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Geraldine (ginorgym)
@ginorgym.bsky.social
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🎓part time Post grad (MPhil) University Of Glasgow, looking at the work of Edwin Muir, specifically Poor Tom.
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📚avid reader & self confessed Scottish Literature geek
👵Older than I look but not wiser 🤪
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Early start! @uofgartshums.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Our shop’s packed with gifts for the Alasdair Gray fan! 🎁✨ New collabs, Poor Things–inspired nails, classic tees & culture-ray mugs—maybe treat yourself! Order by 17 Dec for the best chance of Christmas delivery.
December 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Next up for this morning’s reading … MacDiarmid and Muir: Scottish Modernism and the Nation as an Anthropological Site by @pjrobichaud.bsky.social

#edwinmuir
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I often wonder why Mainstream chose this image of ‘St Monance’ by William Wilson for the cover of this 1979 (reprinted in 1995) edition of Edwin Muir’s Scottish Journey.

#edwinmuir
#scottishliterature
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Stunning album of Burn’s songs by the wonderful Patrick Doyle.

@hannahgrim02.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social

#robertburns
#patrickdoyle
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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asls.org.uk
See ma mammy
See ma dinner ticket
A pititnma
Pokit an she pititny
Washnmachine…

—Margaret Hamilton, “Lament for a Lost Dinner Ticket”
from NEW POEMS 1972–73: a PEN anthology of contemporary poetry, ed. Douglas Dunn (Hutchinson, 1973)
#WorldChildrensDay #poem
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Lament for a Lost Dinner Ticket Margaret Hamilton See ma mammy See ma dinner ticket A pititnma Pokit an she pititny Washnmachine. See thon burnty Up wherra firewiz Ma mammy says Am no tellynagain No’y playnit. A jist wen’y eatma Pokacrisps furma dinner Nabigwoffldoon. The wummin sed Aver near Clapsd Jistur heednur Wee wellies sticknoot. They sed Wot heppind? Nme’nma belly Na bedna hospital. A sed A pititnma Pokit an she pititny Washnmachine. They sed Ees thees chaild eb slootly Non verbal? A sed MA BUMSAIR Nwen’y sleep.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Loving the Burns references on Scotlands
gritters @trafficscotland.bsky.social

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@hannahgrim02.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Wonderful evening @natlibscot.bsky.social Kelvin Hall! Great chat between Amina Shah @louisewelsh00.bsky.social and finally meeting @damianbarr.bsky.social !
@sahavoice.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Coffee, sarnie and The New Sociology of Scotland!
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Edwin Muir’s The Day

#edwinmuir
#scottishliterature
#poetry
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I'm chuffed to be appointed Director and Board member for Braw Clan, an award-winning theatre company making new Scots language plays for audiences in southern Scotland. Find out more about their brilliant plays, events and laudable community work: brawclan.com
Can't wait to see where we go next.
Braw Clan
The Scots language theatre company
brawclan.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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This!
thebletherscotlit.bsky.social The Blether @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social · Oct 30
Introducing ‘The Blether’ 💬

The Blether is a developing idea from 4 Scot Lit PGRs @uofglasgow.bsky.social designed to highlight the work and research being carried out in Scottish Literature.

Follow us to get involved!📚✍🏼💬

#scottishliterature
#theblether
#thebletherpgr
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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thebletherscotlit.bsky.social The Blether @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social · Oct 30
Introducing ‘The Blether’ 💬

The Blether is a developing idea from 4 Scot Lit PGRs @uofglasgow.bsky.social designed to highlight the work and research being carried out in Scottish Literature.

Follow us to get involved!📚✍🏼💬

#scottishliterature
#theblether
#thebletherpgr
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I dreamed of a sawdust chandelier
whose crystals were drops of driftwood dredged
from all the world’s shipwrecks…

—MacGillivray, “33”
from THE GAELIC GARDEN OF THE DEAD, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2019
#poem #poetry
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33 by MacGillivray I dreamed of a sawdust chandelier whose crystals were drops of driftwood dredged from all the world’s shipwrecks: god’s figurehead, and it swung, as I dreamt, ever closer to my fear, softly releasing sweet incense into the clear, black night air, as that great barge carries the dead, but instead of my death, it passaged my dread and the water it ploughed comprised of one tear. Great smouldering barque, your figurehead sings into the dark, the death song of queens, of kings, over sea birds that circle like faint rings of smoke, your floating lamp burns, as a lighthouse brings death to itself: you are moth and flame both – so lamp lights my dread of shade, performs two killings.
October 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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rhonabrown.bsky.social
#OTD in 1774, Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson died in the city’s asylum for pauper lunatics at 24. Despite the tragedy, his works are full of life, laughter and satire. My new edition of his works is out next year, but for now enjoy some treats from Project Fergusson
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
A statue of Robert Fergusson outside Edinburgh’s Canongate Kirkyard. He is not on a plinth, but walking along the street, his coattails blowing and a book in his hand. A plaque commemorating Robert Fergusson in St Giles Kirk, Edinburgh. He is in profile, looking to his right.
October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Can Scottish Literature @uofglasgow.bsky.social do chandeliers or whit???

@uofgartshums.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Nice wee bundle of joy from @asls.org.uk arrived today! Worth joining … definitely
October 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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rhonabrown.bsky.social
It's #NationalPoetryDay! The perfect opportunity to share Robert Fergusson's translation of Horace's ode on the importance of seizing the day. In rich Scots, Fergusson gives us the keys to a good life: staying in the moment and surrounding ourselves with friends and conviviality.
#RobertFergusson
Ne'er fash your thumb what gods decree To be the weird o' you or me, Nor deal in cantrip's kittle cunning To spier how fast your days are running, But patient lippen for the best, Nor be in dowie thought oppressed, Whether we see mair winters come, Than this that spits wi canker'd foam. Now moisten weel your geyzen'd was Wi couthy friends and hearty blaws; Ne'er lat your hope owrgang your days, For eild and thraldom never stays; The day looks gash, toot aff your horn, Nor care yae strae about the morn. A close-up of the statue of Robert Fergusson outside Edinburgh's Canongate Kirk, which can be seen in part in the background. The bronze sculpture shows Fergusson, with 18thC hair and dress, looking ahead while holding a book in his right hand.
October 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
ginorgym.bsky.social
Great induction session with all the current and new @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social Scottish Literature PGR’s.
And to top it off, @hannahgrim02.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of sitting beside @murrayp.bsky.social on the train home!
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I'll be on NTS radio on Saturday at 10am with a mix inspired by the folklore, the roots of activism 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 www.nts.live
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ginorgym.bsky.social
Looks my latest find had one previous illustrious owner!
September 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Second hand book sites discoveries !

Including Edwin Morgan on Edwin Muir in The Review, February 1963

@edmorgantrust.bsky.social

#edwinmuir
#edwinmorgan
#scottishliterature
September 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Finally got my own copy!

@asls.org.uk

#edwinmuir
#edwinmuirpoems
#scottishliterature
September 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Engrossed in James Barke’s Major Operation. Stand by for quotes!
a baby is reading a book with his eyes closed while sitting at a table .
ALT: a baby is reading a book with his eyes closed while sitting at a table .
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September 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ginorgym.bsky.social
Great event with some very interesting speakers. And what a room with a view.
Thanks @asls.org.uk good way to spend a Friday afternoon
September 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM