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  1. “The similarities between Spark & Schiaparelli are striking: both were witty, satirical. Both were artists depicting female desire & aspiration with a critical eye”

    —via @literaryhub – Lilian Pizzichini looks for a dress from Muriel Spark’s THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS

    lithub.com/sciaparelli-and-spa

    #Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #fashion #MurielSpark #Schiaparelli

  2. “The similarities between Spark & Schiaparelli are striking: both were witty, satirical. Both were artists depicting female desire & aspiration with a critical eye”

    —via @literaryhub – Lilian Pizzichini looks for a dress from Muriel Spark’s THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS

    lithub.com/sciaparelli-and-spa

    #Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #fashion #MurielSpark #Schiaparelli

  3. “The similarities between Spark & Schiaparelli are striking: both were witty, satirical. Both were artists depicting female desire & aspiration with a critical eye”

    —via @literaryhub – Lilian Pizzichini looks for a dress from Muriel Spark’s THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS

    lithub.com/sciaparelli-and-spa

    #Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #fashion #MurielSpark #Schiaparelli

  4. “The similarities between Spark & Schiaparelli are striking: both were witty, satirical. Both were artists depicting female desire & aspiration with a critical eye”

    —via @literaryhub – Lilian Pizzichini looks for a dress from Muriel Spark’s THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS

    lithub.com/sciaparelli-and-spa

    #Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #fashion #MurielSpark #Schiaparelli

  5. “The similarities between Spark & Schiaparelli are striking: both were witty, satirical. Both were artists depicting female desire & aspiration with a critical eye”

    —via @literaryhub – Lilian Pizzichini looks for a dress from Muriel Spark’s THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS

    lithub.com/sciaparelli-and-spa

    #Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #fashion #MurielSpark #Schiaparelli

  6. “THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive & brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, & a female adventure”

    Download a free ebook of THE DYNAMITER by Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson via @gutenberg_org

    3/3

    gutenberg.org/ebooks/647

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  7. “THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive & brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, & a female adventure”

    Download a free ebook of THE DYNAMITER by Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson via @gutenberg_org

    3/3

    gutenberg.org/ebooks/647

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  8. “THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive & brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, & a female adventure”

    Download a free ebook of THE DYNAMITER by Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson via @gutenberg_org

    3/3

    gutenberg.org/ebooks/647

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  9. “THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive & brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, & a female adventure”

    Download a free ebook of THE DYNAMITER by Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson via @gutenberg_org

    3/3

    gutenberg.org/ebooks/647

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  10. “THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive & brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, & a female adventure”

    Download a free ebook of THE DYNAMITER by Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson via @gutenberg_org

    3/3

    gutenberg.org/ebooks/647

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  11. “Without Fanny, there would be no Robert Louis Stevenson as we know him. He probably would not have written Treasure Island or finished Kidnapped, and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde might well have been a different story from the one the world knows today”

    —Camille Peri on @literaryhub

    2/3

    lithub.com/how-fanny-and-rober

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  12. “Without Fanny, there would be no Robert Louis Stevenson as we know him. He probably would not have written Treasure Island or finished Kidnapped, and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde might well have been a different story from the one the world knows today”

    —Camille Peri on @literaryhub

    2/3

    lithub.com/how-fanny-and-rober

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  13. “Without Fanny, there would be no Robert Louis Stevenson as we know him. He probably would not have written Treasure Island or finished Kidnapped, and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde might well have been a different story from the one the world knows today”

    —Camille Peri on @literaryhub

    2/3

    lithub.com/how-fanny-and-rober

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  14. “Without Fanny, there would be no Robert Louis Stevenson as we know him. He probably would not have written Treasure Island or finished Kidnapped, and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde might well have been a different story from the one the world knows today”

    —Camille Peri on @literaryhub

    2/3

    lithub.com/how-fanny-and-rober

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  15. “Without Fanny, there would be no Robert Louis Stevenson as we know him. He probably would not have written Treasure Island or finished Kidnapped, and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde might well have been a different story from the one the world knows today”

    —Camille Peri on @literaryhub

    2/3

    lithub.com/how-fanny-and-rober

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  16. Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne married #OTD, 19 May, 1880. In this article, Prof Penny Fielding explores the dangerous collaboration between RLS & his wife: granting female agency on the page & in life

