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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · 14h

The brilliant Scottish poet and essayist @kathleenjamie.bsky.social will be in conversation at La Rochelle University on 17th October at 13H30. The session is part of the French Society for Scottish Studies conference and is open to all.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18d

I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have

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Robert Fergusson (1750-74) @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social · 21d

Free tickets are still available for our online launch, taking place this Thursday at 6pm!
www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · Sep 9

Slightly updated programme for the upcoming @sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social conference at @univ-larochelle.fr on "Scotland and the Coast/L'Ecosse et le Littoral" now available. And registration is still open! apps.univ-lr.fr/cgi-bin/WebO...

L’Écosse et le littoral

apps.univ-lr.fr

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Out-Spoken Press @outspokenpress.bsky.social · Jul 19

This is SICK. Students in Gaza who got places/scholarships at UK universities in unimaginable circumstances are being BLOCKED from Visas by UK Home Office refusal to recognise there is NOWHERE in Gaza for them to get biometrics done BECAUSE THE CENTRES WERE BOMBED
-The Times, today archive.is/678If

Screenshot of Times article, 19 July 2025

Living in Gaza, accepted to Cambridge - blocked by Home Office
Young Palestinians have overcome unimaginable challenges just to apply to university, only for the British government to make unfeasible visa demands
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About 80 Gazans like Malak, 19, have secured places at 32
British universities, including Cambridge
When Karam Elradie went up to the roof to try and get a phone signal, he knew he was risking his life. An Israeli army base was just in front and any movement could prompt them to launch a drone and fire. But he was desperate to check his application for Manchester

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But after overcoming so many obstacles, it now turns out the British government may be the hardest of all, making unfeasible demands for them to get out, including eight who have been awarded Chevening Scholarships, the Foreign Office's own scheme.

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While other countries such as Italy, Ireland, Germany
and France have taken students to study in their universities, the Home Office is insisting students for UK universities first need to provide biometric data (fingerprints and photographs) to apply for a visa, even though the relevant Gaza office has been shut since the October 7 attacks in 2023 after which Israel launched its invasion.|
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The nearest safe places with offices are Jordan and Egypt but the students need British government intervention to enable them to leave Gaza. Italy got round this by taking the data after the students had crossed the border while Ireland waived the requirement altogether, taking out 16 students in May.
This approach has left students such as Malak, 19, who has a full scholarship to study history and politics at Downing College, Cambridge, from September, in a desperate situation.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Jul 29

The latest issue of NORTHWORDS NOW is available free online – poems, short stories, articles & book reviews, in English, Gaelic & Scots

New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North
Sgrìobhadh ùr à Alba agus an Àird a Tuath
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/Issue46

Issue 46 | Summer-Autumn 2025 | Northwords Now

New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North

www.northwordsnow.co.uk

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · Jul 28

Chuffed to have a handful of poems in the latest issue of Northwords Now www.northwordsnow.co.uk/Issue46?fbcl...

Issue 46 | Summer-Autumn 2025 | Northwords Now

New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North

www.northwordsnow.co.uk

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Jul 18

WRITERS!
New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on prose. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue.
#writers #writing
Pls RT 👇
asls.org.uk/new-writing-...

NEW WRITING SCOTLAND

ASL is seeking applications to be a co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on prose; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2026, for volumes 44, 45, and 46, publishing in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (dependent on funding).

Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background.

Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by midnight on Monday 4 August 2025.

Submission to New Writing Scotland is free and open to all. You can find our submission instructions here.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Jul 11

‘Our three quotations brought the number of women’s quotes from one to four (out of 29). The only woman previously represented was the socialist and mill-worker Mary Brooksbank.’

Kathleen Jamie on having her work added to Edinburgh’s Canongate Wall, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

Kathleen Jamie | At the Canongate Wall

The stone suits the poetry. Or perhaps it’s the other way round. I think poetry suits stone, more than it suits paper...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · Jul 8

My article on Stevenson and Scott, “'Scott’s Voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht' and Intertextual Transmission" has been published in Connotations www.connotations.de/article/lesl...

Lesley Graham – “Scott’s Voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht” and Intertextual Transmission – Connotations

www.connotations.de

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · Jun 30

I don’t have it but it’s on archive.org

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · Jun 29

-This Cold Heart of Mine
- Young Turks (go home)
- The First tax Cut is for the richest

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · Jun 18

We now have a poster and a provisional programme for the SFEE conference in La Rochelle in October on "Scotland and the Coast" sfee.fr/congres2025/

Poster showing the outline of Scotland with a photograph of the coast

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Robert Louis Stevenson @rlstevenson.bsky.social · Jun 17

CFP: (Un)natural Stevenson
Wild transgressions across literature, ecology, science and gender, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Aula Baratto, 11-12 May 2026 Organizers: Lucio De Capitani & Alessandro Cabiati docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CFP_UnNatural_Stevenson_Venice_2026

Call for papers: (Un)natural Stevenson Wild transgressions across literature, ecology, science and gender Ca’ Foscari University of Venice 11-12 May 2026 Aula Baratto Organizers: Lucio De Capitani...

docs.google.com

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Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur @saesfrance.org · Jun 7

Merci à @nathalieduclos.bsky.social, @vincentlatour.bsky.social et à toute l’équipe organisatrice pour un magnifique congrès de la SAES à Toulouse !

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thank you for all the tweets and posts over the past two years.

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · Jun 4

I see that Philippe Labro has died. I once tried to sell one of his books to a second-hand book dealer. He refused it on the basis that Labro’s writing style was too “lisse” and I honestly think that’s the most cutting literary criticism I have ever witnessed.

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · May 23

Oops!

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · May 22

Spotted a lovely typo in an academic article today — wonton disregard

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · May 21

Looking forward to this

SAES 2025 @saes-2025.bsky.social · May 21

🔍 Atelier SFEE au SAES 2025 : Transitions en Écosse et au Pays de Galles 🏴⛰️

L’atelier de la SFEE explorera les mutations politiques, culturelles et littéraires dans les nations celtiques du Royaume-Uni.

📅 Du 5 au 7 juin 2025 à Toulouse !

#SAES2025 #SFEE #ÉtudesÉcossaises #ÉtudesAnglophones

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Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · May 20

Poke @sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social

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Julie Gay @juliegay.bsky.social · May 20

Lea Sinoimeri and myself are pleased to share with you the CFP for the conference "Flux and Flow in Irish and Scottish Literatures (late-19th century to present)" in Boulogne-sur-Mer (ULCO), 9-10 April 2026.
Please share and join!
hlli.univ-littoral.fr/wp-content/u...