Prof Zoe Strachan
@zoestrachan.bsky.social
Author, mainly of fiction. Sound art.
Professor of Creative & Interdisciplinary Practice at University of Glasgow.
Books, cats, coffee.
Professor of Creative & Interdisciplinary Practice at University of Glasgow.
Books, cats, coffee.
So looking forward to this! It's great to hear @radiophrenia.bsky.social on air again! 📻
A note to say that @zoestrachan.bsky.social and I are looking forward to our Test-pitting live-to-air in the @radiophrenia.bsky.social studio - Fri 18th April at 3pm. 🙏😊
Tune in 87.9fm or radiophrenia.scot/listen/
#performance #radio #radioart #soundart #live #broadcast
Tune in 87.9fm or radiophrenia.scot/listen/
#performance #radio #radioart #soundart #live #broadcast
April 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
So looking forward to this! It's great to hear @radiophrenia.bsky.social on air again! 📻
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📢 Creatives in Scotland seeking better working conditions!
Hold the government to account & make sure Fair Work principles are implemented by completing this survey. Deadline: 20 April
www.surveymonkey.com/r/WV8DNT3
Hold the government to account & make sure Fair Work principles are implemented by completing this survey. Deadline: 20 April
www.surveymonkey.com/r/WV8DNT3
Creative Industries Workers Survey
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April 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢 Creatives in Scotland seeking better working conditions!
Hold the government to account & make sure Fair Work principles are implemented by completing this survey. Deadline: 20 April
www.surveymonkey.com/r/WV8DNT3
Hold the government to account & make sure Fair Work principles are implemented by completing this survey. Deadline: 20 April
www.surveymonkey.com/r/WV8DNT3
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Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Palestinian Scholarship
www.gold.ac.uk
April 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
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Our Tuesday’Writing Fiction’ class begins in 2 weeks. All writers welcome #thiwurd
www.thi-wurd.com/product/writ...
www.thi-wurd.com/product/writ...
Writing Fiction Online Class Spring Term (Tuesday) - thi wurd
Place on the online ‘Writing Fiction’ (Tuesday class), running from Tues 29 Apr - Tues 17 June, 7pm–9.30pm (BST). Details of class. If you purchase a place your name will be added to the class regis...
www.thi-wurd.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Our Tuesday’Writing Fiction’ class begins in 2 weeks. All writers welcome #thiwurd
www.thi-wurd.com/product/writ...
www.thi-wurd.com/product/writ...
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Creative Conversations: Greg Thomas
24 Feb @uofglasgow.bsky.social – free
@gregchthomas.bsky.social is a poet, artist & writer with a particular interest in concrete & visual poetries. His poetry often deals with environmental crisis & politics of climate change
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
24 Feb @uofglasgow.bsky.social – free
@gregchthomas.bsky.social is a poet, artist & writer with a particular interest in concrete & visual poetries. His poetry often deals with environmental crisis & politics of climate change
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
Creative Conversations: Greg Thomas
Poet, author, critic and arts journalist Greg Thomas in Conversation
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February 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Creative Conversations: Greg Thomas
24 Feb @uofglasgow.bsky.social – free
@gregchthomas.bsky.social is a poet, artist & writer with a particular interest in concrete & visual poetries. His poetry often deals with environmental crisis & politics of climate change
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
24 Feb @uofglasgow.bsky.social – free
@gregchthomas.bsky.social is a poet, artist & writer with a particular interest in concrete & visual poetries. His poetry often deals with environmental crisis & politics of climate change
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
Love the new cover @canongate.co.uk 😍
Excited to report that paperback of To the Dogs is available to pre order from @waterstones.bsky.social with %25 off until Monday 24th Feb. Use the code PREORDER25 🐕
February 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Love the new cover @canongate.co.uk 😍
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AFTERWORDS: Muriel Spark
“One’s prime is elusive…”
—On BBC Sounds: writers @ianrankin1.bsky.social & @zoestrachan.bsky.social discuss Muriel Spark’s life & work with National Library of Scotland curator Colin McIlroy, & Spark’s friend & memoirist, Alan Taylor
7/9
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
“One’s prime is elusive…”
—On BBC Sounds: writers @ianrankin1.bsky.social & @zoestrachan.bsky.social discuss Muriel Spark’s life & work with National Library of Scotland curator Colin McIlroy, & Spark’s friend & memoirist, Alan Taylor
7/9
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Afterwords: Muriel Spark
Reflections on the work of Muriel Spark, through archive of the author and new interviews.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
AFTERWORDS: Muriel Spark
“One’s prime is elusive…”
—On BBC Sounds: writers @ianrankin1.bsky.social & @zoestrachan.bsky.social discuss Muriel Spark’s life & work with National Library of Scotland curator Colin McIlroy, & Spark’s friend & memoirist, Alan Taylor
7/9
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
“One’s prime is elusive…”
—On BBC Sounds: writers @ianrankin1.bsky.social & @zoestrachan.bsky.social discuss Muriel Spark’s life & work with National Library of Scotland curator Colin McIlroy, & Spark’s friend & memoirist, Alan Taylor
7/9
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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This lovely book edited by @zoestrachan.bsky.social is an anthology of writing inspired by the Antonine Wall. It is includes prose, poetry and an adapted excerpt from my book 'Walking the Antonine Wall'. Best of all, you can download it free here: eprints.gla.ac.uk/305436/2/305...
