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John Skinner Bicentenary Celebration
30 Jun 07 - 30 Jun 07
The 16 June 2007 marks the bicentenary of the death of the Rev. John Skinner (1721-1807) who was, among othere things, a poet and song-writer in th...
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- Scottish Place-name Society 04 Oct 06 - 04 Oct 06
visit the Scottish Place-Name Society website and the Scottish place-name newsgroup - The Doric Festival 29 Sep 06 - 15 Oct 06
A twa wikk lang splore o the tung, sangs, music and traditions o oor byous Doric culture. Now in... - Fest`n`Furious - Dundee`s Festival of Traditional Music 29 Sep 06 - 02 Oct 06
Includes: Sheena Wellington & Sheila Stewart Two of Scotland's finest traditional singers wit... - The Soutar Session 01 Sep 06 - 01 Nov 06
The controversial subject of a Scottish Six news broadcast is a regular story in itself. The Cent... - Cross Party Group on the Scots Language 03 Oct 06 - 03 Oct 06
Open to all (by prior contact with SLRC before 27 September ) Email - Five Pound and Twa Bairns 13 Oct 06 - 14 Oct 06
The musical play by Mike Gibb and Mairi Paton about three women who lose men in the Tay Bridge di... - Scots language Society Collogue 14 Oct 06 - 14 Oct 06
Scots in the Theatre Speakers to include, Chris Robinson, Eilidh Bateman, John Corbett and Ian Br... - Dae Ye Ken? By Vicki Gausden 25 Dec 06 - 25 Dec 06
Need to know your oxter from your bahookie? Split thematically and including subjects from feelin... - 100 Favourite Scottish Poems 30 Nov 06 - 30 Nov 06
Join the anthology's editor Stewart Conn and contributing poets, including Robert Crawford, Anna ... - Language And Modern Scottish Fiction 09 Dec 06 - 09 Dec 06
Forum for Research in the Languages of Scotland and Ulster. LANGUAGE AND MODERN SCOTTISH FICTION ... - Scottish Writing Exhibition 28 Dec 06 - 30 Dec 06
Now in our third year, we are very excited to be presenting an expanded exhibition of Scottish wr... - Aye Write! Bank of Scotland Book Festival 16 Feb 07 - 25 Feb 07
Aye Write! celebrates the rich variety of Glaswegian writing and also brings the very best of Sco... - Burns International Conference 13 Jan 07 - 13 Jan 07
This year's International Burns Conference in Glasgow is directed by Dr Gerard Carruthers of the ... - Rab and Tommy talk Burns 21 Jan 07 - 21 Jan 07
Tommy Sheridan will discuss Burns poetry with Rab Wilson on the MSP's Sunday Morning with Citizen... - ASLS Languages Conference 2007 03 Feb 07 - 03 Feb 07
This year's ASLS Languages Conference on 'Language, Politics and Song' will be held at Glasgow Ca... - The Scottish Word 26 Jan 07 - 26 Jan 07
Billy Kay with Rod Paterson, Derek Hoy and Norman Chalmers of Jock Tamson's Bairns in an evening ... - Iain Anderson in Conversation: Billy Kay 29 Jan 07 - 29 Jan 07
- The Wigtown Poetry Competition 2007 26 Jan 07 - 26 Jan 07
The Wigtown Poetry Competition is the largest poetry competition in Scotland with over 2000 entri... - Shetland Dialect Meeting 06 Feb 07 - 06 Feb 07
- One Book One Edinburgh - Graphic Novel Event 02 Feb 07 - 02 Feb 07
Join world-famous artists Cam Kennedy and Alan Grant to discuss their new graphic novel of Steven... - Both Sides of Hadrians Wall 17 Feb 07 - 17 Feb 07
Selkirk Lapwing Press present a series of readings to promote their new anthology Both Sides of H... - The Singers Gathering 24 Feb 07 - 25 Feb 07
24th -25th February: - a celebration of unaccompanied and group singing, focussing on the evolvin... - Street Gangs of Dundee 09 Apr 07 - 09 Apr 07
Dundonian rap poet Gary Robertson, takes us back to the 1960's and 1970's when territorial identi... - Scottish Parliament election 03 May 07 - 03 May 07
For more information about how to vote read the Scots version of the Electoral Commission's leafl... - Debateable Lands - The Languages and Literature of South West Scotland 25 May 07 - 27 May 07
The annual ASLS conference held this year in Dumfries explores the languages and litertature of S... - Launch of Life of Alexander Scott 07 Jun 07 - 07 Jun 07
