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Scots Language and Literature Index to Useful Links Armadale website links that may interest you:
SECTION ONE contains a variety of links that may be of interest. If you have suggestions for any additional links that would interest website visitors, please e-mail Rosie SECTION TWO 2009 list of authors (West Lothian Libraries’ Scot Scriever Award) + other writers added once the competition closed! SECTION THREE: General Literature Links, including useful ones for children's reading |
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| Dictionary of the Scots Language | Scuilwab |
| Scots Language Centre | Scots Language Society |
| Scots Language Dictionaries | BUBL Link: Catalogue of Online Resources: Scottish Literature |
| Celtic Cultural Studies | The Internet Public Libray: Celtic Culture Links |
| Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scots Language | DOST |
| Scots Language Bibliography | Scottish Poetry Library |
| New writing in Doric (north east Scots) | Scottish Writing Exhibition |
| An Institute for the Study of Languages of Scotland | Scottish Book Trust |
| Scottish Texts and Speech | Itchy Coo Books |
| International Journal of Scottish Literature | Association for Scottish Literary Studies |
| Writers Museum Edinburgh | The Scottish Text Society |
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Studies in Scottish
Literature Includes some online publications |
Scottish
Literature and Language Links Glasgow University site |
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Scots Text Many examples |
Scots Wikipedia Great fun! |
| Bibliography of the Scots Language | Robert Burns |
| 100 best Scottish books - would you agree? | Walter Scott |
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Scots-Online Many useful links |
Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society |
| Scottish Arts Council | Scots Language Links |
| Fascinating interactive British Library Site: includes accents and dialects of the UK |
School of Scottish
Studies: Archives and Library Audio Archive pilot pages at http://www.pearl.arts.ed.ac.uk/ |
| Scottish Literature Timeline | Scottish Studies Database |
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SECTION TWO On a visit to our local Armadale library early in 2009, I collected a list# of Scottish novelists' names. The sheet asked the question: 'How many of these Scottish novelists will you read this year?' Now that the deadline for voting has passed, I have added other writers (in capitals). Who would you add? # West Lothian libraries took part in the celebrations for Homecoming Scotland, which started in January 2009 on the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns. 2009 also marked the 150th anniversary of Sherlock Holmes’s creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose birthday is on 22 May. From that day onwards, members of the public were able to cast a vote for their favourite Scottish author. Voting ended on 31 October. The top 20 Scottish authors were announced on St Andrew’s Day and the winning Scottish author as voted by the public received West Lothian Libraries’ Scot Scriever Award. The winner? Ian Rankin! |
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| AUTHORS | Website links where available |
| Gilbert Adair b1944 | Gilbert Adair |
| Lin Anderson | Lin Anderson |
| Louise Anderson b1966 | Louise Anderson |
| Malcolm Archibald | Malcolm Archibald |
| Iain Banks b1954 | Iain Banks /Iain M Banks, (2) |
| Ray Banks | Ray Banks |
| M C Beaton b1936 |
M C Beaton aka
Marion McChesney, Sarah Chester, Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Marion Gibbons, Jennie Tremaine and Charlotte Ward. |
| Tony Black | Tony Black |
| Emma Blair (Iain Blair) | Emma Blair |
| Christopher Brookmyre | Christopher Brookmyre |
| Nick Brooks | Nick Brooks |
| George Mackay Brown (1921 - 1996) | George Mackay Brown, (2) |
| GEORGE BRUCE (1902 - 2002) | George Bruce |
| John Buchan (1875 - 1940) | John Buchan |
| John Burnside b1955 | John Burnside, (2) |
| Ron Butlin | Ron Butlin |
| Karen Campbell b1967 | Karen Campbell |
| Michael Cannon b1958 | Michael Cannon |
| Marion Chesney | see MC Beaton |
| Jenny Colgan | Jenny Colgan |
| Sophie Cooke | Sophie Cooke |
| Maggie Craig | Maggie Craig |
| A J Cronin (1896 - 1981) | A J Cronin |
| Andrew Crumey b1961 | Andrew Crumey |
| Charles Cumming b1971 | Charles Cumming |
| Margaret Thomson Davis | Margaret Thomson Davis |
| Isla Dewar b1951 | Isla Dewar |
| Anne Donovan | Anne Donovan |
| Anne Douglas |
Anne Douglas Can anyone suggest a useful website for this author? |
| Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) | Arthur Conan Doyle |
| DOUGLAS DUNN b1942 | Douglas Dunn |
| Dorothy Dunnett b 1942 | Dorothy Dunnett, (2) |
| Margaret Elphinstone | Margaret Elphinstone |
| MICHAEL FABER b1960 | Michael Faber |
