The Agnes Owens Archive
@aowensarchive.bsky.social
Opening 2025, a new public resource dedicated to the Scottish writer Agnes Owens. This archive is housed within agrayarchive.bsky.social
Delighted to welcome Peter Kravitz for an oral history interview with our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA student, Laura MacDonald at the archive yesterday. He shared rich insights into publishing and Owens’ work, even reading ‘When Shankland Comes.’ Thank you, Peter!
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Delighted to welcome Peter Kravitz for an oral history interview with our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA student, Laura MacDonald at the archive yesterday. He shared rich insights into publishing and Owens’ work, even reading ‘When Shankland Comes.’ Thank you, Peter!
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Pls Share! 📣 Teachers! Explore Looking at Glasgow: Buildings and Stories with Alasdair Gray — a new 8-lesson P6–P7 resource on Glasgow’s art, identity & architecture. 🎨 Email sorcha@thealasdairgrayarchive.org for free pack! #Glasgow850 #CfE
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Pls Share! 📣 Teachers! Explore Looking at Glasgow: Buildings and Stories with Alasdair Gray — a new 8-lesson P6–P7 resource on Glasgow’s art, identity & architecture. 🎨 Email sorcha@thealasdairgrayarchive.org for free pack! #Glasgow850 #CfE
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November 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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📣PLEASE SHARE 📣 Call for Writers! Two 8-month residencies (2026) at AGA & @aowensarchive.bsky.social exploring Neglected Voices. Supported by Creative Scotland. £12k fee, flexible structure. Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 sorcha@thealasdairgrayarchive.com, Link on website to application brief & criteria✍️
November 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
📣PLEASE SHARE 📣 Call for Writers! Two 8-month residencies (2026) at AGA & @aowensarchive.bsky.social exploring Neglected Voices. Supported by Creative Scotland. £12k fee, flexible structure. Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 sorcha@thealasdairgrayarchive.com, Link on website to application brief & criteria✍️
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November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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A real treat to welcome the brilliant @kirstininnes.bsky.social to AGA today and to show her the @aowensarchive.bsky.social archive collection ❤️
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September 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A real treat to welcome the brilliant @kirstininnes.bsky.social to AGA today and to show her the @aowensarchive.bsky.social archive collection ❤️
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Timeline post 24: 1975 - In this year Alasdair meets Agnes Owens @aowensarchive.bsky.social through Liz Lochhead who was teaching at a local writers group in Alexandria which Agnes attended. Alasdair would champion her throughout her life & they would send each other transcripts to edit.
July 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Timeline post 24: 1975 - In this year Alasdair meets Agnes Owens @aowensarchive.bsky.social through Liz Lochhead who was teaching at a local writers group in Alexandria which Agnes attended. Alasdair would champion her throughout her life & they would send each other transcripts to edit.
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Thanks to everyone who attended our @sgsah.bsky.social Summer School session today on ‘Reflecting Creative Practice Through Archiving’. Our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social enjoyed sharing her journey to growing AGA over the last five years & the development of @aowensarchive.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended our @sgsah.bsky.social Summer School session today on ‘Reflecting Creative Practice Through Archiving’. Our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social enjoyed sharing her journey to growing AGA over the last five years & the development of @aowensarchive.bsky.social
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OPENS TODAY: Alasdair Gray: Works from The Morag McAlpine Bequest at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum feat. book cover art works for @aowensarchive.bsky.social
In an interview Morag said: "I think that we probably had quite lonely times before we met. And we now know the value of being together.’
In an interview Morag said: "I think that we probably had quite lonely times before we met. And we now know the value of being together.’
June 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
OPENS TODAY: Alasdair Gray: Works from The Morag McAlpine Bequest at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum feat. book cover art works for @aowensarchive.bsky.social
In an interview Morag said: "I think that we probably had quite lonely times before we met. And we now know the value of being together.’
In an interview Morag said: "I think that we probably had quite lonely times before we met. And we now know the value of being together.’
