Join us to celebrate the launch of The Crooked Dividend, a collection of essays from Spark scholars and experts, proceeding from the 2018 Muriel Spark International Symposium. Hear from co-editor Dr Helen Stoddart on the fresh insights into the life and work of Muriel Spark (1918–2006) revealed in the collection. Professor Colin Kidd delves into Spark’s […]
First published in 1973, Haste Ye Back is a lively and intimate portrayal of Aberlour Orphanage in Banffshire, where Dorothy K. Haynes (1918–1987) spent four formative years in her childhood. Best known as a writer of gothic and supernatural fiction, here Haynes’s vivid imagination brings to life the residents, caretakers and stories of the institution that irrevocably […]
This one-day symposium is a landmark opportunity to discuss the status of queer writing in Scottish literature. The event celebrates the launch of the Scottish Literary Review special issue, ‘Queer Form in Scottish Writing’, co-edited by Zoë Strachan and Darryl Peers. The day will gently disrupt the form of the academic symposium, giving attendees plenty of opportunity […]
