@dsmurray.bsky.social
As some will be aware, I have received the Writing Fellowship for the University of Otago (South Isle, New Zealand) in August and September 2026. Quite an honour, especially when one glimpses the names of the Irish and Scottish writers who have obtained this award before. Thanks for this award!
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As some will be aware, I have received the Writing Fellowship for the University of Otago (South Isle, New Zealand) in August and September 2026. Quite an honour, especially when one glimpses the names of the Irish and Scottish writers who have obtained this award before. Thanks for this award!
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We're delighted to reveal the cover and announce @dsmurray.bsky.social's forthcoming book The Loch of the Bees
Continuing his elegiac Lewis novels, Murray serves up a remarkable new work that sweeps across time from the eighth century to the present day
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Continuing his elegiac Lewis novels, Murray serves up a remarkable new work that sweeps across time from the eighth century to the present day
saraband.net/sb-title/the...
#Booksky
📚💙
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We're delighted to reveal the cover and announce @dsmurray.bsky.social's forthcoming book The Loch of the Bees
Continuing his elegiac Lewis novels, Murray serves up a remarkable new work that sweeps across time from the eighth century to the present day
saraband.net/sb-title/the...
#Booksky
📚💙
Continuing his elegiac Lewis novels, Murray serves up a remarkable new work that sweeps across time from the eighth century to the present day
saraband.net/sb-title/the...
#Booksky
📚💙
Published on 12th March by @saraband-books.bsky.social!
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Published on 12th March by @saraband-books.bsky.social!
Just had a wonderful review for this book with an outstanding cover.
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Isles poetry collection dubbed 'instant classic'
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August 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Just had a wonderful review for this book with an outstanding cover.
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Great to be involved in this. The 'Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey' album finally out last Friday!
July 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Great to be involved in this. The 'Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey' album finally out last Friday!
Next Saturday the release of the attached album. I work alongside some fabulously talented people with a huge and varied array of skills. A fabulous honour to be part of this.
July 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Next Saturday the release of the attached album. I work alongside some fabulously talented people with a huge and varied array of skills. A fabulous honour to be part of this.
From 'Private Eye'...
June 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
From 'Private Eye'...
I've had a number of requests over the last while for copies of 'Sequamur', the new play for Higher English in Scotland. Here's the email address teachers should contact. My thanks to @asls.org.uk for their help and encouragement!
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Sequamur
Edited and introduced by Michelle Macleod with additional material and editorial assistance from Emma Dymock and Laurence Cavanagh. Free class sets of Sequamur are available to Scottish secondary…
asls.org.uk
May 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I've had a number of requests over the last while for copies of 'Sequamur', the new play for Higher English in Scotland. Here's the email address teachers should contact. My thanks to @asls.org.uk for their help and encouragement!
asls.org.uk/publications...
asls.org.uk/publications...
The inconsistent behaviour of some local authorities and @gtcscotland.bsky.social cannot continue forever. Time for a major change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
School teacher misconduct investigations need revamp - report
An independent review says the way misconduct allegations against teachers in Scotland are investigated needs addressed.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The inconsistent behaviour of some local authorities and @gtcscotland.bsky.social cannot continue forever. Time for a major change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This poem appeared recently in the Scotsman ...
May 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This poem appeared recently in the Scotsman ...
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This, I understand: the instinct to cling,
at any cost, to the place you are rooted,
to see another season through…
—Marjorie Lotfi, “The Hebridean Crab Apple” – a poem inspired by the discovery of a crab apple tree on an uninhabited outer-Hebridean island
at any cost, to the place you are rooted,
to see another season through…
—Marjorie Lotfi, “The Hebridean Crab Apple” – a poem inspired by the discovery of a crab apple tree on an uninhabited outer-Hebridean island
April 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This, I understand: the instinct to cling,
at any cost, to the place you are rooted,
to see another season through…
—Marjorie Lotfi, “The Hebridean Crab Apple” – a poem inspired by the discovery of a crab apple tree on an uninhabited outer-Hebridean island
at any cost, to the place you are rooted,
to see another season through…
—Marjorie Lotfi, “The Hebridean Crab Apple” – a poem inspired by the discovery of a crab apple tree on an uninhabited outer-Hebridean island
'Sequamur' has been given a new hardback cover by @asls.org.uk and is being distributed to many secondary schools in Scotland as a Higher and Nat5 text. Teachers are encouraged to make a request!
