The Association for Scottish Literary Studies will be holding its conference at the University of Glasgow during 1-2 July 2016. The theme for this year is ‘Literature and Religion in Scotland’ with speakers addressing a number of subjects and time periods. Among them will be Dr Jamie Reid Baxter who has made further new discoveries about the 17th century writer Elizabeth Melville whose work has begun to receive recognition and create interest. Details for the conference are yet to be finalised but for more information please contact Gerard Carruthers on e-mail Gerard.carruthers@glasgow.ac.uk .