rober.... More on the coverage, and on the stooshie Erskine caused by his Immortal Memory in Eastbourne in 1934, coming soon.

A pleasure to interview @paulmalgrati.bsky.social for the @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social Burns Week feature and chat about poetry, research, translation work, and the experience of learning Scots as a native French speaker. Full interview & two new poems by Paul: tinyurl.com/ynfjk4pb

The International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social offers a three-year free membership to all PhD students working on Scottish literature, culture, and languages 👉 scotlit-iassl.org/membership/

To give you all a little extra time, the deadline for submissions to our poetry collection 'Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson' has been extended to Friday 28th February 2025! More information below ⤵️ robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submi...

📣MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic. Apply by: 16/3/25. Preferred research topics: Gothic Aspects in Scottish Literature since James Hogg till Jenni Fagan | Satire in English/Scottish Literature since Chaucer to Banksy | Scottish Writers of Postcolonial Identity