The Association for Scottish
Literary Studies

Links to other sites

These are some links to other sites of Scottish and literary interest. The classifications are: Academic Resources (General, School and University); Arts Organisations & Events; General Reference; Language Links; Publishers in Scotland; Resources for Writers (including literary magazines); and Writers in Scotland (on-line resources on Scottish writers, past and present)

ACADEMIC RESOURCES [back to top]

General [back to top]

• ACLALS - The Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies: challenging and interrogating cultural and generic boundaries
• Background to Scottish literature - an introduction to Scottish language and literature
• Bibliography of Scottish Literature - a continuously developed bibliography of Scottish literature, established and maintained by the Department of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow
• Border Ballads - information and links on ballads of the Scottish Borders
• BOSLIT - an online database of bibliographic records for foreign translations of Scottish literature (in English, Scots or Gaelic) at the National Library of Scotland.
• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature - an invaluable on-line encyclopaedia, although it should be remembered that it was compiled from 1907 to 1921. See especially:
  • The Scottish Language - Early and Middle Scots
  • The Earliest Scottish Literature - Barbour, Blind Harry, Huchoun, Wyntoun, Holland
  • The Scottish Chaucerians - particularly Douglas, Dunbar, Henryson and Kennedy
  • The Middle Scots Anthologies - Anonymous Verse and Early Prose
  • English and Scottish Education - Universities and Public Schools to the Time of Colet
  • The Later Scottish Makaris - Sir David Lyndsay, Sir Richard Maitland, Alexander Scott and Alexander Montgomerie
  • Reformation and Renascence in Scotland - Patrick Hamilton, Robert Lindesay, John Leslie, Hector Boece, George Buchanan and others
  • Antiquaries - including Sir Thomas Urquhart
  • Scottish Popular Poetry before Burns - including Lady Grizel Baillie, Lady Wardlaw, William Hamilton, Robert Sempill, Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson and others
  • Johnson and Boswell
  • Robert Burns and others - including Joanna Baillie, James Hogg, William Tennant and others
  • Sir Walter Scott
  • Thomas Carlyle
• Careers and Education in Scotland - an excellent site with many useful links
• Celtic Studies Association of North America - covering the languages, literature, history, folklore, music, art and archaeology of ancient, medieval and modern Celtic cultures
• Centre for Cultural Policy Research - based at the University of Glasgow, the CCPR site gives details of the Centre and its work in addition to information about cultural policy events, news items, resources for research and enquiry, and links to other useful web sites
• CEIR - the Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research: combining traditional scholarly disciplines with modern technological methodologies
• Centre for the History of the Book - the CHB at Edinburgh University is dedicated to the promotion of Bibliography and Book History
• COMET - Computerized English Texts, concentrating on Scottish texts through the Scots Teaching And Reseach Network (STARN)
• The Corvey Project - women's writing 1790-1840
• Edinburgh Review - combines essays and review articles on Scottish politics, thought and society with new fiction and poetry
• ECSSS - Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society
• e-Keltoi - a new on-line journal of interdisciplinary Celtic studies
• The English Association - information on language and literature at all levels
• ESSE - the European Society for the Study of English
• Glasgow Review - literary essays
• The International Journal of Scottish Literature - IJSL is an online peer-reviewed journal which aims to develop and circulate international perspectives on Scottish writing
• ISIA - the Irish-Scottish Academic Initiative aims to promote research and scholarship in the fields of Irish and Scottish culture, particularly Irish and Scottish history; Irish literature in English and Scottish literature; and Irish and Scots Gaelic language and literature
• The Islands Book Trust - a unique collection of books, manuscripts and other material on the history of communities in the islands and other parts of Scotland, available to the public for consultation and research at Port of Ness, Isle of Lewis
• Literary Encyclopedia - an up-to-date reference work written by scholars. The site currently has over 770 contributors, more than 1800 completed entries and indexed entries on 5150 writers
• Living Legacy of Scotland - a US-based organisation dedicated to preserving and promoting the heritage and culture of people of Scottish birth or descent
• MLA - Scottish books and publishers on display at the Modern Languages Association conference
• The National Library of Scotland
• The Region and Nation Literature Association - the RNLA aims to further the study of the literatures of the United Kingdom, and of other literatures in English, particularly in relation to the literatures of the United Kingdom, and to each other
• ScotLangLit Mailbase - Scottish Language and Literature e-mail forum
• Scottish Bibliographies Online - contains the Bibliography of Scotland and the Bibliography of Scottish Gaelic
• The Scottish Book Trade Index - an index of printers, publishers, booksellers, bookbinders, printmakers, stationers and papermakers based in Scotland, from the beginnings of Scottish printing to ca. 1850
• The Scottish Centre for the Book
• Scottish Chapbook Project - compiling a master database of the 18th- and 19th-century pamphlets known as chapbooks
• The Scottish Literary Forum - a Scottish literary reading and discussion group, based in Washington D.C., USA
• Scottish Literature - a quick and useful overview of the subject
• The Scottish Poetry Library
• The Scottish Studies Foundation - a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to supporting the Scottish Studies Programme at the University of Guelph, Ontario
• Scottish Theatre Archive - part of the Special Collections Department of the University of Glasgow Library
• Scott's heroines - articles on Scott’s major heroines
• SCROLL - Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature, a journal publishing new work in Scottish Studies, with a focus on analysis and reinterpretation of the literature and languages of Scotland, and the cultural contexts that have shaped them
• The Seeker - an on-line quarterly literary review affiliated to the English Literature department at Glasgow University, publishing poetry, prose and articles
• SESLL moodle site - home of the Scottish Studies International moodle, an on-line learning environment for students and other scholars interested in Scottish language, literature, history and culture
• The STAR Project - Scottish Transatlantic Relations, an interdisciplinary collaborative venture involving colleagues across the Scottish universities, research libraries and museums, in association with partners in North America and the Caribbean
• STELLA - Software for Teaching English Language and Literature and its Assessment
• STARN - Scots Teaching And Research Network - an excellent source of commentary, criticism and electronic texts
• Studies in Scottish Literature - a hardback annual, containing scholarly essays on all aspects of Scottish literature
• Tam Lin - a website and forum dedicated to exploring the ballad of Tam Lin
• Tocher - a bi-annual publication containing transcriptions of stories and legends in English, Scots and Gaelic
• The Victorian Literary Studies Archive - a 'hyper-concordance' site with information on well over 100 writers
• The Voice of the Shuttle - Scottish Literature on this huge literary database
• Waverley Hypertext homepage - hypertext project on the Waverley novels of Sir Walter Scott

  Links for Schools [back to top]
  (some of these links also appear elsewhere in this page)
  

