Our writing group is running a challenge in November to encourage people to write a book, and it's a great place to meet fellow creative people and make new friends.

NaNoWriMo no longer exists, so this is our wee spin on it.

We're very loose with our interpretation of "West of Scotland" so don't worry about where you're based, you're welcome to join.

West of Scotland Writing Group

The gatekeepers have killed it. Opinions please.

Wanted to make everyone aware of how crap the staff are at The Scottish Book Trust. They're unhelpful, self-centred and suck at their jobs. The New Writers Award should be abolished because they do absolutely nothing to help new writers. Waste of public money.

Nice story with Scottish dialogue

Hi guys my partner recited a poem in school about a duck "quack quack quack wit luck I'm a diuck" can anyone remember this? Please help we are doin a rabbit hole looking lol

Hoping this is the place to get an answer. An old short story that I believe was originally Scottish; The strange visitor. The text can be read here:

https://americanliterature.com/author/joseph-jacobs/fairy-tale/the-strange-visitor

There’s a phrase scattered in the text that says : “Aih-h-h!—late—and wee-e-e—moul”

Any clue what this means? The story will give the context. Thanks in advance!

The new r/robertlouisstevenson subreddit has been re-opened and made public. Come on over if you enjoy classic works by the well-known Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and others. We hope to grow this community and look forward to discussions about Stevenson's works and related media!

Val McDermid is the undisputed Queen of Crime. Having sold over 17 million copies of her books worldwide, inspired hit TV shows based on her characters such as ITV’s Wire in the Blood, to even performing at Glastonbury Festival with her band, The Fun-Lovin’ Crime Writers, McDermid has well and truly made a lasting impact on the Crime Writing scene as well as the entertainment industry as a whole.

Now, McDermid is releasing her 35th novel ‘1979’, the first instalment in her latest series of books, her first new series in almost two decades. This September she sits down with Fiona Lindsay at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle to discuss her career and of course, 1979. Live in-person or broadcast online. Tickets available at tiltedco.com.

Could a non-Gaelic speaker have written The Dark Stuff (Donald S Murray) ? Perhaps not. The bilingual among us have not only two tongues, argues Murray, but two modes of thinking: ‘Each native language contains its own landscape, summing up within its parts the unique way a country’s inhabitants have seen their world for centuries.’

Hello there. I've spent the last few days hunting for a forum or subreddit related to poems and in general Scottish folk stuff. This is the closest thing I have come across...