A day before the anniversary of C. M. Grieve's birth (11 August 1892), Tippermuir publishes Ayont the Thistle, edited by Jim Mackintosh, Alan Riach, and James Robertson to mark the centenary of A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle (1926). My own piece looks at two Gaelic responses published in Gairm.

Tha @rannsachadh2026.bsky.social a' tòiseachadh a-màireach. Còmhla ri Mhairi Brennan agus Rob Dunbar, bheir sinn sùil air Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill mar sgrìobhadair, neach-deasachaidh, agus riochdaire. Bidh mi fhìn a-mach air na colbhan a bha e a' sgrìobhadh airson 'Weekly Scotsman' 1956-1963.

Tomorrow, the annual @asls.org.uk conference starts at @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social. I look forward to discussing the work of writers active across Gaelic, Scots, and English, including William Neill | Uilleam Nèill, Roderick Macdonald | Ruaraidh MacDhòmhnaill, and Girvan McKay | Garbhan MacAoidh.

Tha mi air mo dhòigh ghlan An Staran fhaicinn air a' gheàrr-liosta airson Duais Leabhair na Gàidhealtachd 2025. | I'm delighted to see An Staran shortlisted for the Highland Book Prize, in the company of Colin Bramwell's Fower Pessoas, as Derick Thomson had a lifelong interest in the Scots language.

Next week, I will have the pleasure to give a talk as part of the 'Reading Scotland' series organised by Scotland HUB at @unimainz.bsky.social. The topic is 'Scottish Gaelic Magazines in the Twentieth Century', this time with a spotlight on contributors from German-speaking countries. All welcome!

I look forward to giving the first dedicated paper about the fascinating international life and multilingual creative work of Girvan McKay | Garbhan MacAoidh at the conference on '"Disaster Nationalism" and Present-day Europe', hosted at @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz @charlesuni.cuni.cz this weekend.

Ceud bliadhna an-diugh fhèin bho rugadh Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill (4 An t-Iuchar 1925, Scarasta, Na Hearadh). Alasdair Iain MacAsgaill, 'An Aithne Dhuibh…?', Gairm 31 (1960)

A chàirdean: dh'fhaighnich caraid dhomh mu litreachas ann an Gàidhlig le daoine a bha ann am prìosan, aig an àm no roimhe. Bha i eòlach air Màiri Mhòr, agus fhuair i Deargadan Phòland, Suathadh ri Iomadh Rubha, agus Fo Sgàil a' Swastika bhuam. A bheil sibh eòlach air rud sam bith eile? Mìle taing.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇿 Dear Edinburgh-based friends! Markéta Novotná (majanovot@seznam.cz), my lovely friend and project collaborator from Prague who works on Scots poetry, is coming to Edinburgh Uni for an Erasmus stay Sept-Dec 2025 & is looking for a separate/shared room. Any recommendations will be appreciated.🙏

Ràinig An Staran Glaschu 💚 ⚓️ bit.ly/4kFpZKw @acairbooks.bsky.social @leughleabhar.bsky.social

Tomorrow (Monday 24 February) at 12-1: an online talk about Ruaraidh Erskine's Scottish magazines and digital resources created as part of @erskineproject.bsky.social for the Stirling Magazines and Periodicals Research Group (SMPRG). All welcome! MS Teams link: tinyurl.com/26274xy8

Abair bogsa làn toileachais! 💚 📚 @acairbooks.bsky.social acairbooks.com/books/an-sta...

'An Staran: Rosg Gàidhlig le Ruaraidh MacThòmais': a' tighinn a dh'aithghearr bho @acairbooks.bsky.social. A h-uile sgeulachd ghoirid a chaidh lorg gu ruige seo, taghadh de lèirmheasan, aithisgean-siubhail, colbhan-beachd, agus aistean. Ro-òrdachadh: acairbooks.com/books/books/... ⚓

Agallamh ùr a rinn sinn còmhla ri @gillebride.bsky.social airson Lèirmheas Leabhraichean Ghlaschu @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social air an leabhar a dheasaich Gillebride, '100 Bliadhna de Bhàird a’ Chomuinn Ghàidhealaich.' Gheibhear an t-agallamh slàn air làrach-lìn LLG: tinyurl.com/432y3p32

Šťastné Vánoce | Beannachdan na Ràithe | Glædelig jul | A Blythe Yule ✨ František Kaván (1866-1941): 'Zimní krajina' (c. 1910)

A pleasure to present a paper on Scots and radical Gaelic magazines at the FRLSU conference in Belfast this weekend, including the latest finds from @erskineproject.bsky.social. An overview of original writing in Scots & related content in Erskine's periodicals: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/scots/

A brilliant exhibition on the Dundee artist Nell Baxter is open at the Lamb Gallery, U of Dundee, until 8 February 2025 (free entry). Curated by Matthew Jarron, it shows Baxter's involvement in the Celtic Revival and cooperation with John Duncan and Patrick Geddes. www.dundee.ac.uk/events/nell-...

Now available in English: Petr Hruška's latest collection, translated by Joshua Mensch, illustrated by Jakub Špaňhel, published by Kulturalis. Apart from terrific poems inspired by Pigafetta's The First Voyage, it also features some excellent narwhal. www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/i-ca...

A pleasure to bring together an event on Derick Thomson's legacy in Glasgow & beyond via the Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies, with papers by Alison Lang, Thomas MacAlpine, and Derrick McClure, touching on Gairm, Gaelic & Scots, the Gaelic Books Council, Thomson's prose, and future projects.

Tomorrow (Tue 12 November), a roundtable on Derick Thomson & Glasgow takes places at the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, University of Glasgow, featuring Tòmas MacAilpein, Derrick McClure, and Alison Lang. Join us at 5.30, in person & online. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/professor-...