A biography of Alexander Scott, entitled 'Auld Campaigner', by David Robb, will be launched at 6... - The Old Town Poetry Tour 21 Jun 07 - 25 Jun 07
As a component of the Old Town Festival, Ken Cockburn, in conjunction with Polygon, will be takin... - Cross Party Group on Scots 19 Jun 07 - 19 Jun 07
Meeting of the Cross Party Group on Scots. For information contact the Scots Language Centre. All... - John Skinner Bicentenary Celebration 30 Jun 07 - 30 Jun 07
The 16 June 2007 marks the bicentenary of the death of the Rev. John Skinner (1721-1807) who was,... - Shetland Forwirds AGM and Ordinary Meeting 26 Jun 07 - 26 Jun 07
For more information contact Shetland Forwirds at braeview@lineone.net - Palavar at Dundee 23 Jun 07 - 23 Jun 07
The Friends of Wighton have organised a Cappuccino Concert in Maryatt Hall, Dundee for Saturday 2... - Shetland ForWirds AGM 24 Jul 06 - 24 Jul 06
The Annual General Meeting of the Shetland dialect group, Shetland ForWirds. - New book from Janet Paisley 02 Aug 07 - 08 Nov 07
Writer Janet Paisley will be giving a series of talks and readings from her new historical novel ... - Seventh Symposium on Language and Politics 07 Nov 07 - 09 Nov 07
The Seventh Symposium on Language and Politics will take place during 7-9 November 2007 at Queen'... - William Soutar Walks launch 19 Nov 07 - 19 Nov 07
Two new walks based on the poetry and places associated with the writer and bard William Soutar a... - Doric Cabaret Evening 01 Dec 07 - 03 Dec 07
As pairt o the city o Aiberdeen’s St Andra’s Weekend, the Associe o Grampian Storytellers is ... - Perth Burns Club 01 Dec 07 - 01 Dec 07
The Perth Burns Club is tae haud its fowert Yearly Day o Scots Culture in the theatre o the AK Be... - Langage Conferance 08 Dec 07 - 08 Dec 07
The Forum for Speirings anent the Leids o Scotland an Ulster (Forum for Research in the Languages... - Banffshire Field Club 08 Dec 07 - 08 Dec 07
The Banffshire Field Club will be host tae J Derrick McClure on Seturday 8 December at the Commun... - Billy Kay on 'The Scottish World' 12 Dec 07 - 12 Dec 07
Billy Kay is tae gie a talk anent ‘The Scottish World’ at the Abertay Historical Society on W... - Stuart McHardy Traditional Night 12 Dec 07 - 12 Dec 07
Screivar an Scots steerar Stuart McHardy is tae sing tradeetional sangs at the Dumfaurlin Fowk Cl... - Convention o Modren Leids Associe 30 Dec 07 - 30 Dec 07
Professor John Corbett, fae the Versity o Glesca, will be giein a paper cryed ‘The Future Oors?... - Revisiting the Makars 07 Jan 08 - 07 Jan 08
The Text Society for Leids o Scotland (Scottish Text Society) is tae haud the first in a screed o... - Supper Wi Burns 23 Jan 08 - 24 Jan 08
The Scots Centre for Storytelling is haudin a Supper Wi Burns on Wadensday 23 an Thursday 24 Janu... - Clarinda 25 Jan 08 - 02 Feb 08
The first warld shawin o the play ‘Clarinda’, bi play-screivar Mike Webb, will be 7.30pm on 2... - Clarinda 04 Feb 08 - 05 Feb 08
Clarinda will be shawin at St Andrews in the Square, Glesca on Monanday 4 an Tuesday 5 Februar at... - Scots, Language of Kings 28 Feb 08 - 28 Feb 08
Dr Caroline Macafee will be giein a paper cryed ‘Scots, Language of Kings’ as ane o the publi... - Association for Scottish Literary Studies 31 May 08 - 31 May 08
The Associe for Lair in the Leetraturs o Scotland (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) is ... - Aye write in Glesca 08 Mar 08 - 08 Mar 08
As pairt o Glesca's Aye Write fest the will be a day gien ower tae the Scots leid, cryed 'Writing... - Glesca brainch o the Scots Leid Associe 13 Mar 08 - 13 Mar 08
Dr Maggie Scott will be speakin tae the Glesca brainch o the Scots Leid Associe (Scots Language S... - Billy Kay anent Scots Medicine 12 Mar 08 - 12 Mar 08
Billy Kay will be haudin furth on the history o doctors an medicine in Scotland, wi his ordnar ja... - The StAnza Fest 16 Mar 08 - 16 Mar 08
