Posts Tagged ‘Literature’
New Moxy Hotel gets ready to fly in the capital
Marriott’s lifestyle brand Moxy Hotels has confirmed the opening of its first Edinburgh hotel on January 23 next year. Located at Edinburgh Airport, the new hotel will have 230 rooms and promises to offer something quite unlike any other hotel currently housed at the site. Creating 36 jobs, it is the first of two Moxy…
Read MoreFestival programme announced for StAnza 2019
StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival has announced an outstanding line-up of talent as it launches its core programme for its 2019 festival next March. The festival will open in St Andrews with a special gala performance featuring a selection of headline poets reading and performing, intertwined with music, film and art. This will launch the…
Read MoreTime running out to enter Isle of Arran poetry competition
If you’re wanting to enter our fantastic competition to have your poetry immortalised at the award-winning whisky producer Isle of Arran Distillers’ new facility in Lagg, then time is running out. The closing date for entries is Friday 14 December, if you want to take part in this unique competition. Scottish Field and Isle of Arran…
Read MoreJoanna Lumley delighted to visit Moat Brae House
Joanna Lumley visited Moat Brae in Dumfries on Friday to see the restoration work on the house where Peter Pan began. The actor and author is Patron of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust (PPMBT) and has helped raise £5.8 million to restore the beautiful Georgian house and garden which opens next spring as the…
Read MoreScots writer tops vote of most rebellious 21st century reads
Poverty Safari, a best-selling memoir about growing up in Glasgow has been selected in an online vote for Book Week Scotland 2018 as the most rebellious read of the 21st century. Now in its seventh year, Book Week Scotland is run by Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing. In…
Read MoreJoanna Lumley to attend absolutely fabulous show
Joanna Lumley is to be the special guest at an event being run by a school drama club. Staged, which takes place at Dumfries Academy on 24 November, where the teenage JM Barrie studied from 1873-78 is a highlight of the Dreams for the Future Festival in Dumfries. The festival is part of Scotland’s Year…
Read MoreOne of the world’s rarest books on show for one day
One of the world’s most treasured books, the Gutenberg Bible, will go on display at the National Library of Scotland this week. On Thursday (22 November), visitors to the Library will have the chance to see the book, produced in the 1450s by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany. The Gutenberg Bible – as it later…
Read MoreFirst Minister’s favourite reads for Book Week Scotland
Book Week Scotland is now underway, with events taking place up and down the nation. As part of this year’s celebrations, the Scottish Book Trust has teamed up with Waterstones to provide exclusive book lists from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and bestselling author Maggie O’Farrell. Ahead of their sold-out event at Stirling Castle on Thursday,…
Read MoreThe free art gallery on the streets of Glasgow
Travelling into Manchester city centre in the run-up to the 2002 Commonwealth Games made for an interesting journey. While state-of-the-art facilities popped up, such as the £32m aquatics centre and the City of Manchester Stadium, old buildings were shrouded from view. Some of the city centre’s derelict structures which escaped demolition prior to the Games, were…
Read MoreScots are fully booked for reading with family
A new survey has named Scots as the UK’s most avid readers. Book Week Scotland runs from 19-25 November, a celebration of the world of literature and the perfect time for Scotland to share and enjoy reading their favourites together. New research by popular tuition provider Explore Learning, which has five centres in Edinburgh, Glasgow,…
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