scott lyall
@scottlyall.bsky.social
Hyperlocal aesthete, spiritual atheist, professional dilettante
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scott lyall
@scottlyall.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Five years of editing SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW with the fab @rhonabrown.bsky.social and more exciting issues to come in 2026. The latest bumper issue is out now. Get yours by joining @asls.org.uk here: share.google/P8K28t8SNfWU...
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Happy Valentine's Day from Alexander Scott 🌹
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Happy Valentine's Day from Alexander Scott 🌹
Happy Valentine's Day from Alexander Scott 🌹
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Happy Valentine's Day from Alexander Scott 🌹
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James Leslie Mitchell was born today in 1901. If you've not been, get yourself to the Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre in Arbuthnott. It's a small community-run museum and café where you can view some fab Gibbon paraphernalia, have a gander at some books, and get a lovely homemade lunch.
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
James Leslie Mitchell was born today in 1901. If you've not been, get yourself to the Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre in Arbuthnott. It's a small community-run museum and café where you can view some fab Gibbon paraphernalia, have a gander at some books, and get a lovely homemade lunch.
James Leslie Mitchell was born today in 1901. If you've not been, get yourself to the Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre in Arbuthnott. It's a small community-run museum and café where you can view some fab Gibbon paraphernalia, have a gander at some books, and get a lovely homemade lunch.
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
James Leslie Mitchell was born today in 1901. If you've not been, get yourself to the Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre in Arbuthnott. It's a small community-run museum and café where you can view some fab Gibbon paraphernalia, have a gander at some books, and get a lovely homemade lunch.
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James Leslie Mitchell (1901–1935), better known as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, was born on this day, 13 Feb. Author of SUNSET SONG – & many other titles from historical to science fiction – he is one of the most important Scottish writers of the 20th century.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
James Leslie Mitchell (1901–1935), better known as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, was born on this day, 13 Feb. Author of SUNSET SONG – & many other titles from historical to science fiction – he is one of the most important Scottish writers of the 20th century.
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Are you writing a piece on Paterson 👀?
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Are you writing a piece on Paterson 👀?
That's the spirit.
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
That's the spirit.
Nevermind. Maybe next month.
February 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Nevermind. Maybe next month.
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LIKE A CAT LOVES
A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is coming to Edinburgh! On 23rd April, I'll be at the Topping & Co bookshop for a special event.
Tickets available here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
Please come if you're nearby, and let your Spark-loving pals know about it, too 🐈⬛
A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is coming to Edinburgh! On 23rd April, I'll be at the Topping & Co bookshop for a special event.
Tickets available here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
Please come if you're nearby, and let your Spark-loving pals know about it, too 🐈⬛
James Bailey for Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark at Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh
www.toppingbooks.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM
LIKE A CAT LOVES
A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is coming to Edinburgh! On 23rd April, I'll be at the Topping & Co bookshop for a special event.
Tickets available here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
Please come if you're nearby, and let your Spark-loving pals know about it, too 🐈⬛
A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is coming to Edinburgh! On 23rd April, I'll be at the Topping & Co bookshop for a special event.
Tickets available here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
Please come if you're nearby, and let your Spark-loving pals know about it, too 🐈⬛
Wonderful! Great collection. Do you have the date of the title poem?
February 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Wonderful! Great collection. Do you have the date of the title poem?
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Thanks to funding from the Scottish government, ASL is offering free class sets of Donald S. Murray’s play SEQUAMUR – a set text for Higher English – to secondary schools in Scotland. See our website for details:
@educationscotland.bsky.social @qualifications.gov.scot
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@educationscotland.bsky.social @qualifications.gov.scot
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Sequamur
Edited and introduced by Michelle Macleod with additional material and editorial assistance from Emma Dymock and Laurence Cavanagh. Thanks to Scottish Government funding, free class sets of Sequamur…
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February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Thanks to funding from the Scottish government, ASL is offering free class sets of Donald S. Murray’s play SEQUAMUR – a set text for Higher English – to secondary schools in Scotland. See our website for details:
@educationscotland.bsky.social @qualifications.gov.scot
asls.org.uk/publications...
@educationscotland.bsky.social @qualifications.gov.scot
asls.org.uk/publications...
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Thank you @theguardian.com for publishing this piece on my mother and Alzheimer’s:
‘There is one story we never tell’: will old family photos bring joy to my ailing mother – or remind us of dark secrets?
‘There is one story we never tell’: will old family photos bring joy to my ailing mother – or remind us of dark secrets?
As Alzheimer’s tightens its grip, we have started making our way through the hundreds of albums in my childhood home. But some are too painful to revisit
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Thank you @theguardian.com for publishing this piece on my mother and Alzheimer’s:
The northeast of Scotland hasn't seen sunlight for more than two weeks: apparently a record 😔
February 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The northeast of Scotland hasn't seen sunlight for more than two weeks: apparently a record 😔
Just learnt that a group of goldfinches is called 'a charm' 💛
February 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Just learnt that a group of goldfinches is called 'a charm' 💛
Sounds of Spring. Goldfinch party.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Sounds of Spring. Goldfinch party.
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please spread the word!
CFP: 2026 Scottish Literature PG Symposium
(Mis)placing Scottish Literature
8 May 2026, University of Glasgow
Details: ucsl-scotland.com/2026-pg-symp...
Deadline 15 March, student travel bursaries available!
(Mis)placing Scottish Literature
8 May 2026, University of Glasgow
Details: ucsl-scotland.com/2026-pg-symp...
Deadline 15 March, student travel bursaries available!
February 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
please spread the word!
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Congratulations. If the writing in the book is even half as beautiful as these posts, it will be a winner.
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Congratulations. If the writing in the book is even half as beautiful as these posts, it will be a winner.
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It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Fab! The Routledge Voice of Scotland series as a whole is really interesting.
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Fab! The Routledge Voice of Scotland series as a whole is really interesting.
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2026 is Agnes Owens’ centenary year, & Polygon will publish 7 new editions of her novels & short stories in collaboration with the Agnes Owens Archive – also launching this year. These new editions will be introduced by some of Scotland’s finest contemporary writers.
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Polygon to Publish New Editions of the Works of Agnes Owens to Mark Centenary | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online
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January 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
2026 is Agnes Owens’ centenary year, & Polygon will publish 7 new editions of her novels & short stories in collaboration with the Agnes Owens Archive – also launching this year. These new editions will be introduced by some of Scotland’s finest contemporary writers.
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This talk on "Scottish Women Writers in Children's Literature" from the fab Sarah Dunnigan and Lois Burke will be great.
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/sco...
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/sco...
Scottish women writers in children's literature | National Library of Scotland
Join us to discover the forgotten history of Scotland's women in children's literature such as Catherine Sinclair and Jessie Saxby.
www.nls.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This talk on "Scottish Women Writers in Children's Literature" from the fab Sarah Dunnigan and Lois Burke will be great.
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/sco...
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/sco...
This talk on "Scottish Women Writers in Children's Literature" from the fab Sarah Dunnigan and Lois Burke will be great.
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/sco...
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/sco...
Scottish women writers in children's literature | National Library of Scotland
Join us to discover the forgotten history of Scotland's women in children's literature such as Catherine Sinclair and Jessie Saxby.
www.nls.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This talk on "Scottish Women Writers in Children's Literature" from the fab Sarah Dunnigan and Lois Burke will be great.
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/sco...
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 19 March 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Tickets free, but booking required.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/sco...