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Scottish Writing - Adult Learning Web Resources Scottish Corpus - An archive of the Scots language is now available all over the world thanks to a comprehensive new website. Researchers at GlasgowUniversity University of Glagow have completed work on the online resource, which contains more than four million words in Scots and Scottish English.


Association of Scottish Litrature Studies Association for Scottish Literature Studies - "The Association for Scottish Literary Studies aims to promote the study, teaching and writing of Scottish literature, and to further the study of the languages of Scotland".


The Book of Saint Fittick The Book of Saint Fittick - "SAINT FITTICK, the ruins of whose church stand by the mouth of the "Cheerful Vale of Tullos," in Aberdeen, Scotland was the Patron Saint of Torry. The "Book of St. Fittick" is a gathering together of some fragments of history relating to the Torry district and what is inseparable from it—the harbour and the river mouth." Thanks to ElectricScotland.com


Edwin Morgan Edwin Morgan



Liz Lochhead Liz Lochhead




Norman MacCaig Norman MacCaig


Robert Burns Robert Burns & the Official Robert Burns Site


Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson


William Soutar William Soutar


Elphinstone Kist Elphinstone Kist- " The Elphinstone Kist was born of a desire to bring new and fresh writing in North East Scots to the attention of schools ... Although the 'Kist' was to be primarily aimed at schools it soon became obvious that the breadth of material submitted should be made available to a much wider public." Read more.



Gateway to Scottish Authors Gateway to Scottish Authors - "The site contains all of the biographies of 79 Scottish authors from the past included in the original publication, with appropriate hyperlinked cross-references".


Famous Scots - nae wimin' though!!! Famous Scots - Not many famous women here but worth a look!


National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland -An information treasure trove for Scotland The National Library of Scotland is an information treasure trove of Scotland’s knowledge, history and culture, with millions of books, manuscripts and maps covering every subject.



Famous Scots - nae wimin' though!!! Scottish Gaelic Download Dictionary - "Install this Freelang dictionary and browse both the Scottish Gaelic-English and the English-Scottish Gaelic lists. Look up a word, add your own words, edit or delete an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. For a complete list of features click here or see the Help menu of the program."


Scottish Writing - Adult Learning Web Resources Scottish Storytelling Centre "Welcome to the Scottish Storytelling Centre and Network, the home of Scotland's stories. The Centre is the ideal place to discover live oral storytelling. Make it the first port of call if you want to nurture your own storytelling skills, develop a community storytelling project or find out how to work with a storyteller. The Centre also presents a seasonal public programme of storytelling, theatre and literature, supported by exciting visual arts, craft and multimedia exhibitions... Read more"


Scottish Writers Scottish Writers This is part of the firstfoot website and is listed on the left hand side of firstfoot's home page.

Anyone can submit stories to the site - you do need to be a member, but it's dead easy to join, and submitting stories etc is pretty straightforward. NB remember to email the webmaster afterwards to let them know you've submitted.


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