• ASLS/Burns Federation Schools Writing Competition - information on the annual creative writing competition for pupils in S1 and S2
• ASLS Schools Conference - information on the annual ASLS Conference for teachers
• ASLS Schools Subscription Package - a new subscription package for Schools in the UK
• ASLS Teaching Notes - suggestions for learning and teaching Scottish literature and language
• Background to Scottish literature - an introduction to Scottish language and literature
• Blast-Off Books - a dedicated children's bookshop, based in Linlithgow
• BRAW - Books, Reading and Writing: the Network for the Scottish Children's Book
• Theresa Breslin - homepage of the author of The Death or Glory Boys, Kezzie and others
• Cal - a school project on Bernard MacLaverty's novel Cal, with a lot of background material and information
• Careers and Education in Scotland - an excellent site with many useful links
• The Cone-Gatherers - an in-depth textual analysis of four extracts from Robin Jenkins' The Cone-Gatherers for Higher Still, looking at themes, characters, style and structure
• Consider the Lilies - focusing on the skills needed to evaluate a novel for Higher Still, using Iain Crichton Smith's Consider the Lilies as an example text
• Carol Ann Duffy - an on-line revision guide for use by students and teachers
• The Elphinstone Kist - a superb site for anyone interested in the Doric, the language of North-East Scotland. Contents include poetry, fiction, drama, song lyric, reminiscence, and days-in-the-life of all sorts of North-East folk from oil-worker to hairdresser. Contributors range from established authors to schoolchildren, and the 'E-Kist' is a fully searchable and downloadable resource.
• Floris Books - publishers of the Kelpies series of Scottish children's fiction
• Glowworm Books - children's publishers and schools book distributors
• Harry Potter - a guide for teachers on using J K Rowling's Harry Potter books in the classroom
• Haud yer Tongue - Net Notes for the Channel 4 schools programme on Scots language and literature
• Frances Mary Hendry - homepage of the author of Quest for a Kelpie, Quest for a Maid, Chandra and others
• Historical Fiction for Children - an extensive bibliography with a large Scottish section. Gives plot summaries, suggested age ranges and bibliographic details
• Itchy Coo - a major new imprint producing Scots language materials from pre-school and primary levels through to Higher Still
• Itchy Cool - a website with competitions and other activities for kids in Scots
• Language Resources - materials for teaching language in Scottish schools
• Laverock - articles on Scottish literature and language, with special reference to the school curriculum
• Joan Lingard - a site dedicated to the author of The Twelfth Day of July, Across the Barricades, Tug of War, Lizzie's Leaving and many others
• Literature in Learning - a national network of literature organisations, supporting the creative use of language in Scottish schools
• Karen McCombie - homepage of the author of the Ally's World novels
• Merlin Press - produces excellent Scots materials for classroom use
• My Mum's a Punk - new poetry and short fiction for 10—14
• The Reading Bus - helping raise the literacy of children and parents in Aberdeen
• Schools Libraries Group - encouraging and supporting schools libraries and librarians throughout the UK
• ScotLit - articles from back issues of the ASLS newsletter
• Scotnotes - ASLS' own series of study guides on major Scottish writers
• Scots: Practical Approaches - an article by Dr John Corbett on Scots language in Higher Still and Advanced Higher
• Scottish Book Trust - an independent charity promoting books, reading and writing throughout Scotland
• Scottish CILT - Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research
• SCRAN - the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network provides access to Scotland's cultural treasures, on-line and on CD-ROMs, for education and publishing
• Scottish Storytelling Centre - storytelling events and workshops at the Netherbow centre in Edinburgh
• Scottish Virtual Teachers' Centre - links and materials for teachers and school librarians
• Scottish Writers Project - explore the depth and breadth of Scottish writing
• Scottish Youth Theatre - the Scottish Youth Theatre exists to enable, stimulate and directly provide a quality theatre arts experience to young people in Scotland
• The Scuil Wab - Scots language for schools from Scottish Language Dictionaries
• SLAINTE - Scottish Library Association
• The Six O'Clock News - "excerpts... provided for the thousands of English school students presently cursed with having to come up with exam answers if they choose this poem in their GCSE" (includes an audio recording of Tom Leonard reading his poem)
• Sonnets from Scotland - 18 short essays on poems from Edwin Morgan's Sonnets from Scotland
• Specialist Study: Literature - a website containing information on books which are suitable for Specialist Study: Literature, in the SQA's Higher level examination
• STARN - Scots Teaching And Research Network - an excellent source of commentary, criticism and electronic texts
• The Steamie - teaching notes for Intermediate 1 are available here on Tom Roper's play
• STELLA - Software for Teaching English and Scottish Language and Literature
• Sunset Song - an educational resource on the staging of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song, presented throughout Scotland by Prime Productions
• The Testament of Cresseid - the full text of Robert Henryson's The Testament of Cresseid, plus a study guide, self-assessment questions and teachers' notes
• Treasure Islands - ASLS's guide to Scottish fiction for young readers aged 10—14
• Virtual School of English - with guides to the new Higher and Higher Still exams
• Watergaw - publishing books in and about the Scots language, including A Braw Brew and The Scots Language: its place in education
• Writers in Scotland - Extensive links to information on Scottish writers

  University Departments [back to top]
  

• Department of Celtic at the University of Aberdeen - Celtic and Gaelic at Aberdeen University
• Department of English at the University of Aberdeen - Literature and language at Aberdeen University
• Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen - examining the history, literature and culture of Ireland and Scotland
• Appalachian Scottish and Irish Studies - making connections between Appalachia, Scotland and Ireland, at East Tennessee State University
• Centre for Irish-Scottish Studies - based at Trinity College, University of Dublin
• Department of English at the University of Dundee - Top of The Guardian's league table of English departments in the UK
• Edinburgh School of Scottish Studies - Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh
• The Elphinstone Institute - studying the cultural traditions and language of the North of Scotland
• Glasgow University Scottish Literature department - Scottish literature at Glasgow University
• Glasgow-Strathclyde School of Scottish Studies - Scottish Studies at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde
• Scottish Studies, Grenoble - Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Grenoble, France
• Scottish Studies, Guelph, Canada - North America's oldest Scottish Studies programme, based at the University of Guelph, Canada
• Scottish Universities’ International Summer School - founded by Professor David Daiches in 1947, SUISS runs courses in British literature, history and culture, for undergraduates, postgraduates and teachers from all over the world
• University of the Highlands and Islands Millennium Institute - offering a BA (Hons) Cultural Studies (Highlands and Islands) course
• Sabhal Mór Ostaig - Gaelic college of the University of the Highlands and Islands
• the Literature and Culture of Nineteenth Century Scotland - course taught at the University of Iowa, USA
• Scottish Studies, Mainz - Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Mainz, Germany
• Scottish Studies Newsletter - from the University of Mainz, Germany
• St Andrews School of Scottish Studies - Scottish Studies at the University of St Andrews
• Simon Fraser University - Center for Scottish Studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Scot Lit @ USC - Scottish literary studies at the University of South Carolina, USA
• Department of English at the University of Stirling - partners in the Stirling/South Carolina research edition of the collected works of James Hogg
• Stirling Centre for Scottish Studies - making interdisciplinary contacts and developments both inside and outwith Stirling University
• Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde - information on the Scots-Irish Research Network and the Scottish Centre for Journalism Studies, amongst others
• Department of English, University of Waikato - offering papers on Scottish and Irish Literature

