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Lesley Graham
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Senior lecturer in English at the University of Bordeaux, France. 19th C. Scottish literature, RL Stevenson, travel literature, afterlives, literary tourism. Occasional French-English conference interpreter. CV http:////cv.hal.science/lesley-graham
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Loved the Andy Goldsworthy at 50 exhibition @nationalgalleries.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social
Honoured to have received acclaimed Scottish poet and essayist and former Scottish Makar Kathleen Jamie as part of our annual conference on Scotland held in La Rochelle. Thank you @lesleygraham.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
lesleygraham.bsky.social
Two really great panels this morning at the @sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social conference in La Rochelle with Daphné Cousin-Martin, Glenda Norquay, Julie Gay, Katie Garner and Gabrielle Fath.
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
lesleygraham.bsky.social
Si jamais vous vous trouvez à Aubigny-sur-Nère le 28 novembre #soscottish
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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marcasmac.bsky.social
All set to celebrate Scotland's literary history and a future that includes Scots, English AND Gaelic - TONIGHT!

Join us!

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#Gaelic #Scots #ScotLit #Fergusson #ScottishLiterature
'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Poetic Responses to Robert Fergus
Join us in the bookshop for an evening of poetry celebrating Robert Fergusson with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay and friends. 6.30pm on Wednesday 15th October at Golden Hare Books, 68 St Stephen Stre...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
lesleygraham.bsky.social
The brilliant Scottish poet and essayist @kathleenjamie.bsky.social will be in conversation at La Rochelle University on 17th October at 13H30. The session is part of the French Society for Scottish Studies conference and is open to all.
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have
September 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
Free tickets are still available for our online launch, taking place this Thursday at 6pm!
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September 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Slightly updated programme for the upcoming @sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social conference at @univ-larochelle.fr on "Scotland and the Coast/L'Ecosse et le Littoral" now available. And registration is still open! apps.univ-lr.fr/cgi-bin/WebO...
L’Écosse et le littoral
apps.univ-lr.fr
September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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outspokenpress.bsky.social
This is SICK. Students in Gaza who got places/scholarships at UK universities in unimaginable circumstances are being BLOCKED from Visas by UK Home Office refusal to recognise there is NOWHERE in Gaza for them to get biometrics done BECAUSE THE CENTRES WERE BOMBED
-The Times, today archive.is/678If
Screenshot of Times article, 19 July 2025 Living in Gaza, accepted to Cambridge - blocked by Home Office Young Palestinians have overcome unimaginable challenges just to apply to university, only for the British government to make unfeasible visa demands • NEW About 80 Gazans like Malak, 19, have secured places at 32 British universities, including Cambridge When Karam Elradie went up to the roof to try and get a phone signal, he knew he was risking his life. An Israeli army base was just in front and any movement could prompt them to launch a drone and fire. But he was desperate to check his application for Manchester Second screenshot: But after overcoming so many obstacles, it now turns out the British government may be the hardest of all, making unfeasible demands for them to get out, including eight who have been awarded Chevening Scholarships, the Foreign Office's own scheme. HIGHLIGHTED PARA: While other countries such as Italy, Ireland, Germany and France have taken students to study in their universities, the Home Office is insisting students for UK universities first need to provide biometric data (fingerprints and photographs) to apply for a visa, even though the relevant Gaza office has been shut since the October 7 attacks in 2023 after which Israel launched its invasion.| END HIGHLIGHT The nearest safe places with offices are Jordan and Egypt but the students need British government intervention to enable them to leave Gaza. Italy got round this by taking the data after the students had crossed the border while Ireland waived the requirement altogether, taking out 16 students in May. This approach has left students such as Malak, 19, who has a full scholarship to study history and politics at Downing College, Cambridge, from September, in a desperate situation.
July 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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asls.org.uk
The latest issue of NORTHWORDS NOW is available free online – poems, short stories, articles & book reviews, in English, Gaelic & Scots

