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Academic resources, encyclopaedias,
teaching resources and sites dedicated to Scottish literature.
Association for Scottish Literature Studies
www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS
Association for Scottish Literature Studies. The Association aims to promote the
teaching and study of Scottish literature and study the languages of Scotland.
Articles from back issues of the magazine ScotLit, which features essays and news,
are available online as are teaching and study notes for various works. There
is also an extensive links section, as well as information about the Association's
other publications and events.
Bibliography of Scottish Literature
www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/ScotLit/bibliography
Bibliography of Scottish Literature, maintained by the English Department at the
University of Glasgow.
Scottish Writers' Project
www.slainte.org.uk/scotwrit/scwrhome.htm
Includes a links and resource library, videos of authors reading from their work,
and interviews with writers. The interviews, held in the 'Author View' section,
concentrate on the inspiration, method and motivation behind the featured artists'
work.
Scottish Book Trust
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/
An organisation dedicated to promoting reading, concerned with both literature
and education through outreach, in-service training, equal access, publications
and information provision.
Gateway to Scottish Authors
www.slainte.org.uk/scotauth/scauhome.htm
The Gateway to Scottish Authors is a searchable HTML version of the Scottish Library
Association publication "Discovering Scottish Writers". Has biographies and resources
for the 79 authors featured in the original publication.
Virtual Library of Author Information
www.slainte.org.uk/scotwrit/Library.htm
Virtual library of author information from Slainte. Some of the authors link to
the Gateway to Scottish Authors, above, whilst others have a more complete listing
of links and resources. This is a work in progress and links are updated regularly.
The Write Stuff
www.nls.uk/writestuff/index.html
Online exhibition from the National Library of Scotland featuring a selection
of leading Scottish writers, photographed over the last 30 years by Edinburgh
publisher and photographer Gordon Wright. Includes a short biography on each of
the writers.
The Literary Encyclopaedia
www.litencyc.com
The literary encyclopaedia has entries on over 5000 authors. Entries have a short
biography and list relevant links and resources. The encyclopaedia also has a
list of general links and resources on literature, history and writing style.
Search by author surname using the 'one person' search option.
Northern Lights
www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/STELLA/STARN/crit/NORTHERN/Northern.htm
Radio scripts by Sheila Douglas covering John Barbour, Blind Harry, William Dunbar,
ballads, Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, James Hogg, Sir Walter
Scott, Hugh MacDiarmid, William Soutar, Alexander Scott and Hamish Henderson.
Scottish Teaching and Resource Network (STARN)
www.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/STELLA/starn
A resource intended primarily for education and research, the Scottish Teaching
and resource Network collects Scottish literary and non-literary materials which
are usually difficult to access by other means. Has resources on, amongst others,
Henryson, Galt and Scott.
The Gazetteer for Scotland
www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz
The Gazetteer for Scotland is the first comprehensive gazetteer produced for Scotland
since 1885. A vast geographical database, it also contains biographical details
of famous Scots, and many Scottish literary figures are featured. Information
can be accessed using a map, a timeline or a keyword search.
Contemporary Writers
www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?n=&nt=Scottish&gr=&t=&pb=
Contemporary Writers is a site published by the British Council which provides
information on some of the most important living writers of the UK and Commonwealth.
Profiles include biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, details of prizes
and photographs. The above link will take you to the list of featured Scottish
authors.
Edinburgh International Book Festival
http://www.edbookfest.co.uk
An annual celebration of the written word for people of all ages.
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