ARTS ORGANISATIONS & EVENTS [back to top]

• Arts and Cultural Development Office - promoting and developing participation in the Arts by the people of Castlemilk and the South-East area of Glasgow
• Aye Write! - homepage for Glasgow's Book Festival
• Borders Book Festival - website of the annual literary festival held each June in Melrose
• Centre for Cultural Policy Research - based at the University of Glasgow, the CCPR site gives details of the Centre and its work in addition to information about cultural policy events, news items, resources for research and enquiry, and links to other useful web sites
• Cluicheadairean Dhun Eideann - homepage of the Edinburgh Gaelic Drama Group
• Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland - awarded by the theatre critics of Scotland to celebrate the best Scottish theatre achievements
• Edinburgh Book Festival - an annual celebration of all things literary, held every August
• Federation of Scottish Theatre - the organisation representing all the major subsidised theatre producers in Scotland
• Hi-Arts - an online arts journal for the Highlands and Islands
• The National Mod - the annual showcase for Gaelic language, music, literature and culture
• The Poetry Association of Scotland - a charity promoting public readings of poetry, with an emphasis on contemporary Scottish writing in Scots, English and Gaelic
• The Robert McLellan Festival - a festival on the isle of Arran celebrating the life and work of Robert McLellan, Scottish dramatist and author of Young Auchinleck, The Linmill Stories and Jamie the Saxt, and others
• The Saltire Society - aiming to preserve all that is best in Scottish tradition, and encouraging new developments which will strengthen and enrich the country's cultural life
• A Scenic Tour of Scottish Literature - one of the many short courses and summer schools provided by Stirling University’s Division of Academic Innovation and Continuing Education (DAICE)
• Scottish Arts Council - developing and improving knowledge, understanding and practice of the arts, and increasing their accessibility throughout Scotland
• Scottish Book Trust - an independent charity promoting books, reading and writing throughout Scotland
• Scottish Community Drama Association - SCDA is a voluntary organisation, working to promote all aspects of community theatre in Scotland
• SLAINTE - Scottish Library Association
• Scottish Storytelling Centre - storytelling events and workshops at the Netherbow centre in Edinburgh
• The Scottish Poetry Library
• Scottish Youth Theatre - the Scottish Youth Theatre exists to enable, stimulate and directly provide a quality theatre arts experience to young people in Scotland
• StAnza - Scotland's poetry festival, held each March in St Andrews
• Ullapool Book Festival - a literary festival in the north-west of Scotland in May
• Wigtown - Booktown - Scotland's national book town
• WORD festival - an annual international festival of literature, held each May in Aberdeen
• Words 2008 - an interactive exhibition based on new writing from the Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing at Glasgow University
• WordsInc - an organisation of working writers in the Highlands, raising the profile of writing in the North and providing information and resources

GENERAL REFERENCE [back to top]

• Abebooks - the world's largest on-line marketplace for used, rare and out-of-print books
• Antiquarian and secondhand books - a wide selection of Scottish books, including a large section on literary criticism
• Benny Gillies Books Ltd - antiquarian and secondhand book, map and print dealer stocking exclusively Scottish material
• Booksearch-at-Hay - second-hand and antiquarian book-search specialists
• "Celebrating Scotland" - Scottish Executive consultation document on Scottish culture, with a summary of the responses
• Scotland's National Cultural Strategy - the result of the above, disappointingly with NO specific reference to Literature
• Scotland's National Cultural Strategy Annual Report 2002 - A large PDF file explaining the progress made, action taken and developments planned (this time with Literature included) [PDF file — requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]
• The College of Piping - homepage of the oldest teaching establishment for bagpipe music in the world
• Edinburgh, UNESCO World City of Literature - in October 2004, Edinburgh was named as the first UNESCO City of Literature in recognition of the city's, and Scotland's, contribution to literature and literary creativity
• Electric Scotland
• Gaelic and Scottish Connections
• Gateway to Scotland
• The Glasgow Story - an excellent, multi-threaded site with masses of information and thousands of pictures on Glasgow through the ages
• History of Mathematics - interesting site, with information on Scotland's contribution to mathematics
• the Internet Guide to Scotland - recommended by guidebooks including The Which? Guide to Scotland and The Rough Guide to Scotland
• John Smith & Son - Scottish academic bookseller and international library supplier, with on-line ordering capabilities
• The Mitchell Library - Glasgow's excellent reference library, with a strong literature collection
• Parliamentary Cross-Party Group for Scottish Writing and Publishing - celebrating, encouraging and promoting Scottish writing and publishing at the Scottish parliament
• Scot Roots - a genealogical resource for anyone searching for their Scottish ancestors
• Scotland.org
• Scotland Online
• Scotstext - poems, songs, proverbs and prose in Scots
• Scottish Affairs - Scotland's longest-running journal on contemporary political and social issues
• Scottish Archive Network - online access to the written history of Scotland
• The Scottish Coalition - an umbrella organisation of nine national bodies serving the Scottish-American community
• Scottish Heritage in Nova Scotia - a celebration
• ScotFind.com - Scottish Link Directory
• Scottish Literary Tours - website of the award-winning Scottish Literary Tour Company Ltd
• Scottish Theatre - a directory of Scottish theatres and theatre companies
• Scottish Theatre Web - information and links on Scottish actors, theatres and companies
• Silicon Glen
• soc.culture.scottish FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions for the soc.culture.scottish usenet newsgroup
• Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - founded in 1780, the Society is open to all with an interest in the history and archaeology of Scotland
• Textualities - on-line Scottish literary magazine
• Theatre Scotland - reviews, thoughts and observations about theatre in Scotland, compiled by theatre journalist Mark Fisher
• Tudor Rose Bookshop - based in the USA, selling rare, used and out-of-print books with an emphasis on literary criticism
• U.S. Scots - a resource for North American Scots
• Waverley's Page - Scottish Literature resources page, with special reference to Sir Walter Scott
• Writing Scotland - the website for the BBC2 programme on Scottish literature, hosted by Carl MacDougall

LANGUAGE LINKS [back to top]

