Kat Coyle
@katcoyle.bsky.social
Writer in Scotland. Debut novel coming soon.
MLitt in Playwriting & Dramaturgy 2025/26.
MLitt in Playwriting & Dramaturgy 2025/26.
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Out now - a special Irish Pages on Scotland. Why Irish? Why have we no such journal of our own? 10 years since the referendum, we take stock. Cultural memory and (thanks be) new poets. irishpages.org/product/vol-...
Vol. 12 No. 2: Scotland – The Irish Pages Press
Ten years after the Independence Referendum, Irish Pages asks diverse Scottish writers of distinction – established, mid-career and new – to think about their country, and take stock of the current st...
irishpages.org
May 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Out now - a special Irish Pages on Scotland. Why Irish? Why have we no such journal of our own? 10 years since the referendum, we take stock. Cultural memory and (thanks be) new poets. irishpages.org/product/vol-...
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Part of a letter I wrote to my MP today about the forthcoming Data Bill, which will protect creatives by including amendments regarding vital transparency requirements for AI training.
If you live in the UK, here's the link to send yours (template is there!): creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP
If you live in the UK, here's the link to send yours (template is there!): creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP
May 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Part of a letter I wrote to my MP today about the forthcoming Data Bill, which will protect creatives by including amendments regarding vital transparency requirements for AI training.
If you live in the UK, here's the link to send yours (template is there!): creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP
If you live in the UK, here's the link to send yours (template is there!): creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP
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If you don’t want to read Bram Stoker‘s Dracula together by the fireplace whilst sharing a plate of midnight pastries in a seaside cottage on the Scottish coast during an ominous thunderstorm, then please don’t tell me you’re “down for a good time.”
May 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If you don’t want to read Bram Stoker‘s Dracula together by the fireplace whilst sharing a plate of midnight pastries in a seaside cottage on the Scottish coast during an ominous thunderstorm, then please don’t tell me you’re “down for a good time.”
The DL team are the loveliest humans and they’re launching a bookshop residency now that they’ve moved to a bigger and better venue! Super prize ✨
THE LAST DAY TO ENTER!
Prizes: €2000 & 1000€, residencies
at Civitella Ranieri and (NEW) at DL in Madrid, a manuscript assessment w/ @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social, publication, salons, and more...
desperateliterature.com/prize
Prizes: €2000 & 1000€, residencies
at Civitella Ranieri and (NEW) at DL in Madrid, a manuscript assessment w/ @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social, publication, salons, and more...
desperateliterature.com/prize
April 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The DL team are the loveliest humans and they’re launching a bookshop residency now that they’ve moved to a bigger and better venue! Super prize ✨
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All I want is a seaside cottage, the rumble of thunder in the distance, an Agatha Christie novel, an emotional support owl, a crackling fire, a whistling kettle on the stove, and a healthy supply of freshly-baked scones.
April 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
All I want is a seaside cottage, the rumble of thunder in the distance, an Agatha Christie novel, an emotional support owl, a crackling fire, a whistling kettle on the stove, and a healthy supply of freshly-baked scones.
A comedy hero of mine. Sorry to miss him this year, but wish him a very speedy recovery.
Milton Jones reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
Milton Jones reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
Summer tour dates cancelled
dlvr.it
April 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A comedy hero of mine. Sorry to miss him this year, but wish him a very speedy recovery.
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The Guardian view on posthumously publishing Joan Didion: goodbye to all that | Editorial
The Guardian view on posthumously publishing Joan Didion: goodbye to all that | Editorial
Editorial: Would the legendary American writer have welcomed the publication of her therapy notes? It seems unlikely
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Guardian view on posthumously publishing Joan Didion: goodbye to all that | Editorial
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“Fairs are an accretion of centuries’ of collective memory, their identities bound up - historically, aesthetically, emotionally - with the land on which they stand." I loved writing this @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on fairs & the fight to save them. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2509695...
The show must go on: The fight to save the last of the Scottish fairs
Fairs are more than a mish mash of rides and stalls plonked on any old spot that keeps them out of the way, writes Dani Garavelli, they are an…
www.heraldscotland.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“Fairs are an accretion of centuries’ of collective memory, their identities bound up - historically, aesthetically, emotionally - with the land on which they stand." I loved writing this @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on fairs & the fight to save them. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2509695...
