The Four Nations of the UK – How the Literary Field Works Beyond London

13. February 2022Gesa StedmanAllgemein, Controversies, history of publishingbibliodiversity, London, publishing, representation, Scotland, stereotypes, UK, Welsh literature; Irish literature; Northern Irish literature; diversity; Northern England

Gesa Stedman explores the complex connections and the colonial legacies which characterise Read more

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“You will always be our brothers and sisters” – Poetry and Indigenous Languages from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

29. November 2019Gesa StedmanEvents, News, Public readingBerlin, events, Ireland; Wales, poetry, public reading, representation, Scotland

“Strength lies in Celtic and European unity” – this could have been the motto of Tuesday’s event entitled Muttersprache which took place at the Centre for British Studies and was co-organised by The Literary Field Kaleidoscope, Read more

The Power of Fiction and Poetry: Multi-lingual Workshops and Readings at the Centre for British Studies

24. November 2019Gesa StedmanCreative Writing, Events, News, Public readingcreative writing, Ireland, poetry, public reading, Scotland, Wales

The audience was riveted in spite of the hot weather, when Alys Conran read at the Centre for British Studies in June this year. Read more

Caution. Reading in Progress. Scotland!

29. June 2019Gesa StedmanNews, Reading in Progress, Reviewclass, Review, Scotland, stereotypes, Women in Publishing

Gesa Stedman comments on recent publications from Scotland, ranging from novels to Read more

Nasty, Impressive, Moving, and Inspiring Women

8. March 2018Sandra van LenteNews, Publication#feministbooks, #nastywomen, 404ink, feminist, indie publishing, Scotland

On this year’s International Women’s Day, Sandra van Lente writes about the essay collection Nasty Women and the publishing house that produced it: the independent Scottish publisher 404ink, founded and run by Laura Jones and Heather McDaid. I would like to use this year’s International Women’s Day to draw your […] Read more

Bloody Scotland

15. September 2017Sandra van LenteEvents, PrizesBloody Scotland, crime fiction, Denise Mina, literary criticism, McIlvanney Prize, Scotland

Last weekend, the wee Scottish city of Stirling tasted blood – and not for the first time. The crime festival Bloody Scotland took place for the sixth time since its inauguration in 2012 and drew a large crowd of authors and readers passionate about crime fiction (among them bloggers, booksellers, […] Read more

Literary Field Adventskalender:
11 December

11. December 2016Sandra van LenteAdventskalenderAlexander McCall Smith, Bertie's Christmas, Scotland

Corinna Radke reads “Bertie’s Christmas” by Alexander McCall Smith Let’s conclude this week with another text from Scotland, this time from Edinburgh. Corinna Radke reads a passage from Alexander McCall Smith‘s “44 Scotland Street” Series. The “44 Scotland Street” novels are set in “… a quiet urban neighbourhood in the […] Read more

Review: Sarah Hall, The Wolf Border (2015)

3. March 2016Gesa StedmanReviewGranta, Review, Sarah Hall, Scotland

There are 31 wolf packs in Germany. There are none in the UK. However, Sarah Hall introduces wolves in her latest novel, The Wolf Border, which are first kept in a closed wolf reserve in the Lake District, and then accidentally-on-purpose released into Scotland, which in the novel has just […] Read more