• ACGA - An Comunn Gàidhealach America (The Gaelic Society of America) promotes the Gaelic language and culture in North America and beyond
• ASLS Languages Conference - a conference on 17 November 2001 on Scots and Gaelic at home and abroad
• The Baird Letters - correspondence between Gilbert Baird, Laird of Auchmedden, and his younger brother Andrew. Written between 1595 and 1615, they provide a fine example of literary Scots from its golden age (published in the Journal of Language and Linguistics)
• BBC Online Gaelic pages
• Bletherskite - a collection of essays and polemics in Scots by Sandy Fleemin
• CGA - Comunn Gàidhlig Astràilia (the Scottish Gaelic Association of Australia), supporting the language and culture of Scottish Gaels in Australia
• CLI - a campaigning charity for learners and supporters of Scots Gaelic
• Classified Bibliography of the Scots Language - concentrating on the most important and/or recent contributions to the field, with a strong linguistic focus
• The Current State of Scots - Observations by John Corbett, Convener of the ASLS Language Committee, submitted to a Scottish Executive Committee investigating Scots Language Provision
• Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue - Scottish language from the 12th century to the end of the 17th.
• Dictionary of the Scots Language - electronic editions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the Scottish National Dictionary (SND)
• European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages - representing the 40 millions EU citizens who speak a different language to the majority language of their State
  EBLUL Petition - express your support in favour of Europe's regional and minority languages
• The Elphinstone Kist - a superb site for anyone interested in the Doric, the language of North-East Scotland. Contents include poetry, fiction, drama, song lyric, reminiscence, and days-in-the-life of all sorts of North-East folk from oil-worker to hairdresser. Contributors range from established authors to schoolchildren, and the 'E-Kist' is a fully searchable and downloadable resource.
• Flag in the Wind - poems, sayings, songs and more, with Real Audio links and a glossary of Scots words
• Forum for Research into the Languages of Scotland and Ulster
• Gaelic and Scots in Harmony - selected papers from the Second International Conference on the Languages of Scotland
• Gaelic Arts Agency
• Gaelic Book Council - Comhairle nan Leabhraichean; the best source of Gaelic and Gaelic-related material
• Gaelic Society of Inverness - established in 1871 to cultivate the language, poetry and music of the Scottish Highlands and further the interests of the Gaelic speaking people
• Gaelic Spell Checker - not exactly a dedicated spell-checker, but a list of 20,000 Gaelic words which can be used as a custom dictionary with Microsoft Office
• Inbuis ta Shaetlan - Welcome to Shetland(ic)! A website about Shetlandic, the native tongue of the Shetland Islands
• Institute for the Languages of Scotland - a feasibility study investigating the proposed establishment of ILS
• Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies - based at the University of Ulster, the Institute explores the history, heritage and legacy of the Ulster Scots people
• Itchy Coo - a major new imprint producing Scots language materials from pre-school and primary levels through to Higher Still
• Language Resources - materials for teaching language in Scottish schools
• Mercator Education - Mercator gathers, stores and distributes information on minority language education in European regions. It publishes "regional dossiers", which can be downloaded for free. Recent dossiers include on on Scots, and one on Scots Gaelic.
• The National Mod - the annual showcase for Gaelic language, music, literature and culture
• The Moray Claik - Moray Council's Scots Language and Culture pages
• Sabhal Mòr Ostaig - Gaelic college of the University of the Highlands and Islands
• ScotLangLit - Scottish Language and Literature e-mail forum
• Scots Language.net - online links and resources for Scottish language
• The Scots Language Centre
• The Scots Language Society - promoting Scots in literature, drama, the media, education and everyday usage
• The Scots Leid Quorum - Information on the Scots language
• Scots-Language - an on-line forum for discussion in and about the Scots language, past and present
• Scots on-line - pittin the Mither Tung on the Wab. Includes an on-line Scots-English dictionary
• Scots: Practical Approaches - an article by Dr John Corbett on Scots language in Higher Still and Advanced Higher
• Scots Speikers' Curn - an informal group, meeting regularly in Glasgow to talk in Scots
• Scotsoun - audio CDs and cassettes of poetry and music in Scots and Gaelic
• Scottish CILT - Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research
• The SCOTS Project - homepage of the Scottish Corpus Of Texts & Speech, building an electronic archive of both written and spoken texts for the languages of Scotland
• Scottish Language Dictionaries - a body established to develop and publish dictionaries and promote the languages of Scotland
• The Scottish Place-Name Society - supporting all aspects of toponymic studies in Scotland, especially the work of the Scottish Place-Name Database at the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh
• The Scuil Wab - Scots language for schools from Scottish Language Dictionaries
• SESLL moodle site - home of the Scottish Studies International moodle, an on-line learning environment for students and other scholars interested in Scottish language, literature, history and culture
• STARN language resources - papers and articles on the languages of Scotland, from the Scots Teaching and Research Network
• Tacsi - website of the BBC2 Gaelic Arts and Music programme, Tacsi
• The Ulster-Scots Agency - promoting the study, conservation, development and use of Ulster-Scots
• The Ulster-Scots Research Centre - a union of several other voluntary bodies to promote research into all aspects of Ulster Scots
• Watergaw - publishing books in and about the Scots language, including A Braw Brew and The Scots Language: its place in education

PUBLISHERS IN SCOTLAND [back to top]

• Acair Ltd - fiction and non-fiction in Gaelic for all ages
• Argyll Publishing - an independent publisher based on the shores of Loch Fyne. Co-producer of the quarterly Scottish Review of Books
• Barrington Stoke - an award- winning publisher specialising exclusively in books for reluctant, disenchanted and under-confident readers
• Birlinn Ltd - Scottish classics, humour, local interest, Gaelic, West Coast and academic books. Also includes John Donald, Polygon and Tuckwell Press imprints.
• Black and White Publishing - fiction, sport, cookery, general non-fiction and memoirs
• Canongate Books - one of Scotland's most innovative and exciting publishers; imprints include Canongate Classics, Payback Press and Rebel Inc.
• Capercaillie Books - Capercaillie Books was established in 2001 with the primary objective of publishing literary and illustrative works in an imaginative and stimulating way for today's readers
• Carcanet Press - although based in Manchester, Carcanet publish a wide range of Scottish classic and contemporary poetry
• Cualann Press - Cualann Press's main interest at present is in making important Scottish historical documents and accounts freely available through general publication
• Edinburgh University Press - academic titles on language, literature and a wide range of other topics
• Ettrick Forest Press - new poetry by up-and-coming writers
• Floris Books - Floris Books publish a wide variety of titles, including reprints of the Kelpies series of Scottish children's fiction
• Gaelic Book Council - Comhairle nan Leabhraichean; the best source of Gaelic and Gaelic-related material
• GKB Enterprises - a not-for-profit company publishing Scottish poetry, fiction and historical memoirs, and promoting important but little-known aspects of Scottish life and culture, past and present
• Glowworm Books - children's publishers and schools book distributors
• HappenStance Press - a poetry chapbook imprint, based in Fife
• Kennedy and Boyd - Kennedy and Boyd republish numerous classics of Scottish literature which are unavailable elsewhere
• Kettillonia - a new publishing venture, aiming to put original, adventurous, neglected and rare writing into print, published as pamphlets at £2.50 per volume
• Koo Press - Koo Press is an independent small press based in Aberdeen and is primarily a publisher of poetry chapbooks
• House of Lochar - a small Scottish publishing company based on the island of Colonsay
• Luath Press Ltd - committed to publishing well- written books worth reading
• Mainstream Publishing - general non- fiction titles
• Mercat Press - non-fiction, general and academic books
• Merlin Press - produces excellent Scots materials for classroom use
• Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd - a wide range of titles including the new 11/9 imprint
• The Saltire Society - aiming to preserve all that is best in Scottish tradition, and encouraging new developments which will strengthen and enrich the country's cultural life
• Sandstone Press - an Inverness-based publisher of contemporary poetry and fiction in Gaelic and English
• Scottish Book Collectors' Magazine
• Scottish Children's Press - books written for, about and even by Scottish children, in Scots, English and Gaelic
• Scottish Cultural Press - Scottish literature, poetry, history, traditions, Scots language
• SCRAN - the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network provides access to Scotland's cultural treasures, on-line and on CD-ROMs, for education and publishing
• Scottish Plays - Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd have been publishing Scottish drama for nearly 100 years. Their website allows users to order scripts, from one-act plays to full-length productions
• Scottish Text Society - publishing important texts from Scotland's rich literary history, with special emphasis on the medieval and Renaissance period
• Shetland Publishing Company - producing books on Shetland and publishing works by Shetland writers
• Spotlight Publications - scripts for plays and pantomimes
• Steve Savage Publishers Ltd - founded in 2001 with the acquisition of the Gordon Wright Ltd list, Steve Savage Publishers intend to develop a strong commitment to Scottish writing
• Watergaw - publishing books in and about the Scots language, including A Braw Brew and The Scots Language: its place in education
• West Coast Magazine - on-line magazine on Scottish literature and new writing
• Women in Publishing