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Huge thanks to our brilliant volunteer Evie Glen who has written on ‘Glasgow’s Community Archives’ for GUM mag which highlights AGA and @aowensarchive.bsky.social feat. interviews with our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social
& @sgsah.bsky.social CDA researcher Laura MacDonald
& @sgsah.bsky.social CDA researcher Laura MacDonald
June 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Huge thanks to our brilliant volunteer Evie Glen who has written on ‘Glasgow’s Community Archives’ for GUM mag which highlights AGA and @aowensarchive.bsky.social feat. interviews with our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social
& @sgsah.bsky.social CDA researcher Laura MacDonald
& @sgsah.bsky.social CDA researcher Laura MacDonald
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Happy birthday James Kelman!
Born on 9th of June 1946, Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer & playwright. In his early twenties he began writing stories that were true to his own life & social-cultural experience. Author portraits for Lean Tales with @aowensarchive.bsky.social
Born on 9th of June 1946, Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer & playwright. In his early twenties he began writing stories that were true to his own life & social-cultural experience. Author portraits for Lean Tales with @aowensarchive.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Happy birthday James Kelman!
Born on 9th of June 1946, Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer & playwright. In his early twenties he began writing stories that were true to his own life & social-cultural experience. Author portraits for Lean Tales with @aowensarchive.bsky.social
Born on 9th of June 1946, Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer & playwright. In his early twenties he began writing stories that were true to his own life & social-cultural experience. Author portraits for Lean Tales with @aowensarchive.bsky.social
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Our @aowensarchive.bsky.social @sgsah.bsky.social funded CDA student, Laura MacDonald is presenting today at the Oral History Society conference, ‘Whose Voices?’, on outcomes of interviews with one of Owens’s sons, John Crosbie, and how these interviews have shaped her ongoing doctoral research.
June 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our @aowensarchive.bsky.social @sgsah.bsky.social funded CDA student, Laura MacDonald is presenting today at the Oral History Society conference, ‘Whose Voices?’, on outcomes of interviews with one of Owens’s sons, John Crosbie, and how these interviews have shaped her ongoing doctoral research.
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Happy birthday Agnes ❤️
Deeply honoured to be working with Agnes’s family to bring her work to wider attention in 2026 to coincide with her centenary via her archive (housed within @agrayarchive.bsky.social) ❤️
Deeply honoured to be working with Agnes’s family to bring her work to wider attention in 2026 to coincide with her centenary via her archive (housed within @agrayarchive.bsky.social) ❤️
May 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Happy birthday Agnes ❤️
Deeply honoured to be working with Agnes’s family to bring her work to wider attention in 2026 to coincide with her centenary via her archive (housed within @agrayarchive.bsky.social) ❤️
Deeply honoured to be working with Agnes’s family to bring her work to wider attention in 2026 to coincide with her centenary via her archive (housed within @agrayarchive.bsky.social) ❤️
A lovely tour group today including Arts Development Office at West Dunbartonshire Council Maeve Dixon, who was responsible for programming our Agnes talk for International Women’s Day earlier this year, and Shirley Howlitt who invited Agnes to deliver literacy sessions at Maryhill in the 1990s.
May 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A lovely tour group today including Arts Development Office at West Dunbartonshire Council Maeve Dixon, who was responsible for programming our Agnes talk for International Women’s Day earlier this year, and Shirley Howlitt who invited Agnes to deliver literacy sessions at Maryhill in the 1990s.
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Next in our Student Stories series is Arran Mackenzie Rey, with us as part of his Masters in Creative Writing at Strathclyde University working on @aowensarchive.bsky.social to explore gothic links in Agnes’s work, will be sharing his research soon!
May 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Next in our Student Stories series is Arran Mackenzie Rey, with us as part of his Masters in Creative Writing at Strathclyde University working on @aowensarchive.bsky.social to explore gothic links in Agnes’s work, will be sharing his research soon!
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Just brilliant and great about the interview!
Really special to welcome Lewis, Agnes’s grandson, to the archive today with partner Kat and Agnes’s great granddaughter, Freya. Lewis was really generous in allowing our @sgsah.bsky.social researcher, Laura MacDonald, to interview and map his memories of Agnes as a much loved grandmother ❤️
April 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just brilliant and great about the interview!
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Fantastic to have Lewis and his lovely family in the archive this morning! Hugely grateful for his contribution to the oral history interviews about Agnes Owens's life and legacy.