    1/3

    dangerouswomenproject.org/2017

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  17. Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne married #OTD, 19 May, 1880. In this article, Prof Penny Fielding explores the dangerous collaboration between RLS & his wife: granting female agency on the page & in life

    1/3

    dangerouswomenproject.org/2017

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  18. Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne married #OTD, 19 May, 1880. In this article, Prof Penny Fielding explores the dangerous collaboration between RLS & his wife: granting female agency on the page & in life

    1/3

    dangerouswomenproject.org/2017

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  19. Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne married #OTD, 19 May, 1880. In this article, Prof Penny Fielding explores the dangerous collaboration between RLS & his wife: granting female agency on the page & in life

    1/3

    dangerouswomenproject.org/2017

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  20. Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne married #OTD, 19 May, 1880. In this article, Prof Penny Fielding explores the dangerous collaboration between RLS & his wife: granting female agency on the page & in life

    1/3

    dangerouswomenproject.org/2017

    #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLS #WomenWriters

  21. Dr Candice Goucher’s lecture, given in 2021 for the Scottish PEN Writers for Peace Committee, celebrates the life, poetry & activism of Helen Cruickshank, & explores how the themes of her work resonate for writers today

    4/4

    youtube.com/watch?v=byrjIZX3B6M

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  22. Dr Candice Goucher’s lecture, given in 2021 for the Scottish PEN Writers for Peace Committee, celebrates the life, poetry & activism of Helen Cruickshank, & explores how the themes of her work resonate for writers today

    4/4

    youtube.com/watch?v=byrjIZX3B6M

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  23. Dr Candice Goucher’s lecture, given in 2021 for the Scottish PEN Writers for Peace Committee, celebrates the life, poetry & activism of Helen Cruickshank, & explores how the themes of her work resonate for writers today

    4/4

    youtube.com/watch?v=byrjIZX3B6M

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  24. Dr Candice Goucher’s lecture, given in 2021 for the Scottish PEN Writers for Peace Committee, celebrates the life, poetry & activism of Helen Cruickshank, & explores how the themes of her work resonate for writers today

    4/4

    youtube.com/watch?v=byrjIZX3B6M

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  25. Dr Candice Goucher’s lecture, given in 2021 for the Scottish PEN Writers for Peace Committee, celebrates the life, poetry & activism of Helen Cruickshank, & explores how the themes of her work resonate for writers today

    4/4

    youtube.com/watch?v=byrjIZX3B6M

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  26. Broad in the beam? More broad in sympathy.
    Stiff in the joints? More flexible in mind.
    Deaf on the right? New voices from the Left
    In politics and art more clearly sound…

    —Helen Cruickshank, “On Being Eighty”

    3/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry

  27. Broad in the beam? More broad in sympathy.
    Stiff in the joints? More flexible in mind.
    Deaf on the right? New voices from the Left
    In politics and art more clearly sound…

    —Helen Cruickshank, “On Being Eighty”

    3/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry

  28. Broad in the beam? More broad in sympathy.
    Stiff in the joints? More flexible in mind.
    Deaf on the right? New voices from the Left
    In politics and art more clearly sound…

    —Helen Cruickshank, “On Being Eighty”

    3/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry

  29. Broad in the beam? More broad in sympathy.
    Stiff in the joints? More flexible in mind.
    Deaf on the right? New voices from the Left
    In politics and art more clearly sound…

    —Helen Cruickshank, “On Being Eighty”

    3/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry

  30. Broad in the beam? More broad in sympathy.
    Stiff in the joints? More flexible in mind.
    Deaf on the right? New voices from the Left
    In politics and art more clearly sound…

    —Helen Cruickshank, “On Being Eighty”

    3/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry

  31. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  32. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  33. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  34. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  35. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  36. “Bide the storm ye canna hinder”

    Jenni Calder on Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975): poet, author, founder member of the Saltire Society, Hon Sec of Scottish PEN, & linchpin of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance – born #OTD, 15 May

    1/4

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/he

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  37. “Bide the storm ye canna hinder”