• Scottish Publishers Association - the best source for information on publishers and publishing in Scotland today

RESOURCES FOR WRITERS [back to top]

• 2HB - a quarterly publication dedicated to creative writing, from the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow
• AA Independent Press Guide - links, contacts and submission details for hundreds of independent publishers worldwide
• Anon - a poetry magazine aiming to anonymously assess anonymous submissions
• The Arvon Foundation - residential writing courses throughout the UK (Moniack Mhor in Scotland)
• Ask About Writing - a comprehensive resource site for writers of all abilities
• author.co.uk - useful tips and links for first-time and established writers
• The Barcelona Review - an international review of contemporary fiction, with a strong Scottish presence
• Bloody Write - on-line publication of new Scottish poetry and fiction
• The Burry Man - an on-line community of writers
• Chapman - publishes new work by well-known and up-and-coming Scottish and international writers. Four issues per year
• Cutting Teeth - features new writing by established and emerging writers. Three issues per year
• The Dark Horse - a Scottish-American poetry magazine
• Edinburgh Review - combines essays and review articles on Scottish politics, thought and society with new fiction and poetry
• Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing - courses and degrees in creative writing run jointly by the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde
• The Glasgow Review - launched in 2008 to "challenge the establishment in literature, art and politics and to offer a radical platform for new writers, thinkers and artists to express their ideas for a more informed and fair world."
• Green Shoots - an occasional magazine of poetry and prose by the people of Edinburgh, published by Edinburgh City Libraries
• Gutter Magazine - publishing fiction and poetry from writers born or living in Scotland
• Ideasfactory Scotland - the Writing Zone: information and advice for writers
• Intangible.org - web-based not-for-profit publisher. Features the work of several Scots, including Leila Aboulela, Duncan McLean and Andrew McNeill
• Lallans - new short stories and poetry in Scots and dialects of Scotland
• need2bpublished blog - invaluable information and advice for aspiring writers from Nicola Morgan, Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland
• nomad - from Survivors Poetry Scotland, featuring writing by people with mental health problems, survivors of abuse, addictions or disability, as well as work by established and new writers
• Northwords - a print magazine, based in the Highlands of Scotland, publishing new poetry, short stories and reviews
• ONE Magazine - a literary and arts magazine, available both in print and online.
• Playwrights Studio Scotland - a new national initiative to celebrate, promote and develop writing for live performance in Scotland.
• Poetry Scotland - the other half of the Poetry Scotland broadsheet magazine, publishing new poetry from Scottish and international poets
• Pushing Out The Boat - North East Scotland's own prestigious magazine of new writing and visual art
• Robin Jenkins Literary Award - a national writing award for new writing based on Scotland's cultural and environmental heritage
• Scottish PEN - the Scottish branch of this world-wide association of writers
• Scottish Poetry Pamphlets - a website supporting and encouraging the publication of poetry pamphlets. Lists of publishers and available pamphlets are also provided
• Scottish Screen - responsible to the Scottish Parliament for promoting and developing all aspects of film, television and multimedia in Scotland
• The Scottish Society of Playwrights - e-mail contact for the SSP, which represents and supports professional Scottish dramatists
• Scottish Writers' Centre - a social arena where writers can meet and share ideas and experiences and a facility providing basic services for writers
• Sell Your Book - a Perth-based on-line publishing publishing resource
• The Seeker - an on-line quarterly literary review affiliated to the English Literature department at Glasgow University, publishing poetry, prose and articles
• Shore Poets - Scotland's leading platform for live poetry
• The Short Story - the campaign to celebrate the short story. Everything you want to know: reading them, writing them, listening to them; competitions, workshops, projects; plus an extensive bibliography and more
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Scotland - the Scottish branch of the SCBWI, an international organisation offering a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children's literature
• spoke - an audio CD anthology of Scottish writers
• The Society of Authors in Scotland - the Scottish branch of the SoA, a non-profit making organisation set up in 1884 to protect the rights and further the interests of authors.
• Texthouse - dedicated to contemporary writing from the Scottish Borders
• Variant - an artist-run magazine of cross-currents in culture.
• The Word Cloud - an online writers’ community where you can post work, get critiques, exchange ideas, ask questions, and much more
• Words 2008 - an interactive exhibition based on new writing from the Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing at Glasgow University
• WordsInc - an organisation of working writers in the Highlands, raising the profile of writing in the North and providing information and resources
• Writers News - valuable advice and information for writers
• Writers’ Workshop - the UK’s largest editorial agency, offering a wide range of services
• WriterWords - support, advice, interviews and articles for writers in the UK
• The Writing Room - a range of editorial and literary services to writers, from experienced editor-turned-literary agent Maggie McKernan