Really special to welcome Lewis, Agnes’s grandson, to the archive today with partner Kat and Agnes’s great granddaughter, Freya. Lewis was really generous in allowing our @sgsah.bsky.social researcher, Laura MacDonald, to interview and map his memories of Agnes as a much loved grandmother ❤️
April 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Fantastic to have Lewis and his lovely family in the archive this morning! Hugely grateful for his contribution to the oral history interviews about Agnes Owens's life and legacy.
Really special to welcome Lewis, Agnes’s grandson, to the archive today with partner Kat and Agnes’s great granddaughter, Freya. Lewis was really generous in allowing our @sgsah.bsky.social researcher, Laura MacDonald, to interview and map his memories of Agnes as a much loved grandmother ❤️
April 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Really special to welcome Lewis, Agnes’s grandson, to the archive today with partner Kat and Agnes’s great granddaughter, Freya. Lewis was really generous in allowing our @sgsah.bsky.social researcher, Laura MacDonald, to interview and map his memories of Agnes as a much loved grandmother ❤️
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Huge thanks to @danigaravelli.bsky.social for her brilliant piece in @lrb.co.uk this was Alasdair’s favourite literary magazine to read so feels very special for the archive to be featured in it, link in bio to read the piece in full👆🏽
April 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Huge thanks to @danigaravelli.bsky.social for her brilliant piece in @lrb.co.uk this was Alasdair’s favourite literary magazine to read so feels very special for the archive to be featured in it, link in bio to read the piece in full👆🏽
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Our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social was delighted to join students yesterday from Curatorial Practice at GSA/GU to discuss her curatorial journey and how she’s been embedding her approach based on radical empathy and care at The Alasdair Gray Archive and @aowensarchive.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social was delighted to join students yesterday from Curatorial Practice at GSA/GU to discuss her curatorial journey and how she’s been embedding her approach based on radical empathy and care at The Alasdair Gray Archive and @aowensarchive.bsky.social
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Another lovely afternoon recording John's memories of his mum, Agnes Owens.
Huge thank you, John, for providing such rich and valuable insights!
Huge thank you, John, for providing such rich and valuable insights!
Fantastic to have Agnes’s son John Crosbie back in the archive yesterday!
John came in for his second oral history interview with our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA student, Laura MacDonald. Laura and John are undertaking a series of interviews to record his memories of his mum.
John came in for his second oral history interview with our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA student, Laura MacDonald. Laura and John are undertaking a series of interviews to record his memories of his mum.
March 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Another lovely afternoon recording John's memories of his mum, Agnes Owens.
Huge thank you, John, for providing such rich and valuable insights!
Huge thank you, John, for providing such rich and valuable insights!
Fantastic to have Agnes’s son John Crosbie back in the archive yesterday!
John came in for his second oral history interview with our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA student, Laura MacDonald. Laura and John are undertaking a series of interviews to record his memories of his mum.
John came in for his second oral history interview with our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA student, Laura MacDonald. Laura and John are undertaking a series of interviews to record his memories of his mum.
March 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fantastic to have Agnes’s son John Crosbie back in the archive yesterday!
John came in for his second oral history interview with our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA student, Laura MacDonald. Laura and John are undertaking a series of interviews to record his memories of his mum.
John came in for his second oral history interview with our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA student, Laura MacDonald. Laura and John are undertaking a series of interviews to record his memories of his mum.
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Watch the brilliant @sarasheridan.bsky.social discussing at Gray Day 2025 her recent commission with us, why archives matter and what makes AGA particularly rich. Sara’s short story commission was supported in partnership with Creative Writing at Strathclyde ⬇️
Sara Sheridan Gray Day 2025
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March 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Watch the brilliant @sarasheridan.bsky.social discussing at Gray Day 2025 her recent commission with us, why archives matter and what makes AGA particularly rich. Sara’s short story commission was supported in partnership with Creative Writing at Strathclyde ⬇️
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Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social, and new Curatorial Assistant, Holly Rennie Brown are delighted to present a lighting talk poster at today's Connecting Communities: A Shared Responsibility for Digital Sustainability @scotsarchives.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social, and new Curatorial Assistant, Holly Rennie Brown are delighted to present a lighting talk poster at today's Connecting Communities: A Shared Responsibility for Digital Sustainability @scotsarchives.bsky.social