Articles categorised as Publishing

Kidnapped Translated

It won't be the first time that Kidnapped has been translated but it surely is the first time the Stevenson novel has been rendered in Scots and as a graphic novel too. Kidnappit is the latest...

New book scratches an itch

A newly published book from Itchy Coo - entitled 'Geordie's Mingin Medicine', which is a translation from English into Scots of a Roald Dahl work, has now reached number one in Waterstone's...

Book of Scots terms

Artist Scott Simpson has illustrated a series of Scots words by assigning a character to each one. These include 'ned', 'clype', 'crabbit' and many other well known words. Wrongly reported by the...

Sally on Sunday discuss Scots New Testament

Sally Magnusson discusses the Scots New Testament with Priscilla Lorimer http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/scotland_aod.shtml?scotland/religion1_sun

Scots language books for children

Children's Book Press (www.scottishbooks.com/kids/main) have a range of books written in Scots suitable for nursery and primary children. The publisher is also interested in hearing from teachers...

Publication of The Scottish World

Billy Kay's The Scottish World will be published. This book looks at the contribution of Scots to the culture of the world, including linguistic aspects. For more about the background, and the...

SLD holds auction

The staff at Scots Language Dictionaries are holding an eBay auction of goodies, mementos and other items donated by various Scottish celebrities as part of its drive to raise money towards the...

New book on Scottish printing

Antony Kamm, working in conjunction with the National Library of Scotland - who presently have an exihibition entitled 'Imprentit' - has written a new called 'Scottish Printed Books 1508-2008'....

SLD seeks Outreach Assistant

Scots Language Dictionaries have advertised the post of Outreach/education assistant (3 days a week), £18,000 (pro rata). The successful candidate will assist in a number of important areas...

New Writing Scotland 27 published

The latest volume of 'New Writing Scotland', from the Association for Scottish Literary Studies, is about to hit the streets. Entitled ' In the Line of Fire' this will be number 27 in the series...

Launch of A Companion to Scotsoun

Dr George Philp’s ‘A Companion to Scotsoun’ will be launched on Friday 25 September at the University of Glasgow. Dr Philip, who is a principal creator of Scotsoun, will be speaking about this...

Launch of 'For A' That'

The launch of a new book entitled 'For A' That' will take place at the Dundee Rep Theatre at 7pm. The University of Dundee has commissioned various wriers to put together an anthology celebrating...

Colour in the first Scots books

Printing in the Scots Language didn't start in Scotland – it started in Paris in 1503, with two incredibly beautiful books. Densely illustrated with finely drawn woodcuts, the books were produced...

Literature Working Group

The Scottish Government's literature working group has published its policy proposals. The report contains recommendations concerning literature and publising in Scots. This page collects Scottish...

Iseabail's list of literature in Scots language

Collections of Modern Scots Fenton, James (2000) Thonner an Thon. An Ulster Scots Collection, Belfast: Ullans Press. Poetry and prose in Ulster Scots. MacCallum Neil R and Purves, David eds...

Iseabail's list of resources about Scots language policy and attitudes

Aitken, A. J. (1981, 1990) 'The good old Scots tongue: does Scots have an identity?' in Einar Haugen et al. eds. Minority Languages Today, Edinburgh University Press, 72-90. Aitken, A. J. (1982)...

Iseabail's list of Scots language reference resources

General    Scottish Language Dictionaries (SLD)  have excellent information on Scots, present and past, in their dictionaries – see  http://www.scotsdictionaries.org.uk and see especially the...

Duncan's list of Scots language reference books

CONCISE SCOTS DICTIONARY (Scots- English) The Concise Scots Dictionary is the ideal Scots reference work for the reader, learner, speaker or student of the Scots language, and contains a wealth of...

Iseabail's list of resources about Scots in place and personal names

Place-names Dorward, D. (1995) Scotland’s Place-names, Edinburgh: Mercat Press. Drummond, Peter (2007) Scottish Hill Names (new edn of Scottish Hill and Mountain Names 1991), Scottish...

Iseabail's list of books about Scots in translation

BOSLIT: Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation National Library of Scotland:  http://boslit.nls.ukCorbett, John (1999) Written in the Language of the Scottish Nation: A History of...

Iseabail's list of Scots language dictionaries

SCOTS LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES, EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESSThe most authoritative dictionaries are those from Scottish Language Dictionaries published by Edinburgh University Press, unless otherwise...

Edinburgh Library list of rescources for the study of Scots language

Bryght Lanternis, Essays on the language and literature of mediaeval and Renaissance Scotland, Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Press, 1989Whilst dealing with the language historically this work...

Edinburgh Library list of Scots language Glossaries and Dictionaries

Gray Adam, A Scots agricultural glossary, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society, 1997Graham William, The Scots word book, Edinburgh, Ramsay Head Press, 1980Primarily an...

Edinburgh Library list of Scots language literature

Older Scots (prose)Boece, Hector. The history and chronicles of Scotland, written in Latin by Hector Boece, canon of Aberdeen and translated by John Bellenden, archdean of Moray and canon of Ross....