New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North
Sgrìobhadh ùr à Alba agus an Àird a Tuath
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/Issue46
Issue 46 | Summer-Autumn 2025 | Northwords Now
New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North
www.northwordsnow.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Chuffed to have a handful of poems in the latest issue of Northwords Now www.northwordsnow.co.uk/Issue46?fbcl...
Issue 46 | Summer-Autumn 2025 | Northwords Now
New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North
www.northwordsnow.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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asls.org.uk
WRITERS!
New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on prose. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue.
#writers #writing
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NEW WRITING SCOTLAND ASL is seeking applications to be a co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on prose; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2026, for volumes 44, 45, and 46, publishing in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (dependent on funding). Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background. Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by midnight on Monday 4 August 2025. Submission to New Writing Scotland is free and open to all. You can find our submission instructions here.
July 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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lrb.co.uk
‘Our three quotations brought the number of women’s quotes from one to four (out of 29). The only woman previously represented was the socialist and mill-worker Mary Brooksbank.’

Kathleen Jamie on having her work added to Edinburgh’s Canongate Wall, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Kathleen Jamie | At the Canongate Wall
The stone suits the poetry. Or perhaps it’s the other way round. I think poetry suits stone, more than it suits paper...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
lesleygraham.bsky.social
My article on Stevenson and Scott, “'Scott’s Voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht' and Intertextual Transmission" has been published in Connotations www.connotations.de/article/lesl...
Lesley Graham – “Scott’s Voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht” and Intertextual Transmission – Connotations
www.connotations.de
July 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
lesleygraham.bsky.social
We now have a poster and a provisional programme for the SFEE conference in La Rochelle in October on "Scotland and the Coast" sfee.fr/congres2025/
Poster showing the outline of Scotland with a photograph of the coast
June 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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rlstevenson.bsky.social
CFP: (Un)natural Stevenson
Wild transgressions across literature, ecology, science and gender, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Aula Baratto, 11-12 May 2026 Organizers: Lucio De Capitani & Alessandro Cabiati docs.google.com/document/d/1...
CFP_UnNatural_Stevenson_Venice_2026
Call for papers: (Un)natural Stevenson Wild transgressions across literature, ecology, science and gender Ca’ Foscari University of Venice 11-12 May 2026 Aula Baratto Organizers: Lucio De Capitani...
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June 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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saesfrance.org
Merci à @nathalieduclos.bsky.social, @vincentlatour.bsky.social et à toute l’équipe organisatrice pour un magnifique congrès de la SAES à Toulouse !
June 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
lesleygraham.bsky.social
I see that Philippe Labro has died. I once tried to sell one of his books to a second-hand book dealer. He refused it on the basis that Labro’s writing style was too “lisse” and I honestly think that’s the most cutting literary criticism I have ever witnessed.
June 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Spotted a lovely typo in an academic article today — wonton disregard
May 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Looking forward to this
saes-2025.bsky.social SAES 2025 @saes-2025.bsky.social · May 21
🔍 Atelier SFEE au SAES 2025 : Transitions en Écosse et au Pays de Galles 🏴⛰️

L’atelier de la SFEE explorera les mutations politiques, culturelles et littéraires dans les nations celtiques du Royaume-Uni.

📅 Du 5 au 7 juin 2025 à Toulouse !

#SAES2025 #SFEE #ÉtudesÉcossaises #ÉtudesAnglophones
May 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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juliegay.bsky.social
Lea Sinoimeri and myself are pleased to share with you the CFP for the conference "Flux and Flow in Irish and Scottish Literatures (late-19th century to present)" in Boulogne-sur-Mer (ULCO), 9-10 April 2026.
Please share and join!
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May 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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lexialex.bsky.social
Spain, you could do the funniest thing right now...
If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That's common sense. So we're raising English language requirements across every main immigration route.
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

74°4 Le Matin
carlyasilver.bsky.social Carly Silver @carlyasilver.bsky.social · May 5
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

34 Again
kejames.bsky.social Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · May 5
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

Apollo 26
May 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Communiqué de la @saesfrance.org sur la réforme de la formation et du recrutement des enseignants. Cette réforme s’articule autour d’un concours positionné en L3, ce qui de facto réduit la formation disciplinaire des futurs enseignants de langues à 4 semestres acquis saesfrance.org/communique-d...
Communiqué de la SAES sur la réforme de la formation et du recrutement des enseignants - SAES - Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur
La Commission Formations de la SAES, réunie le 7 avril 2025, déplore que soit imposée à la communauté universitaire une nouvelle réforme de la formation et du recrutement des enseignants et ce, sans c...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM