Wan week until ma Edinburgh Fringe debut… The Scots Language: Whit’s yer problem? A show thit takes the mickey oot o folk who hink Scots isnae a real leid and goes oan a wild jaunt through the internet – stairtin wi granny fetishists and endin wi a richt guid natter wi AI Jesus.

There’s an awfae braw buikshoap in Bearsden which doubles as a wine and cheese bar. The Bookmonger. Ah hud tae grab a glaiss as ah scrieved some o the laist edits fur ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’! Oh, and ah gat a new buik tae read wance it’s finally done. ‘Glasgow Boys’ by Margaret McDonald.

Ma latest Substack is a response fae an auld buik lover tae the AI companies shreddin buiks. itsasairfecht.substack.com/p/auld-buiks...

Scots micht ainlie be a minority leid, but folk certainly want tae know mair aboot it! Ah cannae believe thit ma scrievin hus reached ower hauf a million people oan Instagram alane this month.

Three totie scenes left to sort and a full read-through then I can finally send novel three to @luathpress.bsky.social. The three children’s books between novel two and three were an epic (but braw) side quest.

Ah’m daein some research fur a Scots history article the day and luikin at auld drawins fae ma faimily. ‘Fause’ is a braw aulder Scots wurd thit means ‘false’ and wis used by Rabbie Burns himsel. Aye, ah’m fae a lang line o Scots scrievers! Ye kin find oot mair in ‘The Tongue She Speaks’.

Please consider votin fur ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ as Scots Bairns Book o the Year?! Ye kin also mibbie vote fur me in the Scots Champion category?! 🥹 projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguag...

Ah’m scrievin oan Substack noo! Maistly aboot Scottish history, but ah’m open tae aw sorts and hope tae dae interviews soon an aw. itsasairfecht.substack.com/p/its-a-sair...

It's a sair ficht...

It’s no easy daein whit ah dae, but it’s braw aw the same.

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HEY YOU THERE if next month you're in the vicinity of the finest city beginning with an E in Scotland then Emma is doing a show there that will be fab and you should probably go to! And look at those 5-star accolades! Rabbie backs talent 🤩

Emma Grae@emmagraeauthor.bsky.social · last wk.

A wee reminder thit ah’m sharin some o ma short stories at the Edinburgh Fringe – and huvin a guid natter aboot scrievin in the leid thit’s no a leid. Nae need tae buik tickets, jist turn up oan the day or nicht!

A wee reminder thit ah’m sharin some o ma short stories at the Edinburgh Fringe – and huvin a guid natter aboot scrievin in the leid thit’s no a leid. Nae need tae buik tickets, jist turn up oan the day or nicht!

Ma latest Substack aboot the Clydebank Blitz. Oan grawin up in a wee toon wi a dairk and grand paist. open.substack.com/pub/itsasair...

It's A Bomber's Moon The Nicht

Oan grawin up in a wee toon wi dairk and grand paist

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A new wee essay oan death, scrievin and the warld. 'Scrieve, dear reader. Scrieve. Oan napkins. In eyeliner. Anyhin. Ye dinnae want tae be jealous o their banes.' open.substack.com/pub/itsasair...

Jealous o their banes

Oan why ye should switch aff and scrieve by haun

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Ah’m awfae excited tae see the nae doot braw illustrations fur ‘The Puddock Wioot A Pond’ soon! Comin this November fae @luathpress.bsky.social. #ScotsLanguage #BuiksFurBairns

Aw ma stories huv history in them, sae ah’m scrievin a Scots language history series oan Substack! It’s a braw accompaniment tae ma buiks – and a guid wee read fur those wi an interest in Scottish history. Here’s the first pairt: open.substack.com/pub/itsasair...

The Furgatten Zoo

Glesga’s rich history hus been drummed intae me since ah wis a wean, but it wasnae until ah stairted seriously scrievin thit ah discovered its maist interestin stories.

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My latest in @scotnational.bsky.social today about the recent Scots additions to the Oxford English Dictionary! www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

How the English dictionary claimed Scots words as its own

THE Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has delegitimised the Scots language by adding several new “Scottish” words.

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There’s less than a month to go until my Edinburgh Fringe run and I am FEART. My confidence is not the best after AI flipped what I thought I was doing in this life upside down, but I also know in my heart that I’ll pull it off anyway.

My latest in @scotnational.bsky.social today about the recent Scots additions to the Oxford English Dictionary! www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

How the English dictionary claimed Scots words as its own

THE Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has delegitimised the Scots language by adding several new “Scottish” words.

thenational.scot

The English dictionary needs to acknowledge the Scots words it has included as Scots words – not simply Scottish ones, writes Emma Grae ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/politi...

My brain often goes so fast that I sometimes forget to type words in sentences. I noticed it in a recent post, but for once, I don't mind. It's proof that there's a human behind my account. A gloriously messy human who is still using her brain!

Tomorrow's front page of @scotnational.bsky.social Reform's bid to criminalise election materials in anything but English and Welsh - including Scots and Gaelic - is pure ignorance in any language.