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Makar (National Poet For Scotland)
The Makar or National Poet for Scotland is the national poet laureate of Scotland. The current Makar is Kathleen Jamie, who was appointed in August 2021. Holders of the post are appointed by the Scottish Government and supported by the Scottish Poetry Library. Role The Makar's responsibilities include: * taking a leadership role in promoting poetry nationally * producing poems relating to significant national events * encouraging the reading and writing of poetry, particularly by young people * reading their poems publicly, at public events, and commenting publicly on poetry, the arts and any and all related matters in Scotland and internationally * preparing a report on their experience in the role each year The stipend for the post is £15,000 per year for 3 years, to recompense the Makar for their time in writing or attending events in this role. The post is appointed by the Scottish Government in an unregulated appointment. The Scottish Poetry Library provides support to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Jamie
Kathleen Jamie FRSL (born 13 May 1962) is a Scottish poet and essayist. In 2021 she became Scotland's fourth Makar. Life and work Kathleen Jamie is a poet and essayist. Raised in Currie, near Edinburgh, she studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, publishing her first poems as an undergraduate. Her writing is rooted in Scottish landscape and culture, and ranges through travel, women's issues, archaeology and visual art. She writes in English and occasionally in Scots. left, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Jamie in 2021 Jamie's collections include ''The Queen of Sheba'' (1995). Her 2004 collection ''The Tree House'' revealed an increasing interest in the natural world. This book won the Forward Poetry Prize and the Scottish Book of the Year Award. ''The Overhaul'' was published in September 2012. It won the 2012 Costa poetry award. For the last decade Jamie has also written non-fiction. Her collections of essays ''Findings'' and ''Sightlines'' are considered inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association For Scottish Literary Studies
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies (ASLS) is a Scottish educational charitable organization, charity, founded in 1970 to promote and support the teaching, study and writing of Scottish literature. Its founding members included the Scottish literary scholar Matthew McDiarmid (1914–1996). Originally based at the University of Aberdeen, it moved to its current home within the University of Glasgow in 1996. In November 2015, ASLS was allocated £40,000 by the Scottish Government to support its work providing teacher training and classroom resources for schools. ASLS's main field of activity is publishing, and the organisation is a member of Publishing Scotland. Publications Periodicals ASLS produces Periodical literature, periodicals, including ''Scottish Literary Review'' (formerly ''Scottish Studies Review''), a peer reviewed academic journal, journal of Scottish literature and cultural studies; ''Scottish Language'', a peer reviewed journal of Languages of Scotland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Kay
Jacqueline Margaret Kay, (born 9 November 1961), is a Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist, known for her works ''Other Lovers'' (1993), ''Trumpet'' (1998) and ''Red Dust Road'' (2011). Kay has won many awards, including the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1998 and the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year Award in 2011. From 2016 to 2021 Jackie Kay was the Makar, the poet laureate of Scotland. She was Chancellor of the University of Salford between 2015 and 2022. Biography Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1961, to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. She was adopted as a baby by a white Scottish couple, Helen and John Kay, and grew up in Bishopbriggs, a suburb of Glasgow. They adopted Jackie in 1961, having already adopted her brother, Maxwell, about two years earlier. Jackie and Maxwell also have siblings who were brought up by their biological parents. Her adoptive father worked for the Communist Party full-time and stood for Member of Parlia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Lochhead
Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE (born 26 December 1947) is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011. Early life Elizabeth Anne Lochhead was born in Craigneuk, a "little ex-mining village just outside Motherwell", Lanarkshire. Her mother and father had both served in the army during the Second World War, and later, her father was a local government clerk. In 1952, the family moved into a new council house in the mining village of Newarthill, where her sister was born in 1957. Though she was encouraged by her teachers to study English, Lochhead was determined to go to Glasgow School of Art where she studied between 1965 and 1970. After graduation Lochhead taught art at High Schools in Glasgow and Bristol, a career at which she says she was "terrible" Career Having written poetry as a child and whilst studying at Art School, Lochhead won a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neu!Reekie!
