Prof Zoe Strachan
@zoestrachan.bsky.social
Author, mainly of fiction. Sound art. Professor of Creative & Interdisciplinary Practice at University of Glasgow. Books, cats, coffee.
So looking forward to this! It's great to hear @radiophrenia.bsky.social on air again! 📻
Nichola Scrutton@nicholascrutton.bsky.social · last yr.A note to say that @zoestrachan.bsky.social and I are looking forward to our Test-pitting live-to-air in the @radiophrenia.bsky.social studio - Fri 18th April at 3pm. 🙏😊 Tune in 87.9fm or radiophrenia.scot/listen/ #performance #radio #radioart #soundart #live #broadcast
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Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK. Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽 www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Palestinian Scholarship
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Our Tuesday’Writing Fiction’ class begins in 2 weeks. All writers welcome #thiwurd www.thi-wurd.com/product/writ...
Writing Fiction Online Class Spring Term (Tuesday) - thi wurd
Place on the online ‘Writing Fiction’ (Tuesday class), running from Tues 29 Apr - Tues 17 June, 7pm–9.30pm (BST). Details of class. If you purchase a place your name will be added to the class regis...
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Creative Conversations: Greg Thomas 24 Feb @uofglasgow.bsky.social – free @gregchthomas.bsky.social is a poet, artist & writer with a particular interest in concrete & visual poetries. His poetry often deals with environmental crisis & politics of climate change www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
Creative Conversations: Greg Thomas
Poet, author, critic and arts journalist Greg Thomas in Conversation
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AFTERWORDS: Muriel Spark “One’s prime is elusive…” —On BBC Sounds: writers @ianrankin1.bsky.social & @zoestrachan.bsky.social discuss Muriel Spark’s life & work with National Library of Scotland curator Colin McIlroy, & Spark’s friend & memoirist, Alan Taylor 7/9 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Afterwords: Muriel Spark
Reflections on the work of Muriel Spark, through archive of the author and new interviews.
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This lovely book edited by @zoestrachan.bsky.social is an anthology of writing inspired by the Antonine Wall. It is includes prose, poetry and an adapted excerpt from my book 'Walking the Antonine Wall'. Best of all, you can download it free here: eprints.gla.ac.uk/305436/2/305... #RomanSiteSaturday
On air right now @bbcradio4.bsky.social our own DFA writer @uofglasgow.bsky.social and chef @sumayyausmani.bsky.social 😃🥘🍴
Should rivers have rights? Pleased to see Who Owns the Clyde? expanding their citizens' investigation 🌊 @louisewelsh00.bsky.social @judebarber.bsky.social petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Grant Scottish rivers, including the River Clyde, the legal right to personhood
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to grant the River Clyde, and potentially other rivers in Scotland, the legal right to personhood by: * adopting the Universal Decla...
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Perth station...
A snowy journey to discover the sun shining on Moniack Mhor!
I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
Introduction to Playwriting - Online Course
In this intro course, you'll generate ideas for a play and get to know genre, drama structure, exposition, dialogue, and drafting.
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Open Book Scots Creative Writing Group 9 Dec, free online The latest free monthly creative writing session via Zoom, led by author Alan McClure. Designed as a gentle introduction to writing in Scots, they are open to beginners & more experienced writers alike www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-book-...
Open Book Scots Creative Writing Group on Zoom
Open Book's Scots Creative Writing Group on Zoom
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I do, thank you! They must know I fold page corners...
Excited to announce 3 #AcademicJobs in Humanities at Uni Strathclyde funded through the Charlotte Lythe bequest. I'm new here, so appreciate your help in getting the word out! The jobs are in History, Media and English/Creative Writing. Details below in my first bsky thread (drumroll please...)
The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis
Discoveries 2025
Calling all unpublished women writers! The Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, the Curtis Brown literary agency and Curtis Brown Creative have partnered to run the Discoveries novel-writing development prog...
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Creative Conversations: Louise Welsh
Award-winning novelist and Professor of Creative Writing Louise Welsh in Conversation
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Louise Welsh@louisewelsh00.bsky.social · 2y agoI will be in the Creative Conversations hot seat this Monday 25th November talking bookish, crime-ish, Who Owns the Clyde-ish & more-ish. 1pm @uofglasgow.bsky.social Memorial Chapel. Please join me! Free! All Welcome!
Delighted to have a new and seasonal short story on @bbcradio4.bsky.social this Friday, 3.45pm - spot the F Marian McNeill references! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Martinmas Wind
'It was the time of year for memories...' A new short work from Zoe Strachan.
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PLEASE SHARE 🙏 last tour dates of 2024! Our free weekly tours with our Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social are now live and bookable via the email below! Sorcha worked with Alasdair since 2007, has a deep knowledge of the collection, was responsible for saving it after Gray’s death.
Hello! Instead of an intro to me, here's Minnie the cat, who also likes books and coffee.
