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...

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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

A very Happy Christmas from @ginorgym.bsky.social @hannahgrim02.bsky.social @swottypat.bsky.social @katekane1542.bsky.social aka The Blether team! More from us in 2026! #happychristmas #thebletherpgr #thebletherscotlit

Happy Bookmas! We are asking, if Santa had an unlimited budget, which book would you love to see under your tree? Check out what The Blether team would love on our next posts! #happybookmas #christmasbooks #christmas2025

Call for Papers for 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures is out:pleased to be giving keynote,'Burns along the New Silk Road' @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/c...

🔴 Muriel Spark to be honoured in first ever memorial dedicated to a woman in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Introducing ‘The Blether’ 💬 The Blether is a developing idea from 4 Scot Lit PGRs @uofglasgow.bsky.social designed to highlight the work and research being carried out in Scottish Literature. Follow us to get involved!📚✍🏼💬 #scottishliterature #theblether #thebletherpgr