City of Literature @EdinCityofLit
A literary charity connecting people to place through books, words, and ideas. cityofliterature.com Edinburgh Joined May 2009-
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We're very sad to hear about the death of Edinburgh-born CJ Sansom - our thoughts and condolences go out to his family at present.
We're very sad to hear about the death of Edinburgh-born CJ Sansom - our thoughts and condolences go out to his family at present.
We're thrilled to host @louisewelsh00 in conversation with @jennyniv director of @edbookfest for a conversation on creativity, genre, and Scottish influence in literature. Book here to secure your ticket: rse.org.uk/whats-on/event…
Reminder to all voting SoA Members - the deadline to register your proxy for next week's EGM is tomorrow (30 April). If you haven't received your voting info please get in touch - [email protected]. 🗳️Don't lose your chance to vote. www2.societyofauthors.org/2024/03/27/egm…
We're looking for the 18th recipient of the Edinburgh Award to celebrate an individual who has made their mark on our city 🏆 If you know someone who has made a special contribution to Edinburgh then cast your nomination on our website by May 24! edinburgh.gov.uk/events-venues/…
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature has partnered with the @Soc_of_Authors in Scotland to pilot a new programme for writers in Edinburgh 👇 thebookseller.com/news/soa-scotl…
Keep an eye on updates from @EdinBookshop as it looks like they are changing premises in August 👀
Keep an eye on updates from @EdinBookshop as it looks like they are changing premises in August 👀
🎙️🥰And @HughesPeg gave us a shout-out as the first @UNESCO City of Literature - thank you Peggy!
🎙️🥰And @HughesPeg gave us a shout-out as the first @UNESCO City of Literature - thank you Peggy!
Hear from the experts! We 💙 this article giving librarians a platform to share their expertise on reading. We especially love no.3 "Join your local library." 😍📚 Read it here: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
📣 #EmergingPoets, would you like to exhibit and perform as part of @NottmPoetryFest? They are looking for applications from poets that use more creative and artistic formats to present their poetry. 📅: 1 May To apply: forms.office.com/e/fiVVcKG44n and 📩: [email protected]
INTERNATIONAL POETRY SYMPOSIUM 20 world-class poets from Newcastle, Scotland, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Ukraine, Lebanon, Iran and Bhutan, including leading international poets CA Conrad, Carolyn Forché, Kayo Chingonyi, Len Pennie, Helen Mort, Imtiaz Dharker and more. Join us…
It's time! We've just released tickets for The Front List. Get tickets for you and a pal, add a book to your order, get excited about book signings, or reserve a spot to tune in to a livestream. Today is the day: vist.ly/3395w
✍️Writers and translators connected to #CitiesofLit, there's still time to get your applications in for the Krakow literary residency programme! Deadline: 31 May Full Details: bit.ly/3w2Oxst
📣The Scottish Book Trade Conference 2024 is taking place on 16 May 2024, in Edinburgh and online. The annual conference organised by @PublishScotland and the @BAbooksellers. 📚 For more information and how to attend: publishingscotland.org/what-we-do/sco…
Our 2024 AGM is on Sunday April 28th! 🌟 Join us from 12pm - 1pm to say goodbye to the 2023/24 volunteers and welcome the SYP Scotland committee of 2024/25. Speakers to be announced soon! RSVP for the event here: thesyp.org.uk/event/syp-scot…
Books challenge our beliefs and identities and provide a way to expand our understanding of the world. On #WorldBookDay and every day, celebrate the transformative and life-changing nature of literature. on.unesco.org/BookDay
💜 We are Hiring! 💜 An exciting opportunity to join our Visitor Services team! More information and how to apply via 👉buff.ly/4dbZbhc Closing date: Monday 29 April, 12:00pm #EdinburghJobs #ArtsJobs #HeritageJobs
Join us in Edinburgh on 16 May at the Scottish Book Trade Conference with @BAbooksellers Thank you to our brilliant speakers and sponsors now confirmed. @Gardners @batch_services @NielsenBook @IngramContent @librofm @edelweiss_squad @book_tokens & MVB UK publishingscotland.org/what-we-do/sco…
✍️#Writers, Life of a Book is a series of free online events designed to clarify the journey and processes of writing and publishing a book, by @moniackmhor, @CreativeScots and Hawthornden Foundation.💡 Places are free and booking is open now: lnkd.in/eka4G-ku
Happy #WorldBookNight! We're so happy to be celebrating books with readers all over the nation! We hope you'll be joining us for the #ReadingHour from 7-8pm tonight. Let us know in the comments if you're attending or hosting a World Book Night event 👇
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Association for Scott.. @scotlit
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National Library of S.. @natlibscot