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
January 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This lovely book edited by @zoestrachan.bsky.social is an anthology of writing inspired by the Antonine Wall. It is includes prose, poetry and an adapted excerpt from my book 'Walking the Antonine Wall'. Best of all, you can download it free here: eprints.gla.ac.uk/305436/2/305...
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
On air right now @bbcradio4.bsky.social our own DFA writer @uofglasgow.bsky.social and chef @sumayyausmani.bsky.social 😃🥘🍴
December 14, 2024 at 10:36 AM
On air right now @bbcradio4.bsky.social our own DFA writer @uofglasgow.bsky.social and chef @sumayyausmani.bsky.social 😃🥘🍴
Should rivers have rights? Pleased to see Who Owns the Clyde? expanding their citizens' investigation 🌊 @louisewelsh00.bsky.social @judebarber.bsky.social
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Grant Scottish rivers, including the River Clyde, the legal right to personhood
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to grant the River Clyde, and potentially other rivers in Scotland, the legal right to personhood by:
* adopting the Universal Decla...
petitions.parliament.scot
December 13, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Should rivers have rights? Pleased to see Who Owns the Clyde? expanding their citizens' investigation 🌊 @louisewelsh00.bsky.social @judebarber.bsky.social
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Perth station...
December 7, 2024 at 12:36 PM
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Perth station...
A snowy journey to discover the sun shining on Moniack Mhor!
December 3, 2024 at 11:41 AM
A snowy journey to discover the sun shining on Moniack Mhor!
Brilliant news!
So pleased to see Peter Mackay announced today as Scotland’s new Makar. A brilliant choice.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lewis-born Gaelic poet Peter Mackay appointed Scotland's Makar
Lewis-born Peter Mackay was named as the latest holder of the national poetry role at an Edinburgh event.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Brilliant news!
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I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
Introduction to Playwriting - Online Course
In this intro course, you'll generate ideas for a play and get to know genre, drama structure, exposition, dialogue, and drafting.
www.futurelearn.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:32 AM
I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
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Open Book Scots Creative Writing Group
9 Dec, free online
The latest free monthly creative writing session via Zoom, led by author Alan McClure. Designed as a gentle introduction to writing in Scots, they are open to beginners & more experienced writers alike
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-book-...
9 Dec, free online
The latest free monthly creative writing session via Zoom, led by author Alan McClure. Designed as a gentle introduction to writing in Scots, they are open to beginners & more experienced writers alike
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-book-...
Open Book Scots Creative Writing Group on Zoom
Open Book's Scots Creative Writing Group on Zoom
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Open Book Scots Creative Writing Group
9 Dec, free online
The latest free monthly creative writing session via Zoom, led by author Alan McClure. Designed as a gentle introduction to writing in Scots, they are open to beginners & more experienced writers alike
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-book-...
9 Dec, free online
The latest free monthly creative writing session via Zoom, led by author Alan McClure. Designed as a gentle introduction to writing in Scots, they are open to beginners & more experienced writers alike
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-book-...
Few things make me happier than model towers...
November 27, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Few things make me happier than model towers...
I do, thank you! They must know I fold page corners...
November 24, 2024 at 1:58 AM
I do, thank you! They must know I fold page corners...
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Excited to announce 3 #AcademicJobs in Humanities at Uni Strathclyde funded through the Charlotte Lythe bequest. I'm new here, so appreciate your help in getting the word out! The jobs are in History, Media and English/Creative Writing. Details below in my first bsky thread (drumroll please...)
November 20, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Excited to announce 3 #AcademicJobs in Humanities at Uni Strathclyde funded through the Charlotte Lythe bequest. I'm new here, so appreciate your help in getting the word out! The jobs are in History, Media and English/Creative Writing. Details below in my first bsky thread (drumroll please...)
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The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis
Discoveries 2025
Calling all unpublished women writers! The Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, the Curtis Brown literary agency and Curtis Brown Creative have partnered to run the Discoveries novel-writing development prog...
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 8:53 AM
The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis
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Free tickets here!
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November 20, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Free tickets here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
Delighted to have a new and seasonal short story on @bbcradio4.bsky.social this Friday, 3.45pm - spot the F Marian McNeill references!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Martinmas Wind
'It was the time of year for memories...' A new short work from Zoe Strachan.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Delighted to have a new and seasonal short story on @bbcradio4.bsky.social this Friday, 3.45pm - spot the F Marian McNeill references!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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PLEASE SHARE 🙏 last tour dates of 2024!
Our free weekly tours with our Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social are now live and bookable via the email below!
Sorcha worked with Alasdair since 2007, has a deep knowledge of the collection, was responsible for saving it after Gray’s death.
Our free weekly tours with our Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social are now live and bookable via the email below!
Sorcha worked with Alasdair since 2007, has a deep knowledge of the collection, was responsible for saving it after Gray’s death.
November 19, 2024 at 7:40 AM
PLEASE SHARE 🙏 last tour dates of 2024!
Our free weekly tours with our Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social are now live and bookable via the email below!
Sorcha worked with Alasdair since 2007, has a deep knowledge of the collection, was responsible for saving it after Gray’s death.
Our free weekly tours with our Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social are now live and bookable via the email below!
Sorcha worked with Alasdair since 2007, has a deep knowledge of the collection, was responsible for saving it after Gray’s death.
Hello! Instead of an intro to me, here's Minnie the cat, who also likes books and coffee.
November 17, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Hello! Instead of an intro to me, here's Minnie the cat, who also likes books and coffee.