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General Sites

• The Barcelona Review - an international review of contemporary fiction, with a strong Scottish presence
• Catharton Author Index - links to websites, bulletin boards and chatrooms
• Andrew Crumey's "Scottish Writers" - biographies of an extensive list of Scottish authors
• Gaelic writers - links on Gaelic writers and writing
• James Thin's Author Gallery - information on Scottish authors from a leading Scottish bookseller
• Literary Encyclopedia - an up-to-date reference work written by scholars. The site currently has over 770 contributors, more than 1800 completed entries and indexed entries on 5150 writers
• The Northern Muse - radio scripts by Sheila Douglas covering John Barbour, Blind Harry, William Dunbar, ballads, Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, James Hogg, Sir Walter Scott, Hugh MacDiarmid, William Soutar, Alexander Scott and Hamish Henderson
• Scottish Library Association - Gateway to Scottish Authors
• SLAINTE's author videos - video clips of authors reading extracts from their own works
• Scotched - James Kelman, Duncan McLean and Irvine Welsh, interviewed by the Boston Phoenix
• Scottish Playwrights - biographies and play lists for more than thirty Scottish dramatists
• Scottish Poets - brief biographies and some poems by Robert Burns, Robert Fergusson, Norman MacCaig, Hugh MacDiarmid, Edwin Muir and Robert Tannahill. Also includes (under "Anonymous") the text of "The Twa Corbies"
• Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period - a superb on-line "electronic critical archive-anthology", edited by Nancy Kushigian and Stephen Behrendt, covering the works of such poets as Joanna Baillie, Anne Grant, Janet Little, Jessie Stewart, Margaret Turner and many more. Biographies and critical essays are also included.
• The Write Stuff - based on an exhibition held at the National Library of Scotland in 2001, this site features a selection of leading 20th-century and contemporary Scottish writers
• Writing from Shetland - information on Shetland writers past and present, with bibliographic details

  Individual Authors (see also the Cambridge History of English and American Literature links above)
  