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We are so pleased to hear that @a_pirmohamed, whose poetry collection Another Way to Split Water we published in 2022, has been selected to take part in the new @EdinCityofLit Writer's Room programme. 🎉 Read more: cityofliterature.com/writers-room-p…
NEWS! My debut novel THE SALT BIND is coming out with @dialoguepub's imprint Renegade next year. Expect wind-swept coastlines, feuding sisters, selfish sea gods and enchantment, from a story so close to my heart. thebookseller.com/rights/renegad…
CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71 theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…
Such a tragic loss. CJ Sansom was one of the finest ever writers of historical fiction. He was an inspiration to me and to many others. We are poorer without him. panmacmillan.com/blogs/general/…
.@canongatebooks has acquired travel writer Dan Richards’ Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark – a “wide-ranging exploration” of the world at night 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/canonga…
An excellent opportunity here from @renardpress for South Asian Poets✨ @SthAsianWriters @ManchesterSAHM @SAHM_UK @MuslimWritersUK @MACFESTUK
An exciting opportunity for South Asian poets… To celebrate South Asian #poetry, artist & poet Suman Gujral has created the platform #ThirdSpace. They’re running a call out for submissions for consideration for an anthology of South Asian poetry in collaboration w/…
We're thrilled to host @louisewelsh00 in conversation with @jennyniv director of @edbookfest for a conversation on creativity, genre, and Scottish influence in literature. Book here to secure your ticket: rse.org.uk/whats-on/event…
From Walter Scott’s LETTERS ON DEMONOLOGY & WITCHCRAFT (1830): an accused witch confesses—after torture—that she & others “charmed a cat by certain spells, having four joints of men knit to its feet, which they threw into the sea to excite a tempest” #FolkloreSunday
Nae man wha loves the lawland tongue But warsles wi’ the thocht— There are mair sangs that bide unsung Nor a’ that hae been wrocht… —“The Makar”, by William Soutar (1898–1943) – born #OTD, 28 April A 🎂 🧵 1/5 asls.org.uk/publications/b…
England is Mine is an explosive novel about one of Britain's most pressing issues: violent extremism amongst young men. It is a manifesto for empathy and cross-community understanding in a time of alarming polarisation. Join @nicolaspadamsee at the bookshop to hear all about it.
If you love Moshin Hamid or Patricia Lockwood, England is Mine is not to be missed. Don't believe us? Join us and @nicolaspadamsee to hear all about this rocket of a book: brimming with love, hate, sympathy. 📅Tues 21st May 🕐7:30pm 📍The Bookshop 🎟️⬇️ toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…
Sheila Templeton - A Celebration 30th April 24 CCA Clubroom + Online bit.ly/SWC30April24 Join us as we pay tribute and celebrate the life of the late Sheila Templeton. 🩷 Family, friends and writers are all welcome. Please message us directly if you would like to read.
Reminder to all voting SoA Members - the deadline to register your proxy for next week's EGM is tomorrow (30 April). If you haven't received your voting info please get in touch - [email protected]. 🗳️Don't lose your chance to vote. www2.societyofauthors.org/2024/03/27/egm…
Happy writers heading home from a brilliant weekend at @ColonsayBookFes Big thanks to all! With Eimear McBride, @pollypullar1, @davidbishop, @ScribePedersen & myself
We're looking for the 18th recipient of the Edinburgh Award to celebrate an individual who has made their mark on our city 🏆 If you know someone who has made a special contribution to Edinburgh then cast your nomination on our website by May 24! edinburgh.gov.uk/events-venues/…
Our Nottingham City of Literature Lecture is back this Thursday 2nd & Friday 3rd May at @NottmLibraries Central Library! @UniofNottingham More info rb.gy/135mjh
Tomorrow (Tuesday 30th)! So excited that Sarah Perry is joining us for a very special @WritersCentre x @Nrw_Cathedral collab, launching Enlightenment in conversation with Francis Spufford! Some tickets still available but don't delay: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/sarah-p…
There are many things to love about this job, but one of the best has to be the ability to arrange a signed & dedicated copy of a new (or even yet-to-publish) book, for a reader you know will truly appreciate it. The excitement you know it will generate just never gets old.
What a whirl at @ColonsayBookFes — the sun beamed with bravura, the oysters were immense, & it was a total thrill to share the stage with @GMacraeBurnet @pollypullar1 Eimear McBride @davidbishop & @VikBeeWyld. Inner Hebrides beaches for the win 🏆 🏝️ 💜.
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature has partnered with the @Soc_of_Authors in Scotland to pilot a new programme for writers in Edinburgh 👇 thebookseller.com/news/soa-scotl…
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