Arts funding is Scotland is dire. I wrote a poem ‘Shoestring’ because that’s how it is.

Brilliant to see #TheDarkestTimeline getting attention beyond our shores (And a big ‘Hello’ to all the recent, new US visitors to our site!) Check out our interview with Bram E. Gieben and an intro excerpt from his book here glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2024/06/30/the…

🥁🥁Drum roll please 🥁🥁 We are delighted to announce this year’s festival programme. The countdown is on! 25 days to kick off. Check out the stellar lineup of emerging writers, showcases and weel kent faces. Pack yer bags it’s going to be a belter weegaitherin.com/whatson

NEW TODAY! "What can we learn from the world's most linguistically diverse city?" We spoke to Ross Perlin about his new book & the fight to preserve endangered mother tongues Atlantic Books #NewYorkCity Full interview (+ all our other FREE content) here: wp.me/p3nrhP-7yN

Enjoying #DeliverMe? Check out our exclusive interview with author elle nash right here - wp.me/p3nrhP-7On

NEW REVIEW! 🙏 to Tony Garner for his take on Mountain Retreats - a 3rd collection of poetry by Iain Maloney Isobar Press In these high-stakes poems about illness, will the mountains of Japan offer a cure? Full review (+ all of our FREE content) here: wp.me/p3nrhP-d1n

NEW TODAY! "It’s the dazzling use of Scots that makes these texts so compelling" 🙏 to Josephine Murray for this great piece on Bill Findlay & Martin Bowman's translations of Michel Tremblay's plays Association for Scottish Literature Full article (& all our FREE content) here: wp.me/p3nrhP-d38

NEW REVIEW! Elizabeth Rimmer writes about 'Look To The Crocus' by Marion McCready - a collection "heavily influenced by Grimm’s Fairy Tales . . . in which nature is presented as ‘disturbing and powerful’". Full review (& all our FREE content) right here: wp.me/p3nrhP-d4H

NEW TODAY! Russell Jones /russjoneswrites.bsky.social introduces an extract from his new novel #BucketList Polygon Books with a piece about the UK's epidemic of loneliness & how we need connection to "liberate us from our cages" Read it all (& the rest of our FREE content) here - wp.me/p3nrhP-d4a

NEW TODAY! The GRB interviews all 5 poets shortlisted for this years #EMPA2024 Edwin Morgan Trust Find out what Edwin Morgan's work & legacy means to them & much more. Winner announced on 13 August Edinburgh International Book Festival Full interview (& all our FREE content) here - wp.me/p3nrhP-d9v

NEW TODAY! 🙏 to James Taylor for this excl. interview with Windham-Campbell Prizes prize-winner & author of #stormpegs Pan Macmillan - the v. lovely Jen Hadfield Catch Jen today Edinburgh International Book Festival or tomorrow Waterstones Glasgow & check out the full interview here - wp.me/p3nrhP-dc8

NEW TODAY! Russell Harty! The Krankies! And a man dangling a brick from his pen*s! Robin Cairns sheds light (& dignity!) in telling the colourful story of #EdFringe24 'the biggest arts festival in the world' Full article (& all our FREE content) here - wp.me/p3nrhP-d7y

NEW TODAY! Ahead of Friday's celebratory live event The Glad Cafe - we take a look at the latest anthology from thi wurd - a survey of Scottish writing “which has its heart in Glasgow” Full review (plus all of our other FREE content) here - wp.me/p3nrhP-dfm

Fascinating thread on the potentiel future of the Scottish Cultural sector and it's relationship with the Scottish Government.

See you on Friday The Glad Cafe – one of Glasgow’s finest venues. 2 days to go. All welcome #fiction #poetry #livemusic #art #glasgow #thiwurd thi-wurd.com/product/ticket…

NEW TODAY! "Dazzling, explosive and hugely entertaining" - Lorna Callery-Sithole shares her look-back at the I Am Loud Productions Grand Slam Final Edinburgh International Book Festival Congratulations to everyone involved. Click here for the full article (and all our other FREE content) - wp.me/p3nrhP-dfZ

One of the best spoken word artists doing it today.

We’re back. Get it in the diaries: StAnza 14-16 March 2025 “I can promise we’re going to bring you poets, poetry and experiences that bring the big feels. We’re going for goosebumps, spine tingles, gut punches. Over the weekend, we aim to light up all your senses.” RVW