The Shetlandic poyet Robert Alan Jamieson will be takkin pairt in the StAnza Fest in Saunt Aundra... - Storytelling Warkshop 12 Apr 08 - 12 Apr 08
Weel-kent poyet an screivar Sheena Blackhall is tae haud a storytelling warkshop for fowk in Nort... - Nicht o Tradeetional Sangs 26 Apr 08 - 26 Apr 08
The Aiberdeen & Regional Oral History Associe is tae haud a tradeetional concert pairty on the ni... - Up tae the knees in claret 30 Apr 08 - 30 Apr 08
Billy Kay an Rod Paterson will be ‘Knee Deep in Claret’ at Kellie Castle by Pittenweem in Fif... - Annual ASLS Election 14 Jun 08 - 14 Jun 08
The annual meeting and election of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies will be held at ... - New Work by Stella Sutherland 02 May 08 - 02 May 08
Poet Stella Sutherland is to launch her new work of poems in Shetlandic and English - called Joy ... - Grampian Storytellers 02 May 08 - 02 May 08
The Grampian Association of Storytellers is holding its 'First Friday Fling' with the theme 'Old ... - Shetland ForWirds fundraiser 12 May 08 - 12 May 08
Shetland ForWirds is holding a fund-raising concert at the Garrison Theatre, Lerrick, beginning a... - Burns An' A' That Festival 17 May 08 - 24 May 08
The 'Burns An' A' That' festival, billed as a showcase for the best of talent in Scotland, will c... - Billy Kay's 'Scottish World' 22 May 08 - 22 May 08
Well-known writer and broadcaster Billy Kay will be giving a talk on 'The Scottish World' in the ... - Dramatising Scotland Conference 31 May 08 - 31 May 08
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies is holding its annual general meeting in the Nether... - Shetland ForWirds AGM 17 Jun 08 - 17 Jun 08
Shetland ForWirds will be holding its Annual General Meeting at the Board Room, Shetland Amenity ... - Celtic and Scots Song Contest 29 Apr 08 - 29 Apr 10
The finalists for the Celtic and Scots languages song contest - called Nos Ur ('new style') - hav... - Caribbean Conference 24 Jun 08 - 25 Jun 08
The University of Stirling will host a conference about Scotland and the Caribbean, entitled ‘C... - Literature Conference 30 Jul 08 - 02 Aug 08
The University of Aberdeen will be hosting its twelfth international conference on the subject â€... - Scots Language Society Annual Conference 25 Oct 08 - 25 Oct 08
The annual conference of the Scots Language Society will be held this Saturday at the Birnam Inst... - Doric prize-giving 27 Sep 08 - 27 Sep 08
The prize-giving day for the Doric Writing Competition will take place in the Town Hall, Inveruri... - Edinburgh Master-Poet 26 Jun 08 - 26 Jun 08
Stewart Conn - Edinburgh's first 'poet-laureate', along with musician-jester John Sampson, will b... - Shetland Cultural Conference 07 May 09 - 10 May 09
The Elphinstone Institute (University of Aberdeen), in conjunction with the Millennium Instituteâ... - Robert Burns Anniversary Conference 15 May 09 - 17 May 09
To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the Centre for Robert Burns Studies a... - Royal Society Burns Conference 23 Jan 09 - 23 Jan 09
The Royal Society of Edinburgh is hosting a one day conference to mark the anniversary of the bir... - Night of poems in Ayr 05 Jun 08 - 05 Jun 08
Well-known writer Liz Niven, along with Alastair Paterson, will be giving readings from their poe... - Meeting of Cross-Party Group on Scots Language 10 Jun 08 - 10 Jun 08
The meeting of the Cross-Party Group on the Scots Language will be held in the Scottish Parliamen... - Celtic and Scots Song Contest 21 Jun 08 - 21 Jun 08
The best of the entries for the Celtic and Scots languages song contest – called Nos Ur (‘new... - Broadcasting Conference 21 Jun 08 - 21 Jun 08
The Eden Court Theatre in Inverness is hosting a conference by the UHI Millennium Institute calle... - TS Law Book Launch 17 Jun 08 - 17 Jun 08
There will be a launch of a new book of the poems of T.S. Law – entitled ‘At the Pynt o the P... - Launch of Doric Book 11 Sep 08 - 11 Sep 10
