Scott, Hogg, Stevenson and their influence on Scottish literature (James Robertson)
- Click here for the ASL Free Publications, including The Devil I am Sure: Three short stories by James Hogg; As It Was Told to Me: Three short stories by Sir Walter Scott; Sins and Follies: Three short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Amateur Emigrant; and Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- Click here for the Scotnotes study guides, including James Hogg’s The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner; Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Catriona; and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Master of Ballantrae and The Ebb-Tide.
The short stories of Iain Crichton Smith (Carl MacDougall)
- Click here to read Edwin Morgan’s article ‘The Contribution of Iain Crichton Smith’, published in ScotLit 23 (2000).
- Click here to read Moray Watson’s article ‘The Idea of Island in Gaelic Fiction’, published in The Bottle Imp 21.
Tally’s Blood and the tyranny of love (Professor Ian Brown)
- Click here for the ASL Teaching Notes, including the National 5 Teaching Note for Tally’s Blood.
- Click here to watch Tally’s Blood, a co-production between ASL and Awkward Stranger.
The new award in Scottish Studies (Pauline Rodger)
The poetry of Carol Ann Duffy and Jackie Kay (Dorothy McMillan)
- Click here for the ASL Teaching Notes, including the National 5 Teaching Note for Six Poems by Jackie Kay.
- Click here for the Scotnote study guide The Poetry and Drama of Jackie Kay.
- Click here for J P O’Malley’s ‘An Interview with Jackie Kay’, published in The Bottle Imp 15.
The poetry of Norman MacCaig (Professor Alan Riach)
- Click here for the Scotnote study guide The Poetry of Norman MacCaig.