This month we are channelling our inner earth child and going back to nature, plus a look back at some articles our subscribers may have missed! Subscribe today so you don’t miss out! us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... #thebletherpgr #theblether #scottishliterature

📚 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)

New publications by IASSL members: the essay ‘Scottish by Formation’: Michel Faber’s Under the Skin and National Ambiguities' by @rodgeglass.bsky.social has bee published in the latest issue of Studies in Scottish Literature 51:2 @edinburghup.bsky.social.

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'Harrowing of Hell' George Mackay Brown.

The cold Roman eye, hand on seal. Vale. Take the thief away… —George Mackay Brown, “Stations of the Cross: The Good Thief” published in CARVE THE RUNES: Selected Poems (Birlinn, 2021) #Easter #GoodFriday #poem #poetry birlinn.co.uk/product/carv...

Christ in the sepulchre guarded by angels William Blake c.1805

Judas by Edwin Muir via gutenberg.ca/ebooks/muire...

It’s all about nuclear anxiety today as Ollie Greenall talks to us about his research. Our content is currently only available to our subscribers so sign up today! us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... @sgsah.bsky.social #thebletherpgr #theblether #scottishliterature

In today’s Daily Blether, our subscribers are enjoying Dr. Moira Hansen’s answers to our Treasure Island questions. Subscribe via us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... so you don’t miss out! #thebletherpgr #theblether #scottishliterature

In today’s By The Way, @ginorgym.bsky.social takes a look at Tom Leonard’s glass ‘hawf fuhl’ poem and how we cope with the madness of submissions, exams, and dissertations! Subscribe today via the link in our profile. #theblether #thebletherpgr #scottishliterature

Dr Petra Johana Poncarová discussing how researching Gaelic literature inspired her own poetry in the language, mixing elements of Gaelic and Czech cultures and places. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿 Listen to the full interview by clicking on the link: pod.link/1865430519

The last of our special Arran editions is out today to our email subscribers. A huge thank you to Aimee and @katekane1542.bsky.social for your impressions of what was a fantastic weekend. #theblether #thebletherpgr #scottishliterature #visitarran

Out today to our subscribers! @derekalanmeins.bsky.social takes us out of the shadows, into the caves! Ever wonder what highland cows think of a group of Scottish Literature students, well you need to subscribe to The Blether to find out!!! Subsribe today via us4.list-manage.com/contact-form...

Huge thanks to Ross Bennett for today’s article. Ross’s article is based on the presentation he did at the Scottish Literature Reading Party weekend. Thanks again Ross #scottishliterature #thebletherpgr #theblether

The first of our Arran editions is out today! Huge thanks to Alex Aird for a fantastic article. Feedback from our subscribers has been very positive. Subscribe today so you don’t miss out. us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... #theblether #thebletherpgr #scottishliterature

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Our first special edition of The Blether is focused on the recent Scottish Literature Reading Party on Arran, and it is shaping up to be a cracker Subscribe today so you don’t miss out! (Link in bio) #theblether #thebletherpgr

Arran weekend with Scottish Literature ! Great weekend to reset and refocus ! @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

By The Way, it’s another Daily Blether! This time from Pat as she discusses how it is worth noting that love poetry existed long before the Romantics & that some Scots were rather good at it. Don’t forget our Bletherings are only available to our subscribers, head to our bio & subscribe today

Our email subscribers are enjoying an article by @laurzzs.bsky.social on her work on Agnes Owens. Thank you for supporting us Laura and we can’t wait to visit @aowensarchive.bsky.social Subscribe today via us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... #thebletherpgr #theblether #agnesowens

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Help University of Glasgow researchers celebrate 'The Burns Supper at 225 Years: Scottish Tradition, Global Reinvention’ by completing the survey about your own Burns Supper. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Sign up today for our February Bletherings. We are spinning the hearts and flowers theme and putting our own alternative Blether view on all things ‘lurve’ with the help of some amazing contributors. us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... #theblether #thebletherpgr

A huge thank you to everyone who has subscribed to our Bletherings. If you would like to be on our email list for February please check the link below. us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... Please note all articles are now only available to subscribers. #theblether #thebletherpgr #robertburns

The last of our Burns Bletherings has now dropped into the mailbox of subscribers. Hannah is reviewing Pauline Mackay’s Burns for Every Day of the Year. #theblether #thebletherpgr #robertburns @hannahgrim02.bsky.social

To celebrate Burns Night on Sunday, I wrote an article for @theconversation.com about the role that Robert Burns played in the afterlife of Mary, Queen of Scots. Have a read below!