• Iain Banks - the official website of Iain Banks (aka Iain M Banks)
• The Worlds of Iain Banks - an article by Alan MacGillivray, published in Laverock
• The Culture - a website devoted to Iain Banks (mostly his SF works, but it does contain information on his other books too).
• The Iain M Banks index - another good fan site, covering all Banks' works
• Iain Banks interview - interview with Spike Magazine after the publication of Whit and Excession
• The Bridge - an analysis of Iain Banks' The Bridge, by Richard Puchalsky [PDF file — requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]
• A Few Notes on the Culture - a short article by Iain Banks on the Utopian society featured in several of his SF novels
• J. M. Barrie - A.N.O.N: the homepage of the J.M. Barrie Society, celebrating the works of the author of Peter Pan, and providing a community for Barrie scholars and enthusiasts
• John Barbour - the full text of the 14th-century epic The Brus, together with an introduction by Professor A.A.M. Duncan
• Meg Bateman - the Gaelic poetry of Meg Bateman
• Julie Bertagna - a book list, author information and an interview with the author of The Spark Gap, Soundtrack and others
• Alan Bissett - homepage of the author of The Incredible Adam Spark, Boyracers and others
• Theresa Breslin - homepage of the author of The Death or Glory Boys, Kezzie and others
• Theresa Breslin - a book list, author information and an interview
• Christopher Brookmyre - the homepage of the author of "tartan noir" such as Quite Ugly One Morning, Country of the Blind and A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away
• George Mackay Brown - an extensive website with reviews, a complete bibliography, extracts and critical material
• George Mackay Brown - information on the Orcadian writer and poet, and on music inspired by his work
• Greenness in Every Line: The Drama of George Mackay Brown - an on-line article from the International Journal of Scottish Theatre
• The John Buchan Society - biography, bibliography, and extracts from the John Buchan Journal
• The John Buchan homepage - information and links on John Buchan
• The Official Robert Burns website - a huge database containing texts, links and more
• National Burns Collection - a website allowing visitors to explore Scotland's national collection of treasures associated with Robert Burns
• John Burnside - a collection of links on the 2000 Whitbread Poetry Award winner
• John Byrne - an interview with the artist and playwright, author of The Slab Boys trilogy, Tutti-Frutti, and others
• Gerry Cambridge - homepage of the poet, essayist and editor of Dark Horse magazine
• Thomas Carlyle - a comprehensive overview of Carlyle's life and works
• John Clifford - homepage of the poet, author and playwright John Clifford
• Ivor Cutler - a website devoted to this resolutely unclassifiable poet, playwright, composer, comedian, actor, musician, and children's writer
• Ivor Cutler - more information and links for Cutler fans
• Des Dillon - the forthright website of the author of Me and Ma Gal, Duck, The Big Q and others
• Anne Donovan - an extract from her short story Hieroglyphics, published in the Barcelona Review
• Arthur Conan Doyle - lots of information on Conan Doyle, as part of a much larger Sherlock Holmes site
• Carol Ann Duffy - an on-line revision guide for use by students and teachers
• Carol Ann Duffy interview - Street-wise heroines at home: an interview from The Independent, focusing on The World's Wife
• Carol Ann Duffy - 'Knowing who we are, and finding a way to tell ourselves': Carol Ann Duffy's Revision of Masculinist Representations of Female Identity; a paper by Claire McEwen
• William Dunbar - on-line texts of some of Dunbar's poems, with other relevant links
• Douglas Dunn - an on-line study guide to the poetry of Douglas Dunn
• Dorothy Dunnett - a website devoted to the works of Dorothy Dunnett, author of the Lymond Chronicles, The House of Niccolo and others
• Margaret Elphinstone - homepage of the author of The Sea Road, Hy Brasil and others
• Michel Faber - an interview with the author of Under the Skin and Some Rain Must Fall, published in the Barcelona Review.
• Robert Fergusson - homepage of the Robert Fergusson Society
• Matthew Fitt - poet and author. This website is centred around his first novel, But n Ben A-Go-Go
• George MacDonald Fraser - website dedicated to Fraser's caddish creation, Sir Harry Flashman
• Rab Swannock Fulton - a website containing work by this contemporary Scottish writer, including downloadable files
• Janice Galloway web archive - interviews, articles, essays and texts on Janice Galloway and her works
• Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) - homepage of the Grassic Gibbon Centre
• Sunset Song - an educational resource on the staging of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song, presented throughout Scotland by Prime Productions
• James Leslie Mitchell / Lewis Grassic Gibbon - the 2001 ASLS Annual Conference. Some papers are available here on-line.
• Magi Gibson - homepage of poet and children's writer Magi Gibson
• John Glenday - an annotated bibliography for this contemporary Scottish poet
• W.S. Graham - a brief introduction to the work of William Sydney Graham, best known for his poem 'The Nightfishing'
• Alasdair Gray - the official website of Alasdair Gray
• Alasdair Gray - brief biography, reviews and links for Alasdair Gray and his works
• Alasdair Gray articles - articles on Alasdair Gray from the Glasgow Review
• Alasdair Gray articles - articles and comments on Alasdair Gray from The Bloomsbury Magazine, by Ali Smith, Angus Calder, Bernard MacLaverty, A.L. Kennedy, Frank Kuppner and Bill Duncan
• Alasdair Gray inteview - from "The Review of Contemporary Fiction", Summer 1995, 15.2
• Alasdair Gray inteview - transcript of a conversation between Douglas Gifford and Alasdair Gray at the 2001 Edinburgh Book Festival. Also includes audio files of Gray reading poems and an extract from 1982, Janine
• Desperado Literature - an interview with Alasdair Gray, along with a short essay on Lanark
• an essay on Lanark - discussing R.D. Laing's theory of schizophrenia and its relationship to the novel by Alasdair Gray
• Lanark 1982 - an unofficial website on the life and works of Alasdair Gray
• Neil M Gunn website - information and links on Neil Gunn
• The Novels of Neil Gunn - an article by Margery Palmer McCulloch, published in Laverock
• George Campbell Hay: Nationalism With A Difference - a conference paper by Christopher Whyte
• Hamish Henderson - from a radio script by Sheila Douglas on 20th century Scottish poets (scroll about halfway down the page)
• Frances Mary Hendry - homepage of the author of Quest for a Kelpie, Quest for a Maid, Chandra and others
• Robert Henryson - on-line texts of some of Henryson's poems, with other relevant links
• Robert Henryson homepage - information and links on Robert Henryson, including the Robert Henryson Society pages
• The Poems of Robert Henryson - a useful short introduction, with links to selected poems
• The Testament of Cresseid - the full text of Henryson's The Testament of Cresseid, plus a study guide, self-assessment questions and teachers' notes
• GAIRNET - the homepage of the poet W.N. (William) Herbert
• John Herdman - the homepage of the author of Imelda and Other Stories, Ghostwriting, The Sinister Cabaret and others
• Laura Hird - the homepage of the author of Nail & Other Stories, Born Free and more
• James Hogg Society - information and links on James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd
• "Dialogue and Marginality in James Hogg's Confessions of a Justified Sinner" - article by Rick Incorvati, University of North Carolina
• The Hume Society - an international organization supporting scholarship on all aspects of David Hume's thoughts and writings
• A. B. Jackson - homepage of the Glasgow-based poet Andrew Buchanan Jackson, author of the collection Fire Stations
• Robin Jenkins' Fiction - an article by Isobel Murray, published in Laverock
• The Cone-Gatherers - an in-depth textual analysis of four extracts from Robin Jenkins' The Cone-Gatherers for Higher Still, looking at themes, characters, style and structure
• Robin Jenkins video - an interview with Robin Jenkins (author of The Cone Gatherers), from the BBC2 Gaelic programme Tacsi, is available here as a Quicktime download
• Paul Johnston - homepage of the author of Body Politic and the Quint Dalrymple novels
• The Knitting Circle: Jackie Kay - biography, bibliography and press cuttings
• Jackie Kay - 2002 interview with FreeVerse magazine
• James Kelman interview - interview with Between The Lines magazine
• A L Kennedy - the author's own website
• A L Kennedy interview - interview with Spike Magazine after the publication of Original Bliss
• the poetry of Walter Kennedy - Nicole Meier's site on the Renaissance poet (under construction; currently contains biographical details)
• Jessie Kesson: Writing Her Self - an article by Isobel Murray, published in Laverock
• Don Ledingham - Reflections on a Scottish Landscape exhibition (poetry by Don Ledingham, photographs by Gordon Hunter)
• Joseph Johnston Lee - a website dedicated to Sergeant Joe Lee, a Scottish poet of the First World War
• Tom Leonard - includes audio of the author reading his poem "The Six O'Clock News"
• David Lindsay - an excellent site dedicated to the author of the classic fantasy novel A Voyage to Arcturus (for the author of Ane Satyre of The Thrie Estaitis, see Sir David Lyndsay below)
• Douglas Lindsay - a site devoted to the decidedly unusual series of Barney Thomson crime stories
• Joan Lingard - a site dedicated to the author of The Twelfth Day of July, Across the Barricades, Tug of War, Lizzie's Leaving and many others
• Douglas Lipton - homepage of this contemporary Dumfries-based poet
• Liz Lochhead - an annotated bibliography to the year 2000
• "The Poetry of Sir David Lyndsay" - an article by Nicola Royan
• "16th-century 'agit-prop': Sir David Lyndsay's Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis" - an article by Chris Ravenhall
• Norman MacCaig - an excellent introduction to Norman MacCaig, containing a selection of poems, a glossary and notes and comments. Also contains critical material and discussion on MacCaig's place in Scottish literary history
• No Extra Words: the Scottish Lyric Poet Norman MacCaig - an article from Erfurt Electronic Studies in English 1995