April 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
'Sequamur' has been given a new hardback cover by @asls.org.uk and is being distributed to many secondary schools in Scotland as a Higher and Nat5 text. Teachers are encouraged to make a request!
At @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social at 6.30 pm on 23rd April... Would be great to see people zoom in!
April 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
At @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social at 6.30 pm on 23rd April... Would be great to see people zoom in!
A new edition of the play 'Sequamur' is currently circulating round Scotland's schools... A text for both Higher and Nat 5 English. Agus Gaidhlig cuideachd!
April 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A new edition of the play 'Sequamur' is currently circulating round Scotland's schools... A text for both Higher and Nat 5 English. Agus Gaidhlig cuideachd!
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WED 16 APRIL
@SPL
Donald S Murray presents "Tales of a Cosmic Crofter," his new collection inspired by Gaelic songs and his Lewis upbringing. Mark Vernon Thomas unveils "For All the Ghosts that Live in Me," his deeply personal exploration of inner landscapes.
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@SPL
Donald S Murray presents "Tales of a Cosmic Crofter," his new collection inspired by Gaelic songs and his Lewis upbringing. Mark Vernon Thomas unveils "For All the Ghosts that Live in Me," his deeply personal exploration of inner landscapes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seahorse-p...
Seahorse Publications Launch
Donald S. Murray and Mark Vernon Thomas launching new collections 'Tales of a Cosmic Crofter' and 'For All the Ghosts That Live In Me'
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
WED 16 APRIL
@SPL
Donald S Murray presents "Tales of a Cosmic Crofter," his new collection inspired by Gaelic songs and his Lewis upbringing. Mark Vernon Thomas unveils "For All the Ghosts that Live in Me," his deeply personal exploration of inner landscapes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seahorse-p...
@SPL
Donald S Murray presents "Tales of a Cosmic Crofter," his new collection inspired by Gaelic songs and his Lewis upbringing. Mark Vernon Thomas unveils "For All the Ghosts that Live in Me," his deeply personal exploration of inner landscapes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seahorse-p...
The 'Cosmic Crofter' will begin its stellar journey on 16th April in the @byleaveswelive.bsky.social in Edinburgh. Looking forward to take off!
March 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The 'Cosmic Crofter' will begin its stellar journey on 16th April in the @byleaveswelive.bsky.social in Edinburgh. Looking forward to take off!
And in Kirkcudbright on Saturday ....
March 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
And in Kirkcudbright on Saturday ....
Will be launching this in my native district of Ness in the isle of Lewis on 19th March. 'Leaving Songs' with the wonderful illustrations of @dougrobertson.bsky.social and published by Island Book Trust.
March 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Will be launching this in my native district of Ness in the isle of Lewis on 19th March. 'Leaving Songs' with the wonderful illustrations of @dougrobertson.bsky.social and published by Island Book Trust.
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Richard Gere, "We have a bully and a thug who is President of the United States"
February 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Richard Gere, "We have a bully and a thug who is President of the United States"
Sad to hear that the poet Michael Longley has passed away. A remarkable writer whose work impressed me time and time again. There are some people who make a profound impression. www.bing.com/videos/river...
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January 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Sad to hear that the poet Michael Longley has passed away. A remarkable writer whose work impressed me time and time again. There are some people who make a profound impression. www.bing.com/videos/river...
'Leaving Songs' will be appearing soon. It's linked to my novel 'The Salt and the Flame' and the Metagama/Marloch Concerts etc where I appeared with some excellent musicians. And there's more to come ...
January 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
'Leaving Songs' will be appearing soon. It's linked to my novel 'The Salt and the Flame' and the Metagama/Marloch Concerts etc where I appeared with some excellent musicians. And there's more to come ...