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On the Shelves of our Favourite Scottish Writers’ Libraries

 

Agatha Christie Postern of Fate Fontana 1976

 

‘Books!’ says Tuppence in Agatha Christie’s Postern of Fate

(Chapter 1: ‘Mainly Concerning Books’)

“Is there anything I can take down for you?”

“Well, I wish you would”, said Tuppence. “I’m falling off […]

March 26th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors | Leave a comment

Kenneth White’s Life & Works Across the Territories – Ayrshire

Kenneth White – Lettres de Gourgounel – Les Presses d'Aujourd'hui – 1979

I would like to begin this post with a few words about Lettres de Gourgounel (1979), one of the first books written by Kenneth White (his first book of prose) and also the first book I‘ve read by this author. The […]

March 14th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors, Kenneth White | One comment

Kenneth White’s Life & Works Across the Territories

Kenneth White The Blue Road 1990 Mainstream Publishing

Scotiana readers who have followed us on our ‘blue road’, in Quebec, already know we are great admirers of Kenneth White. Now, we would like to share with you what we know about the well-known Scottish-French poet, academic and writer.

Open on […]

February 28th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors, Kenneth White | Leave a comment

A Writing Day for Walter Scott in Company of His Favourite Dogs

Walter Scott bust Abbotsford Scotiana.com

We’ll begin the new year, on Scotiana, with our reading of Walter Scott’s Rob Roy, one of the most famous Waverley novels. The French and English audio files will be available for download as well. That’ll take some doing but Janice and I are very enthusiastic about sharing […]

December 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors | 15 comments

Thomas Carlyle, a Remarkable Scottish Writer and Author of Sartor Resartus

Mairiuna, I finally found the picture of Thomas Carlyle’s statue that we took while crossing the little village of Ecclefechan, in the southern region of Dumfries & Galloway, close to the English border. 🙂

Thomas Carlyle Statue – Ecclefechan – Scotland (Photo © Scotiana 2006)

The artist, Joseph Edgar Boehm, has depicted the […]

December 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors | 2 comments
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