I‘m just a Scottish girl, standing in front of Word spellchecker, asking it to stop insisting her words in Scots are wrong. 🏴
a bald man in a trench coat and tie is saying illvin
ALT: a bald man in a trench coat and tie is saying illvin
media.tenor.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I‘m just a Scottish girl, standing in front of Word spellchecker, asking it to stop insisting her words in Scots are wrong. 🏴
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For your consideration:
“Nothing could be so delightful as the style of living in Scotland; the people were so frank & gay, & the manners so easy & engaging…”
Susan Ferrier’s MARRIAGE: a 3-part dramatisation currently on BBC Sounds, with @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
“Nothing could be so delightful as the style of living in Scotland; the people were so frank & gay, & the manners so easy & engaging…”
Susan Ferrier’s MARRIAGE: a 3-part dramatisation currently on BBC Sounds, with @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
April 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For your consideration:
“Nothing could be so delightful as the style of living in Scotland; the people were so frank & gay, & the manners so easy & engaging…”
Susan Ferrier’s MARRIAGE: a 3-part dramatisation currently on BBC Sounds, with @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
“Nothing could be so delightful as the style of living in Scotland; the people were so frank & gay, & the manners so easy & engaging…”
Susan Ferrier’s MARRIAGE: a 3-part dramatisation currently on BBC Sounds, with @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Back in September, in an event with us and @legroff.bsky.social, Colm Toibin talked about how this was happening in Ireland. Looks like it has moved to the UK too. It's IMPERATIVE that this be condemned and resisted.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Back in September, in an event with us and @legroff.bsky.social, Colm Toibin talked about how this was happening in Ireland. Looks like it has moved to the UK too. It's IMPERATIVE that this be condemned and resisted.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Solidarity Hayfever sufferers. 🤧
April 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Solidarity Hayfever sufferers. 🤧
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It would really mean the world to me if people would share details of my event for THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET, Tuesday 29th April in Glasgow! If you have queer friends, tell them! Or if you think you'd enjoy a book which kills Mr Collins off, come along!
www.waterstones.com/events/lindz...
www.waterstones.com/events/lindz...
April 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It would really mean the world to me if people would share details of my event for THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET, Tuesday 29th April in Glasgow! If you have queer friends, tell them! Or if you think you'd enjoy a book which kills Mr Collins off, come along!
www.waterstones.com/events/lindz...
www.waterstones.com/events/lindz...
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Oh hey, it me! :D
Celebrate the world's first comic, The Glasgow Looking Glass - visit the upcoming exhibition at The Mitchell Library in Glasgow, and grab a copy of The New Glasgow Looking Glass. It's jam-packed full of amazing Scottish talent!
Back it on Kickstarter now!
Celebrate the world's first comic, The Glasgow Looking Glass - visit the upcoming exhibition at The Mitchell Library in Glasgow, and grab a copy of The New Glasgow Looking Glass. It's jam-packed full of amazing Scottish talent!
Back it on Kickstarter now!
Very pleased to have Chris Manson drawing a strip for The Glasgow Looking Glass. It’s a superhero/crime tale set in Glasgow. Crowdfunding on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/max...
April 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Oh hey, it me! :D
Celebrate the world's first comic, The Glasgow Looking Glass - visit the upcoming exhibition at The Mitchell Library in Glasgow, and grab a copy of The New Glasgow Looking Glass. It's jam-packed full of amazing Scottish talent!
Back it on Kickstarter now!
Celebrate the world's first comic, The Glasgow Looking Glass - visit the upcoming exhibition at The Mitchell Library in Glasgow, and grab a copy of The New Glasgow Looking Glass. It's jam-packed full of amazing Scottish talent!
Back it on Kickstarter now!
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BBC Radio 4 launches a new 90 minute slot following the #SaveAudioDrama campaign - societyofauthors.org/2025/04/04/s...
Success for the Save Audio Drama Campaign - The Society of Authors
BBC Radio 4 launches a new 90 minute slot following the #SaveAudioDrama campaign
societyofauthors.org
April 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
BBC Radio 4 launches a new 90 minute slot following the #SaveAudioDrama campaign - societyofauthors.org/2025/04/04/s...
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Paging all #fiction, short story and #book lovers! ✨ 👇
An elderly prophet, and an attack on the Taipei subway. A sheep tangled in brambles by the roadside. A goddess of saliva, a sinister figure stalks through the darkness in heavy boots, while somewhere, a fiddle plays.…
tinyurl.com/taigael
An elderly prophet, and an attack on the Taipei subway. A sheep tangled in brambles by the roadside. A goddess of saliva, a sinister figure stalks through the darkness in heavy boots, while somewhere, a fiddle plays.…
tinyurl.com/taigael
Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese and Gaelic, ed. Hannah Stevens & Will Buckingham (June 2025)
PRE-ORDER Support our work in language diversity by pre-ordering Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese and Gaelic. When the book is published in June...
