Important new @sgsah.bsky.social supported research to help widen @agrayarchive.bsky.social’s collection to new interpretations and audiences ⬇️

One of my favourite parts of the job, what a brilliant bunch of learners! We had a lot of fun!

Lovely feedback from today’s tour group exploring the AGA & @aowensarchive.bsky.social collections with custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social: “A national treasure”, “Beautiful”, “Wonderful” & “terrific commentary”. Thanks for celebrating Agnes & Alasdair’s legacy.

PLEASE SHARE 🙏 Visit us & @aowensarchive.bsky.social this June 2026! Tours by Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social: 5, 13, 19 & 26 June, 11am. Book via link in bio/Eventbrite.

PLEASE SHARE: Free 8-week writers group at AGA/ @aowensarchive.bsky.social Glasgow. Starts 28 May, Thursdays 1–3pm at The Whisky Bond. For local people new to writing. Guest sessions with @heatherparry.bsky.social & @kirstininnes.bsky.social, facilitated by Saskia McCracken. 10 free spaces.

Hope Scotland votes today for a future that brings people together with hope, compassion, and unity, rather than division or exclusion 🤞

Our custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social returned to Whitehill Secondary yesterday to launch a new project with Whitehill Arts & UofG. S1 pupils will explore identity through arts, film, journalism & languages. We can’t wait to see it grow!

Tickets still available for Polygon book launch for Agnes Owens new title release, stellar line up! @aowensarchive.bsky.social

Images by @alasdairwatson.bsky.social from Out of the Margins, curated by @sorchadallas.bsky.social at Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie. Featuring rare archival works, alongside Eardley & Gray, plus new ceramics by Hayley Jane Dawson. Come visit!

Continuing our Meet the Board series—meet our Secretary, Dougie Smith. With wide UK governance experience, he champions open, accessible structures. A lifelong Alasdair Gray fan, he joined in 2022 to help build a lasting legacy. 📸 by Matthew Arthur Williams.

As part of Out of the Margins, we’re hosting events at Alexandria Library celebrating Owens’ life and legacy. Workshops (7,14,21 May), 100th birthday (23 May) & exhibition (23 May–30 Sept). Join us! #agnesowens

Available for preorder now! Edinburgh University Press will publish The Edinburgh Companion to Alasdair Gray and the Arts (May 2026), inspired by the 2022 conference by @rodgeglass.bsky.social & @sorchadallas.bsky.social - a fresh look at Gray’s literary & visual world.

Delighted to share our new short film on Agnes Owens, marking her 2026 centenary, now live on AGA’s YouTube. Discover her life, work, and legacy—or watch it on a retro TV at the Lillie Art Gallery exhibition from today!

📚 Pre-orders now open! 📚 Polygon’s @birlinn.bsky.social reissued Agnes Owens titles—with new introductions by @danigaravelli.bsky.social Kirsty Logan @kirstininnes.bsky.social and @heatherparry.bsky.social are in our shop. New covers by Joan Eardley. Order via link in bio!

📚 Agnes Owens in the Archives ✨ FREE TALK ✨ 23 Apr, 17:30–18:30 | National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh Celebrate Agnes Owens’ centenary and explore her archives with expert speakers @laurzzs.bsky.social @sorchadallas.bsky.social and Dr Colin McIlroy 🎟️ Book via Eventbrite (link in bio)

Centenary Agnes Owens tote with her striking quote, in typewriter-style font. Baby pink, 100% organic cotton. Features Calum Colvin photos. Limited run—pre-order now or buy at events. Link in bio.

Final event in our Milngavie programme for the Agnes Owens centenary ✨ Join a special Curator’s Tour of Out of the Margins with @sorchadallas.bsky.social 12 June, 11:00am, Lillie Art Gallery.

PLEASE SHARE ✨ Celebrate Agnes Owens this spring (Apr–Jun 2026) in Milngavie & Alexandria. Join the Polygon launch + live event (9 May, 4–6:30pm, Milngavie Town Hall) with readings, Q&A & signing. Tickets via Eventbrite.👇🏽

Celebrating 100 years of Agnes Owens ✨ Out of the Margins opens 18 April at Lillie Art Gallery. Featuring archival & contemporary works, it honours Owens’ powerful, place-rooted writing and lasting impact, curated by @sorchadallas.bsky.social

PLEASE SHARE ✨ Agnes Owens at 100 ‘Out of the Margins’ celebrates her life & work with exhibitions, events & talks across Milngavie & Alexandria this spring. Join us to rediscover a vital Scottish voice. More details soon! Curated by @sorchadallas.bsky.social @agrayarchive.bsky.social

PLEASE SHARE 🙏 Visit the us & @aowensarchive.bsky.social this April–May 2026. Tours by @sorchadallas.bsky.social (Gray collaborator since 2007). Dates: Apr 24; May 2, 8, 15, 30 at 11am. Book via Eventbrite link in bio.

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To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we share new research exploring Alasdair Gray through a neurodiverse lens. Discover ‘Process, Cognition & Neurodiversity’ by @sorchadallas.bsky.social —link below 👇🏽

Final animation by Miranda Peyton Jones, one of five emerging animators commissioned by The Alasdair Gray Archive & Canongate to respond to the new Lanark audiobook (narrated by Alan Cumming), exploring the novel’s famous Epilogue. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-baM...

Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social, was honoured to write the @theguardian.com obituary for sculptor and educator David Harding. As town artist in Glenrothes he embedded sculpture in everyday spaces, shaping a vision of public art that lives with the weather and the street.

Yu Sun, one of five animators commissioned by the Alasdair Gray Archive and @canongate.co.uk, created a mixed-media response to Chapter Twelve of Lanark. Inspired by Duncan Thaw’s childhood imagination, the film premiered at Gray Day 2026.

PLEASE SHARE! 🌿 Alasdair Gray & David Stephen: Eden in North Lanarkshire Sat 14 March 2026, Palacerigg Country Park Visitor Centre. An illustrated afternoon celebrating art, nature & Scotland’s industrial heartland. Book via link below 👇🏽

In The Herald Scotland today: a special focus on Alasdair Gray, with an article by Evie Glen on our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social’s living archive model with a focus on @aowensarchive.bsky.social, our new commission with Rachelle Atalla & how this celebrates & shapes Scotland’s culture.

FREE WORKSHOP – Play With Gray: Quick-Response Drawing & Writing Join us at The Alasdair Gray Archive (10 March 2026, 11am–1pm) for a playful, fast-paced drawing & writing session. No experience needed. 15 places. Supported by @sgsah.bsky.social Book: [email protected]

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✨ Tonight on ARTE France: City Country Culture — Invitation au voyage spotlights Glasgow and Alasdair Gray. Filmed June 2025 by Orane Delépine & François Chambe, with @sorchadallas.bsky.social, @rodgeglass.bsky.social & Alan Riach. ✨ watch 👇🏽 www.arte.tv/fr/videos/13...

🎉 The Alasdair Gray Archive is 6! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who’s supported us since 2020. We’ve grown into a publicly accessible Glasgow resource, cared for by Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social. Help us keep growing—donate via the link in our bio. #alasdairgray #thealasdairgrayarchive

PLEASE SHARE 🙏 Come visit us and @aowensarchive.bsky.social in February 2026! Tours led by Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social  Sorcha worked with Alasdair since 2007, has a deep knowledge of the collections. ➡️February 6th, 13th, 20th, and 28th at 11am. Book via Eventbrite 🙏

Gray Day 2026: Reimagined Glasgow—45 Years of Lanark. Alasdair & Agnes: connected archives & literary lives with Sorcha @sorchadallas.bsky.social @aowensarchive.bsky.social & Laura MacDonald. 25 Feb, Kelvingrove, 2–3pm. Free: [email protected]

✨ Agnes Owens Centenary ✨ 2026 marks Agnes Owens’ centenary, with AGA’s first satellite archive and Birlinn reissuing all her books with new introductions. New editions publish May & Sept 2026. Follow @aowensarchive.bsky.social to find out more!

Exciting announcement from Birlinn today - we are proud to be collaborating with them and @agnesowenslitest.bsky.social on centenary plans across 2026 and to bringing Agnes Owens work to a wider audience 💫

Welcome to ‘The Story of a Living Archive’. Part 1: Origins. After Gray’s death in 2020, 5,000+ items owned by the Gray Estate were saved from loss by @sorchadallas.bsky.social secured at AGA & grown into a public, living archive. Now we have our own growing collection of 3,500 💫

Building the Collection: AGA grew from preserving 5,000+ items from Gray’s home to a living archive—now 3,500 donated works and the 700-item including the new @aowensarchive.bsky.social —showing Gray within a wider cultural ecosystem.

The Agnes Owens Archive opens January 2026, celebrating one of Scotland’s most distinctive literary voices. Marking her centenary, a programme of events and free guided tours will be announced soon. #AgnesOwens

A festive crossover I never knew I needed: Charles Dickens meets K-Pop Demon Hunters. A Cottiers Christmas Carol was an absolute blast, with Fairy Fabulous stealing the show. On until 30th December.

Our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social spoke at Creative Scotland’s Go See Share webinar today on her research into new financial models for artists’ archives, exploring UK examples to support sustainable, artist-led futures in Scotland.

New! Alasdair Gray Archive x Aoife Cawley ✨ Limited-edition scarf + stickers now available! Inspired by Gray’s iconic Scottish motifs. Order via our shop—ships before Christmas. Don’t miss out! Head to our online shop to buy now, 100% of funds raised will support our 2026 programme!

What a year! ✨ Thanks for being part of an incredible 2025 at AGA. 🤍 From 4,800+ tour visitors to new commissions, events & trustees, it’s been huge. Your support makes it all possible — see our 2025 Annual Review, now on our website! ✨

💫 AGA X Aoife Cawley 💫 Launching 02.12.25! Limited-edition cosy, stylish pieces inspired by Gray. 100% of sales support our 2026 programme. Perfect for you or the Gray fan in your life this Christmas. 5 more sleeps…

✨ Born today in 1757, William Blake shaped Alasdair Gray’s vision. From Lanark to his art, Gray echoed Blake’s fusion of word and image — even reimagining Infant Joy as his Brain Baby, a symbol of life’s cycle. ✨

So happy I got to see Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun: Artists, Lovers, Outsiders — and to have the most incredible personal tour from curator/writer Damian Barr today at Charleston Trust, Lewes. ❤️

✨ Emerging animators! ✨ AGA & @canongate.co.uk are commissioning 4 short animations for early 2026. Fee £500. Apply by 6 Dec 2025: CV, brief approach + 2–3 samples to [email protected]. Results by 15 Dec.

First Alasdair & Others event at GU ARC with Willy Maley, in conversation with @rodgeglass.bsky.social exploring Alasdair Gray’s creative networks and unveiling Willy’s new archival box. Thanks to all who joined—video coming soon. Photos by @alasdairwatson.bsky.social