Aberdeen City Council's 'Reading Bus' will be launching a new book of poems in North East Scots -... - Scots: The Mither Tongue 09 Sep 08 - 09 Sep 10
As part of the Imprentit exhibition – looking back over 500 years of printing in Scotland – w... - Publication of The Scottish World 07 Aug 08 - 07 Aug 08
Billy Kay's The Scottish World will be published. This book looks at the contribution of Scots to... - The Scottish World on tour 21 Sep 08 - 21 Jul 08
Billy Kay's 'Scottish World' will be at The Burn House, near Brechin, from 2.30pm, as part of the... - Annual MacDiarmid lecture 30 Aug 08 - 30 Aug 08
The MacDiarmid Lecture Committee - named after the poet - is holding its annual lecture regarding... - Oldest Scottish Comedy 01 Aug 08 - 16 Aug 08
The oldest Scottish comedy, and written in the Scots language too, entitled Philotus, will be per... - ASLS Schools Conference 04 Oct 08 - 04 Oct 08
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies is holding its annual Schools Conference in Room P5... - Play in North East Scots 24 Sep 08 - 26 Sep 08
A play in North East Scots by Charles Barron, and entitled 'Amang the Craws' will tour the North ... - Traditional Singing Competition 27 Sep 08 - 27 Sep 08
On Saturday 27 September a Singing Competition will take place in the Town Hall, Inverurie as par... - Book from Millie Gray 11 Sep 08 - 11 Sep 08
A new book - A Class Of Their Own - by Millie Gray, will be available in Edinburgh and Leith shop... - Scots Language Today Debate 23 Sep 08 - 23 Sep 08
The National Library of Scotland, in conjunction with the Scots Language Centre, is holding a pan... - Doric Storytelling Workshop 10 Oct 08 - 10 Oct 08
Well-known North East Scots poet Sheena Blackhall will be hosting a Doric Storytelling Workshop w... - Fest'n'Furious at Dundee 03 Oct 08 - 05 Oct 10
'Fest'n'Furious' - Dundee's Traditional Music Festival - will be held over the weekend at various... - Burns 250 Show 31 Oct 08 - 31 Oct 08
Kevin Thomson will be taking his one-man Burns 250 Show to the Howff Club, Dumfries. The show tel... - Burns 250 Show 15 Nov 08 - 15 Nov 08
Kevin Thomson will be taking his one-man Burns 250 Show to Lodge 19: Coupar O Fife, Cupar. The sh... - Burns 250 Show 22 Nov 08 - 22 Nov 08
Kevin Thomson will be taking his one-man Burns 250 Show to Bowhill Peoples Burns Club, Cardenden.... - Storytelling in Scots 23 Sep 08 - 23 Sep 08
Do you want to learn how to tell stories in Scots, and learn more about speaking in Scots? Well, ... - Annual Day of Scottish Culture 29 Nov 08 - 29 Nov 08
Perth Burns Club has organised the Annual Day of Scottish Culture to commemorate St Andrews Day. ... - Storytelling Festival Launch 01 Oct 08 - 01 Oct 10
Linda Fabiani MSP will be helping to launch the Scottish International Storytelling Festival - ca... - Doric film premiers in London 11 Oct 08 - 11 Oct 10
Recently produced film 'One Day Removals' - which is in North East Scots (Doric) - is to have its... - Burns Exhibition 07 Nov 08 - 25 Jan 09
The National Burns Collection touring exhibition will be showing at the National Library of Scotl... - Scots Language Conference 06 Dec 08 - 06 Dec 08
The Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster is holding a conference entitled '... - Poetrio at Libaries Festival 12 Nov 08 - 12 Nov 08
Reading group Poetrio, consisting of Irene Brown, Anne Connelly and Maureen Sangster, will be per... - Northern Streams 02 Nov 08 - 02 Nov 08
Long-term resident of Orkney and Shetland, Liz Wilson, will be telling traditional stories and Je... - Traditional Music and Song Day 16 Nov 08 - 16 Nov 08
A Traditional Music and Song Day, in honour of Hamish Henderson, will be held from 3pm to 6.30pm ... - Conference for Burns Birthday 28 Feb 09 - 28 Feb 09
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies is to mark the 250 anniversary of the birth of Robe... - Billy Kay and the Scotish World 08 Mar 09 - 08 Mar 09
Well-known writer and broadcaster Billy Kay will be giving another talk on 'The Scottish World' a...