Symposium reminder - We also welcome papers on those influenced by Fergusson, including & not limited to: Robert Burns; Robert Louis Stevenson; Hugh MacDiarmid; Robert Garioch; Sydney Goodsir Smith; Edwin Morgan; Tom Leonard; Les Murray; Kathleen Jamie.
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Two posts available - Lecturer & Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries and Cultural Policy UofGCulture University of Glasgow - come join us jobs.ac.uk/job/DIB312/lec…

❗️BARS Conference 2024 Update: ❗️
Registration for the conference closes Friday 5th July.
Registration for the conference dinner closes Friday 22nd June.
Booking links and more info at the blog post below:
bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5329

Celebrating fifty shades of green and the little-known Hertfordshire Clanger Orchid... theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Greatly looking forward to this The International James Joyce Foundation event: an evening of silent films with live piano accompaniment and a panel of experts to answer any questions you may have about the links between James Joyce and cinema. GFT @uofglasgow

glasgowfilm.org/movie/at-the-v…

“One should never introduce the idea of God to a child,” he writes. “Like leprechauns, they can only take it literally.”

Fab piece on the brilliant Neil Jordan. theguardian.com/film/article/2…

Congratulations to our new honorary doctor Darren McGarvey.

This is to be the theme tune to my Thursday. You’re welcome.

BRENDA FASSIE - Vulindlela youtu.be/JB-OGtSEc64?si… via YouTube

We are delighted to announce the ‘EUP Publishing Internship.' Working in the editorial department and rotating between journals, marketing, sales, rights, production and finance to see which area of publishing suits you best!

Find out more:

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There's still time to register for Elizabeth Bishop in Glasgow: A Symposium

26 - 28 June
James McCune Smith Learning Hub University of Glasgow

Find out more & register
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Join us on Wednesday for a special screening of BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO followed by a Q&A with Peter Strickland, Toby Jones and Fatma Mohamed. Get tickets: bit.ly/3XhHWpf

The arts are rigged. It now starts from underfunding and specialism in state schools, to unaffordable posh drama schools, to bad connections to industry
‘ Nearly half of all British cultural stars nominated for major awards in the last decade were educated at private school.

The Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre's imprint #ignitionpress , now has an established track record of publishing debut collections of some of the most exciting emerging voices in poetry.
Submission window is now open.
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The submission window for #ignitionpress is now open until 7 July! We're looking for emerging poets who have - or are working towards - a pamphlet-length manuscript. For details about how to submit, please visit: brookes.ac.uk/research/units…

'The Wind' by Doctor Yuri Zhivago, in his collection 'Lara' which appears at the end of the novel by Boris Pasternak.

Amongst many other qualities, he really is a terrifically bad writer. There's nothing there - it's just tepid, fetid air, signifying nothing. How did he ever get a job in the press?

I’ve had so many messages from people in the arts about the Guardian article. There’s some really important changes that need to happen - the first is that the big channels need to connect with colleges and uni’s that have a higher intake of students from disadvantaged

Is Penny Mordaunt shooting a 1985 episode of Dallas straight after this?

Feel exactly the same Stephen: mountains of meticulous, rigorous, sedulous, supportive and generous examination work has been going on across our Schools and subjects University of Glasgow - hugely impressive to watch - thanks to all the good people and teams involved.
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