Neu! Reekie! is an Edinburgh-based literary company and arts production house founded in 2010 by poets Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson. They have produced over 200 live shows and published poetry anthologies including ''#UntitledOne'' (2015), ''#UntitledTwo'' (2016) and ''#UntitledThree'' (2020). Previous guests to Neu! Reekie! have included Irvine Welsh, Jackie Kay, Young Fathers, Margaret Atwood, Charlotte Church, Hollie McNish, Scott Hutchison, Tom Leonard, Liz Lochhead, Alasdair Gray, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Akala, Sabrina Mahfouz, Bill Drummond, Andrew Weatherall and Hannah Lavery. In 2015, Neu! Reekie! were awarded Creative Edinburgh's City Award for outstanding contributions to Edinburgh's cultural scene. In 2017, Neu! Reekie! hosted a large scale arts festival for Hull City of Culture 2017 entitled ''Where Are We Now?'' — a tribute to David Bowie's song of the same name. In 2018, Neu! Reekie! curated a year-long programme of writing residencies at The Curfew Towe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of St Andrews
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Wigtown Book Festival
The Wigtown Book Festival is a ten-day literary festival held each autumn in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The festival was first held in 1999 and has grown to be the second biggest book festival in Scotland. In 2007 the Wigtown Festival Company became a registered charity. In 2013, there were 7500 visitors to the festival, more than half of which were from outside Dumfries and Galloway. A report commissioned by the Wigtown Festival Company in 2013 estimated that the festival contributed £2 million to the regional economy each year. This was three times higher than that estimated by a similar study in 2008. Future Festival In 2023, the festival is scheduled 22 September through 1 October 2023. Poetry competition The festival runs an annual poetry competition and awards three separate prizes for compositions in English, Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanza Poetry Festival
StAnza is a poetry festival which takes place in March in the university town of St Andrews, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast .... Founded in 1998, it celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2007. It is the only festival in Scotland dedicated exclusively to poetry. History From 1998 to 2002, StAnza was held in October of each year. However, in 2003 the festival changed to a regular March fixture. References External links StAnza website Festivals established in 1998 1998 establishments in Scotland March events Poetry festivals in Scotland Culture in Fife St Andrews {{UK-festival-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland (NLS) ( gd, Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba, sco, Naitional Leebrar o Scotland) is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. As one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom, it is a member of Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL). There are over 24 million items held at the Library in various formats including books, annotated manuscripts and first-drafts, postcards, photographs, and newspapers. The library is also home to Scotland's Moving Image Archive, a collection of over 46,000 videos and films. Notable items amongst the collection include copies of the Gutenberg Bible, Charles Darwin's letter with which he submitted the manuscript of ''On the Origin of Species,'' the First Folio of Shakespeare, the Glenriddell Manuscripts, and the last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots. It has the largest collection of Scottish Gaelic material of any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creative Scotland
Creative Scotland ( gd, Alba Chruthachail ; sco, Creative Scotlan) is the development body for the arts and creative industries in Scotland. Based in Edinburgh, it is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. The organisation was created by the passing of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 and inherited the functions of Scottish Screen and the Scottish Arts Council on 1 July 2010. An interim company, Creative Scotland 2009, was set up to assist the transition from the existing organisations. Creative Scotland has the general functions of: *identifying, supporting and developing quality and excellence in the arts and culture from those engaged in artistic and other creative endeavours, *promoting understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the arts and culture, *encouraging as many people as possible to access and participate in the arts and culture, *realising, as far as reasonably practicable to do so, the value and benefits (in part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Poetry Library
The Scottish Poetry Library is a public library specialising in Scottish poetry. Since 1999, the library has been based at 5 Crichton's Close, just off the Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town. History and status The library was founded in 1984 by poet Tessa Ransford. Tom Hubbard was its first librarian. The present Director, Asif Khan, was appointed from June 2016. Khan is supported by a team of librarians and specialist staff with expertise in collections management, engagement, learning, events, publishing and communications. The SPL is a limited company with charitable status. From November 2020, its Board was co-Chaired by Gordon Munro and Charlie Roy. The SPL has status as a Creative Scotland Regularly Funded Organisation (RFO) with a remit to support audience development, literacy through reader development and creative writing classes with diverse groups, schools and public libraries, and to promote opportunities for writers and performers for showcasing their talents at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
