21SEPT

Event

Beyond Burns: Teaching Scots in the English Classroom

SATE (Scottish Association for Teaching English) hosted a free, online webinar for Secondary English teachers who wished to find out more about teaching Scots at BGE and Senior Phase. Presented by Laura Green (Scots Education Specialist at the Scots Language Centre) and with input from Bruce Eunson (Scots Language Coordinator at Education Scotland), the webinar looked at aspects of teaching Scots including: What is Scots and why teach it? Writing at BGE level Reading at Senior Phase level The SQA Scots Language Award The recording of the event is available on SATE's YouTube channel.

14MAR

Event

Creative Writing in Scots Workshop

Award-winning Scots poet Dorothy Lawrenson will be running a one-day workshop on creative writing in Scots on Saturday, March 14th 2020 from 10am - 3pm in Broughton High School, Edinburgh. For more information, have a look at the Facebook event page: Creative Writing in Scots Book your place here: https://www.joininedinburgh.org

18FEB

Event

Kirk and Nation in Robert Burns

"In which Professor Gerard Carruthers will be arguing that the 1712 Patronage Act is more culture-defining for eighteenth-century Scotland than the 1707 Union of the Parliaments …" This free event from the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies will take place from 4pm - 5:30pm on the 18th of February 2020, in the Humanity Manse Seminar Room at the University of Aberdeen. For more information/contact details: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss/events/15575/?fbclid=IwAR0WGdtZ1hjWz7tmXJsP-YFF_MHEz2X_o80ub3bGbbteIs1PvgteaW7TIJQ

12FEB

Event

Thomas Clark at 'Wee Write'

Thomas Clark spoke about his latest translation, 'Peppa's Bonnie Unicorn', at Glasgow's…

12FEB

Event

Anne Donovan at Wee Write

Glaswegian writer Anne Donovan spoke to young learners at Glasgow's 'Wee Write' festival…

23JAN

Event

The Jolly Beggars

The Scots Opera Project present a new version of Burns’ The Jolly Beggars, composed by…

29NOV

Event

Craig Sharp Annual Memorial Lecture

The University of Glasgow's Centre for Robert Burns Studies and the Robert Burns World…

1NOV

Event

Scots BookBug

As part of Book Week Scotland, there was a Scots BookBug session at Corstorphine Library…

8OCT

Event

Scottish Book Trust: The Gruffalo in Scots and Gaelic

As part of ‘Book week Scotland’, Scottish Book Trust hosted an ‘Authors live’ event…

8OCT

Event

Into Film: Room on the Broom in Scots

Into Film ran an event at The Hippodrome cinema in Boness, showing the film, ‘Room on the…

27SEPT

Event

Tannahill The Opera

The world premiere of the Scots Opera Project's "Tannahill" at the historic Paisley Abbey…

16SEPT

Event

ASLS Schools Conference

The annual ASLS (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) took place on Saturday, 5th…

4SEPT

Event

Glasgow & District Burns Association Concert

The Glasgow & District Burns Association are hosting a concert on the 5th September 2019…

10AUG

Event

Book Launch - Oor Big Braw Cosmos

Astronomer John Brown and poet Rab Wilson will be giving a talk to launch their new book…

30JUL

Event

Ane City at the Edinburgh Fringe

Theatre company Elfie Picket are performing their debut award-winning one woman show Ane…

24JUN

Event

New Writers Awards 2020 Deadline

The Scottish Book Trust's 2020 New Writers Awards are open for applications until…

24JUN

Event

Lauder: Dementia-friendly Performance

A dementia-friendly performance of the rags-to-riches story of Sir Harry Lauder from Po

24JUN

Event

Screening of Some Distant Day

The CCA in Glasgow will be presenting a free screening of Some Distant Day with Cheeky…

19JUN

Event

Lauder

A performance of the rags-to-riches story of Sir Harry Lauder from Portobello, packed…

22FEB

Event

ASLS Glasgow Conference

The Association for Scottish Literary Studies will be holding its conference at the…

14JAN

Event

Takin Tent o Weemen Collogue

On Saturday 4 June 2016 the Scots Language Society will be hosting its 'Takin Tent o…

14JAN

Event

Sangschaw Deadline

The deadline for submitting entries to the Scots Language Society's annual Sangschaw is…

11JAN

Event

Perth Burns Club Dinner

The Perth Burns Club annual dinner will be held this year from 6.30pm in the Salutation…

11JAN

Event

Billy Kay in Stirling

Broadcaster and writer Billy Kay will be giving a talk called ‘The Linguistic Legacy of…

11JAN

Event

Billy Kay and Russia

Well known broadcaster, writer, and Scots language promoter Billy Kay will be giving a…