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National Library of Scotland
Guided by amazement
The National Library of Scotland’s writer in residence at the John Murray Archive, Peter Arnott, is recording, and musing upon, the stories he discovers in this unique publishing archive in a blog. "Most people using this archive already have a pretty good idea what they’re looking for’ they’re specialists," Peter says. "I want to be guided by amazement from document to document, to find emotions, stories, people that inspire me and will hopefully through inspire others." Peter’s residency, funded by Creative Scotland, will result in a creative writing web resource for schools to be launched early in 2011. Read Peter’s blog at Playwright in the Cages.
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
ASLS has published two new titles in its SCOTNOTES series of study guides to Scottish writers. Number 27 in the series is on Anne Donovan's novel Buddha Da, and number 28 is on Alan Spence's short story collection Its Colours They Are Fine and his novel Way to Go. Both titles are priced at £5.50 and are available from all good bookshops. A list of the entire SCOTNOTES series is available on the ASLS website.
Scots Language Centre
The well-known Beatrix Potter story 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' has been translated into Scots by Lynne McGeachie and published by the Beatrix Potter Society as 'The Tale O Peter Kinnen' complete with original illustrations. By kind permission of The Beatrix Potter Society The Scots Language Centre is able to provide the audio version of this wonderful story. Follow this link to hear Lynne read 'The Tale o Peter Kinnen'. Copies of the book are available from the Beatrix Potter Society.
Scottish Storytelling Centre - Training Events Calendar October-November 2010
Creative Approaches to Christmas Stories
Sat 9 October, 2-5pm
Intermediate Skills: Eastern Routes
Sat 23 October, 10.30am-4.30pm
Storyrich – Storytelling and Creative Teaching: P1-P7
Mon 25 October, 9.15am-3.30pm
Building a Repertoire: Making a Show
Fri 29 October, 10.30am-4.30pm
Storymaking in Health and Wellbeing Settings
Sat 13 November, 10.30am-4.30pm
Midwives to the Story
Sat 20 November, 10.30am-4.30pm
Box office 0131 556 9579 or www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Highland Stories and Traditions
Sat 2 April, 10am-1pm
We all know the beauty of the Highlands. Within those soaring hills the clan societies preserved a culture of myth, legend and folklore of astonishing breadth and depth. Through tales of love and romance, battle and death, the supernatural and the historical we will investigate this truly ancient culture in depth. Part of Edinburgh's Ceilidh Culture.
£17.50 (£15 Network members)
Scots and Lowland Stories and Traditions
Sat 2 April, 2-5pm
The working people of Lowland Scotland were farmer servants, fishermen, miners, shopkeepers and smiths. All had their own rich and unique traditions and customs, reflected in the stories they told. Share Lowland stories; look at their structure, their humour and the messages they carry, and find out where to source them with Senga Munro. Part of Edinburgh's Ceilidh Culture.
£17.50 (£15 Network members)
Ballads and Story Poems
Sat 16 April, 10am-1pm
This workshop with harp player and storyteller Heather Yule focuses on developing traditional ballads and poems such as The Twa Sisters, Tamlin, The Wife of Usher's Well and Tam O'Shanter into telling narratives whilst retaining the rhythms and richness of the original language, music and verse. Part of Edinburgh's Ceilidh Culture and Connecting Voices: Poetry and Stories Across Scotland.
£17.50 (£15 Network members)
Box office 0131 556 9579 or www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
