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

This memoir is a poetic, unruly, and deeply honest portrait of what it was like to be the only openly queer rock band member of the 1990s and how this life was lived at full tilt, recommend!