    Jenni Calder on Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975): poet, author, founder member of the Saltire Society, Hon Sec of Scottish PEN, & linchpin of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance – born #OTD, 15 May

    1/4

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/he

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  38. “Bide the storm ye canna hinder”

    Jenni Calder on Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975): poet, author, founder member of the Saltire Society, Hon Sec of Scottish PEN, & linchpin of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance – born #OTD, 15 May

    1/4

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/he

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  39. “Bide the storm ye canna hinder”

    Jenni Calder on Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975): poet, author, founder member of the Saltire Society, Hon Sec of Scottish PEN, & linchpin of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance – born #OTD, 15 May

    1/4

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/he

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  40. “Bide the storm ye canna hinder”

    Jenni Calder on Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975): poet, author, founder member of the Saltire Society, Hon Sec of Scottish PEN, & linchpin of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance – born #OTD, 15 May

    1/4

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/he

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters

  41. Josephine Tey – The Daughter of Time

    Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel THE DAUGHTER OF TIME is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of crime fiction ever. The Lost Ladies of Lit podcast speaks to Tey’s biographer, Jennifer Morag Henderson, about the double life that allowed Tey to rocket to stardom while also flying under the radar in her home town of Inverness

    @bookstodon

    lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/jo

    #Scottish #literature #CrimeFiction #20thcentury #womenwriters #podcast #Inverness

  42. Josephine Tey – The Daughter of Time

    Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel THE DAUGHTER OF TIME is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of crime fiction ever. The Lost Ladies of Lit podcast speaks to Tey’s biographer, Jennifer Morag Henderson, about the double life that allowed Tey to rocket to stardom while also flying under the radar in her home town of Inverness

    @bookstodon

    lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/jo

    #Scottish #literature #CrimeFiction #20thcentury #womenwriters #podcast #Inverness

  43. Josephine Tey – The Daughter of Time

    Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel THE DAUGHTER OF TIME is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of crime fiction ever. The Lost Ladies of Lit podcast speaks to Tey’s biographer, Jennifer Morag Henderson, about the double life that allowed Tey to rocket to stardom while also flying under the radar in her home town of Inverness

    @bookstodon

    lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/jo

    #Scottish #literature #CrimeFiction #20thcentury #womenwriters #podcast #Inverness

  44. Josephine Tey – The Daughter of Time

    Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel THE DAUGHTER OF TIME is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of crime fiction ever. The Lost Ladies of Lit podcast speaks to Tey’s biographer, Jennifer Morag Henderson, about the double life that allowed Tey to rocket to stardom while also flying under the radar in her home town of Inverness

    @bookstodon

    lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/jo

    #Scottish #literature #CrimeFiction #20thcentury #womenwriters #podcast #Inverness

  45. Josephine Tey – The Daughter of Time

    Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel THE DAUGHTER OF TIME is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of crime fiction ever. The Lost Ladies of Lit podcast speaks to Tey’s biographer, Jennifer Morag Henderson, about the double life that allowed Tey to rocket to stardom while also flying under the radar in her home town of Inverness

    @bookstodon

    lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/jo

    #Scottish #literature #CrimeFiction #20thcentury #womenwriters #podcast #Inverness

  46. To celebrate her centenary, Birlinn is publishing new editions of Agnes Owens’ books with introductions from contemporary Scottish writers. Four are released this month: A Working Mother; For the Love of Willie; Like Birds in the Wilderness; & Gentlemen of the West

    birlinn.co.uk/contributor/agne

    #Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #AgnesOwens #workingclass

  47. To celebrate her centenary, Birlinn is publishing new editions of Agnes Owens’ books with introductions from contemporary Scottish writers. Four are released this month: A Working Mother; For the Love of Willie; Like Birds in the Wilderness; & Gentlemen of the West

    birlinn.co.uk/contributor/agne

    #Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #AgnesOwens #workingclass

  48. To celebrate her centenary, Birlinn is publishing new editions of Agnes Owens’ books with introductions from contemporary Scottish writers. Four are released this month: A Working Mother; For the Love of Willie; Like Birds in the Wilderness; & Gentlemen of the West

    birlinn.co.uk/contributor/agne

    #Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #AgnesOwens #workingclass