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Recently Angus MacDonald MSP (SNP) for Falkirk East lodged a motion at Holyrood regarding the United Nations Year of Indigenous Languages and called on the members of the parliament to recognise the rich …
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The Open University in Scotland has recently launched its new online Scots language and culture course. Developed over the past few years in cooperation with a number of organisations and individuals, …
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As part of ‘Book week Scotland’, Scottish Book Trust are hosting an ‘Authors live’ event featuring Scots and Gaelic translations of Julia Donaldson’s ‘The …
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The new Doric Board, which aims to promote the culture, language and traditions of North East Scotland, has recently launched its Grants Scheme. The Board will make available grants of up to £1000 …
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On Friday 27 September 2019 the first ever Scots Language Awards will be held at The Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow. Though awards and prizes in the field of Scots-speaking and writing have existed since the …
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David Forrest is a Glasgow-based writer, spoken word artist and scientist. His work in Scots has featured at festivals, in literary journals and in two recent projects by the BBC.When he’s not writing …
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Pictur the follaein scene: ye’re clappit doon in front o a tap academic, bletherin blithely awa aboot complex an technical legal debates. Ilka argument ye mak comes gey naitural tae ye, an ye feel …
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The successful applicants for the newly instituted Scots Language Publication Grant have recently been announced. The funding for the Scots Language Grants was provided by the Scottish Government and …
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The 25th July marks the anniversary of the birth in 1834 of that curious character Robert de Bruce Trotter who was publishing material in Scots, and about Scots, at the end of the 19th century. Born at …
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MatildaRoald Dahl’s much-loved children’s book, Matilda, will be published in Scots by Black and White publishing.Glaswegian author Anne Donovan, best known for her novel Buddha Da, will …