• Peter McCarey - The Syllabary, the website of poet and author Peter McCarey
• Karen McCombie - homepage of the author of the Ally's World novels
• Val McDermid - homepage of the author of A Place of Execution and others
• Hugh MacDiarmid - from a radio script by Sheila Douglas on 20th century Scottish poets
• Donald G. MacDonald - short stories, poems and a novel
• George MacDonald - a website dedicated to the 19th-century poet, clergyman and author of children's stories such as At the Back of the North Wind and The Princess and the Goblin
• George MacDonald - essays and information relating to George MacDonald on The Victorian Web
• Alan MacGillivray - the homepage of Alan MacGillivray, the poet and literary scholar
• Scotia's Hero - Alan MacGillivray's 2005 McCash Poetry Prize-winning poem, providing a look at William Wallace through the eyes of James VI
• Matt McGinn - a celebration of the life and work of this singer, songwriter, poet and novelist, perhaps best known for Coorie Doon
• William Topaz McGonagall - homepage of the William Topaz McGonagall Appreciation Society, celebrating a unique talent
• McGonagall Online - gives the text of McGonagall's poetry and prose, and links to articles and other McGonagallia
• John McGrath: an updated checklist and bibliography - an on-line article from the International Journal of Scottish Theatre on the writer best known for The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
• Natural Loyalties: the work of William McIlvanney - an article by Alan MacGillivray, published in Laverock
• William McIlvanney's Laidlaw Novels - an article by Beth Dickson, published in Laverock
• Bernard MacLaverty - the author's official website
• Bernard MacLaverty - a school project from Germany, focusing on the novel Cal, but with lots of extra information as well
• Duncan McLean - an interview with Duncan McLean, author of A Bucket of Tongues, Bunker Man, Blackden and others
• Sorley MacLean / Somhairle MacGill-Eain - Sorley MacLean Online, a website created by the Sorley MacLean Trust providing a comprehensive range of material on MacLean's life and work
• Sorley MacLean - an article on Sorley MacLean, by the late Iain Crichton Smith
• Robert McLellan - a website celebrating the life and work of Robert McLellan, Scottish dramatist and author of Young Auchinleck, The Linmill Stories and Jamie the Saxt, and others
• Ken MacLeod - The Early Days of a Better Nation, Ken MacLeod's blog
• Ken MacLeod - an essay on modern SF by Ken MacLeod
• Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair's Nature Poetry and its sources - a conference paper by Derick S. Thomson
• Kevin MacNeil - homepage of this award-winning writer in English and Gaelic, the author of Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides, Be Wise Be Otherwise, The Stornoway Way and others
• Love Zen and Writing - an interview with Kevin MacNeil, by Kevin MacNeil
• James Macpherson - an up-to-date selected bibliography on James Macpherson and Ossian
• "Authorizing Ossian" - a paper by Jack Lynch on James MacPherson and Ossian, given at MWASECS, Minneapolis, 5 October 1995
• Peter Manson - Freebase Accordion, homepage of Glasgow poet Peter Manson
• Scott Martin - homepage of the author of Ploughman, winner of the Millennium Poem for Scotland competition
• Metaphrog - homepage of the Franco-Scottish duo, most noted for the Louis series of graphic novels
• Martin Millar - homepage of the author of The Good Fairies of New York, Love and Peace with Melody Paradise, Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me and others (including the Thraxas novels, published under the name of Martin Scott)
• Martin Millar interview - interview with Spike Magazine after the publication of Love and Peace with Melody Paradise
• Alexander Montgomerie and the Netherlands, 1586-89 - from the Glasgow Review
• Thus Spak Apollo Myne - the songs of Alexander Montgomerie
• Lorna Moon - Glenda Norquay's article from ScotLit 27
• EdwinMorgan.com - a website dedicated to Edwin Morgan, containing a mass of information on one of Scotland's greatest poets
• Poet for Scotland - Edwin Morgan was appointed Poet for Scotland on 16 February 2004
• Edwin Morgan - Now you see it, now you don't: The Love Poetry of Edwin Morgan; an article by Christopher Whyte from the Glasgow Review
• Edwin Morgan - The Catalysts: Beat Poets, Experimental Poetry and Edwin Morgan; a paper by Claudia E. Kraszkiewicz
• The Edwin Muir website - information and links on Edwin Muir
• Edwin Muir's Journey - an article on Edwin Muir and his poetry from The New Criterion
• The Neil Munro Society website - information and links on Neil Munro, best-known as the author of the Para Handy tales
• Making them Bold and Breaking the Mould: Rona Munro's Bold Girls - an article by Douglas Gifford, published in Laverock
• Bud Neill - a website dedicated to the comic-strip Wild West hero, Lobey Dosser
• Liz Niven - homepage of this author and poet, writing in Scots and English
• Margaret Oliphant - website dedicated to this prolific 19th-century writer, author of Kirsteen, The Beleaguered City, Tales of the Seen and Unseen and many more
• Alexander Orr - a collection of 19th century poems, originally published in the Glasgow Weekly Mail and others
• Janet Paisley - homepage of this poet, playwright and author, writing in Scots and English, creator of Alien Crop, Not For Glory, White Rose Rebel and others
• Ian Rankin - the official site for the Inspector Rebus novels and their author
• Ian Rankin - website on Ian Rankin from Transworld Books
• The Steamie - teaching notes for Intermediate 1 are available here on Tom Roper's play
• J K Rowling - an excellent website on the Harry Potter novels
• Suhayl Saadi - homepage of the author of The Burning Mirror, Psychoraag and others
• Alexander Scott - from a radio script by Sheila Douglas on 20th century Scottish poets (scroll about halfway down the page)
• Andrew Murray Scott - homepage of the author of The Big J, The Mushroom Club, Tumulus (winner of the 1999 Dundee Book Prize) and others
• Martin Scott - see Martin Millar, above
• Sir Walter Scott - excellent links to biographies, essays and literary criticism
• Selected poems by Sir Walter Scott - texts and notes
• the Walter Scott Digital Archive - built around the extensive Corson Collection of material held in Edinburgh University Library
• Selected Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott - e-texts from the University of Glasgow
• Walter Scott's letters - the Millgate Union Catalogue of Scott's correspondence: search almost 14,000 letters to or from Scott on-line
• Ali Smith - 'Une Petite Mort': Death, Love and Liminality in the Fiction of Ali Smith; a paper by Monica Germanà
• Iain Crichton Smith - (Iain Mac a'Ghobhainn) five articles on the writing and imagery of Iain Crichton Smith
• The Contribution of Iain Crichton Smith - a major article by Edwin Morgan, from the ASLS Newsletter
• Deer on the High Hills: the elusiveness of language in the poetry of Iain Crichton Smith - a conference paper by Douglas Gifford
• Iain Crichton Smith video - an item on Iain Crichton Smith, from the BBC2 Gaelic programme Tacsi, is available here as a Quicktime download
• Consider the Lilies - focusing on the skills needed to evaluate a novel for Higher Still, using Iain Crichton Smith's Consider the Lilies as an example text
• Alexander McCall Smith - homepage of the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and other titles featuring Precious Ramotswe, "the Miss Marple of Botswana"
• William Soutar - the William Soutar website, containing a short biography, and text and audio files of some of his poems
• William Soutar - from a radio script by Sheila Douglas on 20th century Scottish poets
• Muriel Spark - the National Library of Scotland's Muriel Spark archive, containing a massive range of material: manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, press cuttings and more
• Muriel Spark - excellent site from Penguin books
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - a comprehensive analysis of this novel by students at Acadia University, Canada
• The Robert Louis Stevenson website - information and links on Robert Louis Stevenson
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Perspectives on Stevenson's classic novella
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - ClassicNotes study and revision guide on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Kidnapped - ClassicNotes study and revision guide on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Treasure Island - ClassicNotes study and revision guide on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Zoe Strachan - an interview with the author of Negative Space
• Charles Stross - homepage of the author of Singularity Sky, Iron Sunrise, Accelerando, Halting State, The Atrocity Archive and others
• Charles Stross interview - published in the Socialist Review
• Luke Sutherland - an interview with this talented musician and author of Jelly Roll, Sweetmeat and Venus As A Boy
• Luke Sutherland - a more recent interview from Spoiled Ink
• Robert Tannahill - "Life of Tannahill", from the 1875 edition of Poems and Songs of Robert Tannahill. The site also contains 14 poems from the 1875 edition
• Nigel Tranter - a website devoted to the late Nigel Tranter, author of over 130 novels and historical works
• Alexander Trocchi - texts by and about the author of Young Adam and Cain's Book
• Alexander Trocchi - texts of selected poems
• Alan Warner: the Scottish Onetti - an article from The Barcelona Review tracing the links between Warner and the Uruguayan writer Juan Carlos Onetti
• Alan Warner - interview with the author of Morvern Callar and These Demented Lands, published in The Barcelona Review
• Alan Warner - Zoe Strachan interviews Alan Warner for Spike Magazine
• Claire-Marie Watson - homepage of the author of the 2002 Dundee Book Prize-winner, I am Grissel Jaffray
• Irvine Welsh - the homepage of the author of Trainspotting, Marabou Stork Nightmares, Ecstasy, Porno and others
• Trainspotting: a reader's guide - from the Continuum Contemporaries series
• irvinewelsh.com - a host of links to articles on or by Irvine Welsh
• Expletives Repeated - an interview with Harry Gibson, director of the Trainspotting stage play
• Douglas Young and Sorley MacLean - a conference paper by J Derrick McClure

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Last updated 22 June 2009.