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

Scottish Children's Press

Scottish Children's Press have a range of books written in Scots suitable for nursery and primary children. The publisher is also interested in hearing from teachers who wish to be involved in...

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....

New Scots book for children

A new Scots language picture book for the very young has just been published. 'Millie' is a story about a Dalmatian dog who loves to steal sandwiches from locations across the North-East of...

Help Wanted in Publishing the Old Testament in Scots

The Blether Region blog reports that Kenneth Fraser, long-time author of the Lallans column in the monthly Scots Independent, is appealing for help in bringing to publication an almost complete...

An app’s an app for a’ that

Ahead of this year's Burns night, the Scottish Government has released a Burns app for the iPhone. As well as including more than 550 of the Bard's poems and love songs, the app gives users a...

Scottish Government Responds to Literature Working Group Report

On 4 February, the Scottish Government produced its official response to the literature working group’s report. Among many other points, the group recommended that the Government should encourage...

Government Responds to the Ministerial Working Group

On Friday last week, the Scottish Government published its response to the recommendations of the Ministerial Working Group on the Scots Language. The response comments about recommendations on...

Lorimer’s translation, 'a complete vindication of Scots'.

In this article, first published in the Leopard, Derrick McCure discusses W L Lorimer's Scots translation of the New Testament.  We are grateful to Derrick McClure and Lindy Cheyne of the Leopard...

Written Questions on Scottish Culture

This page collects written questions on Scottish culture that are not directly related to Scots language but may have a bearing on it. S4W-09340 Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Government what...

Alasdair Allan's Presentation to the Cross-Party Group

At the cross-party group meeting on 13 December 2011, Dr Alastair Allan, the Minister for Learning and Skills, gave CPG members an update on progress on the Scottish Government's policy on Scots....

Happyland

A new CD of Scots poems and and poetry set to song is now available from Fras publications. Featuring William Hershaw and Tony Duffy, this CD has been short listed for the 2012 Callum Macdonald...

A Modren Scots Grammar

In A Modren Scots Grammar, Scottish Language Dictionaries Director, Dr Chris Robinson sets out the rules of Scots Grammar in a straightforward and easy to understand form. In a series of short...

Charles Barron Prize for Doric Drama

The Charles Barron Prize for Doric Drama is now up for grabs. The first prize, which is in memory of playwright Charles Barron (who sadly died in 2012), is worth £1000, with two runner-up prizes...

Scots Language Society Collogue

The Scots Language Society Collogue, or annual gathering, will be taking place this year at Hillhead Baptish Church, 53 Cresswell Street, Glasgow. Tickets cost £20. Please download the programme...

Sangschaw 2013

The deadline for entries to Sangschaw 2013. Each entry costs £3. Prose must not be more than 3000 words, and poems and drama no more than 60 lines. Please put your name, address and contact...

Eneados 500

Five hundred years ago, on St Mary Magdalene’s Day (22 July) 1513, Scots master poet, or makar, Gavin Douglas completed his translation into Scots of the Roman Virgil’s (70-19 BC) Latin work The...