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April 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Paging all #fiction, short story and #book lovers! ✨ 👇
An elderly prophet, and an attack on the Taipei subway. A sheep tangled in brambles by the roadside. A goddess of saliva, a sinister figure stalks through the darkness in heavy boots, while somewhere, a fiddle plays.…
tinyurl.com/taigael
An elderly prophet, and an attack on the Taipei subway. A sheep tangled in brambles by the roadside. A goddess of saliva, a sinister figure stalks through the darkness in heavy boots, while somewhere, a fiddle plays.…
tinyurl.com/taigael
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Tony Benn would have turned 100 today.
A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.
We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.
We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
April 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Tony Benn would have turned 100 today.
A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.
We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.
We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
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Wtf, I love climate change now.
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Wtf, I love climate change now.
Life of a crime writer: writing a cliffhanger, then going back to edit months later, and going ‘oooh’ because it’s so juicy like I’ve never heard it before.
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Life of a crime writer: writing a cliffhanger, then going back to edit months later, and going ‘oooh’ because it’s so juicy like I’ve never heard it before.
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Does anyone have experience publishing novels online in serial format?
I’m looking for a new way to get my work out and would appreciate any tips.
I’m looking for a new way to get my work out and would appreciate any tips.
March 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Does anyone have experience publishing novels online in serial format?
I’m looking for a new way to get my work out and would appreciate any tips.
I’m looking for a new way to get my work out and would appreciate any tips.
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The Gray Plays
4 May, Òran Mór, Glasgow – £15
A concert reading of 4 short plays by Alasdair Gray:
🎭 Quiet People
🎭 Loss of the Golden Silence
🎭 The Man Who Knew Too Much About Electricity
🎭 Good Jimmy
Interspersed with anecdotes about the work from The Gray Playbook
oran-mor.co.uk/events/the-g...
4 May, Òran Mór, Glasgow – £15
A concert reading of 4 short plays by Alasdair Gray:
🎭 Quiet People
🎭 Loss of the Golden Silence
🎭 The Man Who Knew Too Much About Electricity
🎭 Good Jimmy
Interspersed with anecdotes about the work from The Gray Playbook
oran-mor.co.uk/events/the-g...
The Gray Plays | Òran Mór
THE GRAY PLAYS is a concert reading of four rarely-seen short plays from Glasgow writer and illustrator Alasdair Gray; Noisy lodgers, a warring couple, some lightbulb problems and a conversation with ...
oran-mor.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Gray Plays
4 May, Òran Mór, Glasgow – £15
A concert reading of 4 short plays by Alasdair Gray:
🎭 Quiet People
🎭 Loss of the Golden Silence
🎭 The Man Who Knew Too Much About Electricity
🎭 Good Jimmy
Interspersed with anecdotes about the work from The Gray Playbook
oran-mor.co.uk/events/the-g...
4 May, Òran Mór, Glasgow – £15
A concert reading of 4 short plays by Alasdair Gray:
🎭 Quiet People
🎭 Loss of the Golden Silence
🎭 The Man Who Knew Too Much About Electricity
🎭 Good Jimmy
Interspersed with anecdotes about the work from The Gray Playbook
oran-mor.co.uk/events/the-g...
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Florence Marian McNeill (1885–1973) was born #OTD, 26 March. A notable figure in Scotland’s 20th-C literary renaissance, she wrote on politics, food, & folklore – including THE SILVER BOUGH, a 4-volume study of Scottish festivals & folk-belief
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www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to...
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www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to...
Florence Marian McNeill — Scottish Women Writers on the Web
Florence Marian McNeill was a folklorist, culinary writer, and novelist who was also active in the women's suffrage and peace movements. She was a founding members of the Scottish National Party in 1...
www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net
March 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Florence Marian McNeill (1885–1973) was born #OTD, 26 March. A notable figure in Scotland’s 20th-C literary renaissance, she wrote on politics, food, & folklore – including THE SILVER BOUGH, a 4-volume study of Scottish festivals & folk-belief
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www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to...
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www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to...
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Interested in #Edinburgh women's history? A statue is being proposed to the memory of Elsie Inglis on the High St. This lacks artistic merit, excludes female artists, misrepresents Dr Inglis' legacy & disregards the context of the site. We need your help so pls read this 🧵 👇
March 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Interested in #Edinburgh women's history? A statue is being proposed to the memory of Elsie Inglis on the High St. This lacks artistic merit, excludes female artists, misrepresents Dr Inglis' legacy & disregards the context of the site. We need your help so pls read this 🧵 👇
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Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.
January 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.