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Haste Ye Back (again): Editing the Memoir of Dorothy K. Haynes

Boyd Orr Building, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8SP

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 […]

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Scottish Literary Review Special Issue Launch Symposium: Queer Form in Scottish Writing

Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, G11 6EW

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 […]

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Book launch: The International Companion to Scottish Children’s Literature

Student Common Room, St Andrews Building, 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow, G3 6NH

The School of Education at the University of Glasgow is delighted to host the launch of the publication The International Companion to Scottish Children’s Literature – the first collection of its kind. Ian Brown, Thomas Owen Clancy (series editors), Maureen A Farrell, and Robert A Davis (volume editors) wish to invite you to join us for the […]

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