Written by our own @katekane1542.bsky.social !

A very happy Friday to all our new followers & subscribers. Our Burns Bletherings will finish on Monday with @hannahgrim02.bsky.social review of a great ‘everyday’ Burns book. Don’t forget to let @glasgowburns.bsky.social know how you are celebrating Burns! Check out gla.ac.uk/robertburnsstudies

Gray Day 2026: Reimagined Glasgow, 45 years of Lanark. Beyond our 25 Feb evening event at Oran Mor we have a WIDER PROGRAMME… enjoy a P7 schools competition, free clay workshop at AGA, archive talk with @aowensarchive.bsky.social at Kelvingrove, & an online interactive exhibition.

Next up in our Daily ‘Burns’Blether email drop is our fellow PGR, Patrick Jamieson. Featuring in our ‘Minds Alive’ series, he discusses his research on Burns and Freemasonry plus his University experience. #thebletherpgr #theblether #robertburns

Around #BurnsNight our website is the most popular poetry website in the world. 100,000+ hits on Address To A Haggis page alone. (Extra bandwidth required). Our website has resources for anyone planning a haggis, whisky & poetry happening + much more. www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/burns-night/

Introducing The Agnes Owens Archive (AOA). Housed within @agrayarchive.bsky.social it is the first standalone satellite archive —illuminating the creative network around Gray while restoring Owens to her rightful literary position. Posts to follow will celebrate her life and legacy.

Today’s Out of the Shadows email is by @ginorgym.bsky.social We thought we would challenge Geraldine to bring some of her Burns thoughts and opinions into the daylight. Drop us an email to subscribe or complete the form via us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... to receive our Daily Blether.

Have you signed up to The Daily Blether yet? If not you will be missing us stranding @paulmalgrati.bsky.social on our Treasure Island to answer some questions. Drop us an email [email protected] or send us a message. #theblether #thebletherpgr #robertburns

Top work @hannahgrim02.bsky.social

Robert Burns never set foot in America but his words did, says leading Scots American Ian Houston ahead of his lecture @glasgowburns.bsky.social conference on 17 Jan 2026. As the US turns 250, discover how Scotland’s national bard shaped a nation’s conscience.

Fantastic piece by @katekane1542.bsky.social ! Drop @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social an email on [email protected] to sign up for our monthly Daily Bletherings!

Sign up to The Blether to get a monthly dose of all things Scottish Literature in your inbox! In celebration of Burns night, I’ve written a piece about the connection between Robert Burns and Mary, Queen of Scots. More exciting pieces to come this week!

We kick off our Daily Burns Blether emails with our By the Way! @katekane1542.bsky.social brings to our attention the Bard’s connection to Mary, Queen of Scots. Focusing on Burns’s 1790 Marian lament and its cultural contexts and afterlife. DM us to sign up for our once a month Daily Blethers.

It is Daily Blether week so, if you have subscribed, keep an eye on your inbox. Of course we have gone all Burns, so if you haven’t signed up to receive our Daily Blether then drop us a DM and we will send you the link. #thebletherpgr #theblether #burnsnight

Mary, Queen of Scots is remembered as a ‘Jeezabel’ in George Blake’s ‘Scottish Treasure Trove’ (1928). The collection contains ‘the most interesting historical extracts and literary quotations about Scotland’. Quotation from John Gibson Lockhart’s 1823 satirical bildungsroman ‘Reginald Dalton’.

Hosting a Burns Supper? Check out this global survey 👇

With Burns Night 2026 fast approaching, we’re calling on Burnsians worldwide to take part in our global survey, celebrating the Burns Supper at 225 Years as Living Heritage. Whether you're a seasoned host or a first-time guest, we want to see and learn about how you’re celebrating! #BurnsSupper225

Save the Date: Gray Day 2026 – Reimagined Glasgow. Join us 25 Feb at Òran Mór, Glasgow (7–10pm) as we mark 45 years of Lanark with talks, art & celebration with partners @canongate.co.uk Tickets on sale now (link in bio).

What a great team! It is a pleasure to work with @hannahgrim02.bsky.social @katekane1542.bsky.social @swottypat.bsky.social ! Looking forward to 2026

It's been great fun to be involved in this project, and we've got lots to come in the New Year. Give yourself a free Christmas treat and follow us.

Looking forward to discussing our new research into the Burns Supper at 225 Years in January! Tickets now available for the 2026 @glasgowburns.bsky.social conference @uofgarc.bsky.social 👇🏼 all very welcome - do share widely! #BurnsSupper225Years