| Christine Marion Fraser | Christine Marion Fraser |
| George MacDonald Fraser (1925 - 2008) | George MacDonald Fraser |
| Gillian Galbraith | Gillian Galbraith |
| Iain Gale b1959 | Iain Gale |
| Janice Galloway b1956 | Janice Galloway, (2) |
| ROBERT GARIOCH (1909 - 1981) | Robert Garioch |
| Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901 - 1935) | Lewis Grassic Gibbon |
| Alasdair Gray b1934 | Alasdair Gray, (2) |
| Alex Gray | Alex Gray; (2) |
| Andrew Greig b1951 | Andrew Greig, (2) |
| Neil M Gunn (1891 - 1973) | Neil M Gunn |
| Allan Guthrie | Allan Guthrie |
| Gerald Hammond b1926 | Gerald Hammond aka Arthur Douglas, Dalby Holden |
| Jane Harris b1961 | Jane Harris |
| GEORGE CAMPBELL HAY (1915 - 1984) | George Campbell Hay |
| HAMISH HENDERSON (1919 - 2002) | Hamish Henderson |
| Meg Henderson b1948 | Meg Henderson |
| Archie Hind (1928 - 2008) | Archie Hind |
| LAURA HIRD b1966 | Laura Hird |
| KATHLEEN JAMIE b1962 | Kathleen Jamie |
| Quintin Jardine | Quintin Jardine |
| Robin Jenkins b1912 | Robin Jenkins |
| Paul Johnston b1957 | Paul Johnston |
| Morag Joss | Morag Joss |
| Jackie Kay b1961 | Jackie Kay ; (2) |
| James Kelman b1946 | James Kelman ; (2) |
| A L Kennedy b1962 | A L Kennedy, (2) |
| Peter Kerr | Peter Kerr |
| Philip Kerr b1956 | Philip Kerr aka P B Kerr |
| JESSIE KESSON (1916 - 1994) | Jessie Kesson |
| Maggie Kingsley | Maggie Kingsley |
| Alanna Knight | Alanna Knight |
| Bill Knox (1928 - 1999) | Bill Knox aka Michael Kirk, Robert MacLeod and Noah Webster |
| TOM LEONARD b1944 | Tom Leonard |
| Douglas Lindsay b1964 | Douglas Lindsay ; (2) |
| Frederic Lindsay | Frederic Lindsay ; (2) |
| JOAN LINGARD b1932 | Joan Lingard |
| LIZ LOCHHEAD b1947 | Liz Lochhead |
| Lesley Lokko | Lesley Lokko |
| Stuart MacBride | Stuart MacBride |
| NORMAN MACCAIG (1910 - 1996) | Norman MacCaig |
| Catriona McCloud | aka Catriona McPherson |
| Ken McClure | Ken McClure |
| Val McDermid | Val McDermid |
| HUGH MACDIARMID (1892 - 1978) | Hugh MacDiarmid |
| John McGill | John McGill |
| Jill MacGown | Jill MacGown aka Elizabeth Chaplin |
| William McIlnanney b1936 | William McIlnanney, (2) |
| Pat McIntosh | Pat McIntosh |
| SHENA MACKAY b1944 | Shena Mackay |
| Bernard MacLaverty b1942 | Bernard MacLaverty |
| Alistair MacLean (1922 - 1987) | Alistair MacLean |
| Charles Maclean | Charles Maclean |
| SORLEY MACLEAN (1911 - 1996) | Sorley Maclean |
| Russel D McLean | Russel D McLean, (2) |
| Shona MacLean | Shona MacLean |
| Ken MacLeod | Ken MacLeod |
| Catriona McPherson b1965 | Catriona McPherson aka Catriona McCloud |
| Barry Maitland | Barry Maitland |
| Sara Maitland b1950 | Sara Maitland |
| Peter May | Peter May |
| James Meek b1962 | James Meek |
| Martin Millar | Martin Millar |
| Denise Mina | Denise Mina |
| Naomi Mitchison (1897 - 1999) | Naomi Mitchison, (2) |
| EDWIN MORGAN b1920 | Edwin Morgan |
| Bill Napier b1940 | Bill Napier |
| Will Napier b1974 | Will Napier |
| Ruaridh Nicoll | Ruaridh Nicoll |
| Andrew O'Hagan b1968 | Andrew O'Hagan |
| Janet Paisley b1948 | Janet Paisley, (2) |
| I J Parnham | I J Parnham |
| AILEEN PATERSON b1934 | Aileen Paterson |
| Eliot Pattison | Eliot Pattison |
| Stef Penney | Stef Penney |
| Robin Pilcher b1950 | Robin Pilcher |
| Alexandra Raife |
Alexandra Raife
reviews Can anyone suggest a useful website for this author? |
| Caro Ramsay | Caro Ramsay |
| Eileen Ramsay | Eileen Ramsay |
| Ian Rankin b1960 | Ian Rankin, (2) |
| Carmen Reid | Carmen Reid |
| James Robertson b1958 | James Robertson |
| Brian Ruckley | Brian Ruckley |
| Christopher Rush b1944 | Christopher Rush |
| Craig Russell | Craig Russell |
| Manda Scott | Manda Scott |
| Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) | Sir Walter Scott |
| Ali Smith b1962 | Ali Smith, (2) |
| Anna Smith | Anna Smith |
| Alexander McCall Smith | Alexander McCall Smith |
| SYDNEY GOODSIR SMITH (1915 - 1975) | Sydney Goodsir Smith |
| Tobias George Smollett (1721 - 1771) | Tobias George Smollett |
| Muriel Spark (1918 - 2006) | Muriel Spark |
| Alan Spence b1947 | Alan Spence, (2) |
| D E Stevenson (1892 - 1973) | D E Stevenson |
| Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Jessica Stirling | Jessica Stirling |
| Zoe Strachan | Zoe Strachan |
| Charles Stross b1864 | Charles Stross |
| Reay Tannahill | Reay Tannahill |
| Aline Templeton | Aline Templeton |
| Josephine Tey (1896 - 1952) | Josephine Tey |
| Elizabeth Thornton | Elizabeth Thornton |
| Nigel Tranter (1909 - 2000) | Nigel Tranter, (2) |
| Alexander Trocchi b1925 | Alexander Trocchi |
| Sue Walker | Sue Walker |
| Alan Warner b1964 | Alan Warner |
| Irvine Welsh b1958 | Irvine Welsh, (2) |
| Louise Welsh | Louise Welsh |
| Jack Whyte | Jack Whyte |
| David Wishart | David Wishart |
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SECTION THREE General Literature Links |
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