Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
'The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies', Leverhulme Trust-funded project at University of Glasgow
PI Prof Rhona Brown.
PI Prof Rhona Brown.
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Hello to our new followers - we're "The Collected Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies" project. We're editing a new edition of the works of Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson (1750-1774) & celebrating his many legacies.
Find out more: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
Find out more: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
Taking place tomorrow!! There's still time to grab tickets at the link below 🔽
Thanks to all who read at and attended yesterday's online launch - what a fantastic event!
Our final launch (for now!) is in Edinburgh on 15 October
at Golden Hare Books with Scotland's Makar Pàdraig MacAoidh | Peter Mackay
and a range of lovely poets!
Get your tickets ⤵️
shorturl.at/Xg3XC
Our final launch (for now!) is in Edinburgh on 15 October
at Golden Hare Books with Scotland's Makar Pàdraig MacAoidh | Peter Mackay
and a range of lovely poets!
Get your tickets ⤵️
shorturl.at/Xg3XC
October 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Taking place tomorrow!! There's still time to grab tickets at the link below 🔽
Reminder: Get your ticket's for next Wednesday's event in Edinburgh at Golden Hare Books!
We look forward to celebrating our wonderful collection with you then!
We look forward to celebrating our wonderful collection with you then!
Thanks to all who read at and attended yesterday's online launch - what a fantastic event!
Our final launch (for now!) is in Edinburgh on 15 October
at Golden Hare Books with Scotland's Makar Pàdraig MacAoidh | Peter Mackay
and a range of lovely poets!
Get your tickets ⤵️
shorturl.at/Xg3XC
Our final launch (for now!) is in Edinburgh on 15 October
at Golden Hare Books with Scotland's Makar Pàdraig MacAoidh | Peter Mackay
and a range of lovely poets!
Get your tickets ⤵️
shorturl.at/Xg3XC
October 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Reminder: Get your ticket's for next Wednesday's event in Edinburgh at Golden Hare Books!
We look forward to celebrating our wonderful collection with you then!
We look forward to celebrating our wonderful collection with you then!
October 2025 sees the end of the funded portion of #ProjectFergusson. We've had an amazing two years celebrating Edinburgh's poet! Thanks to all our friends and collaborators for your support ♥️
Check out the blog for more info & future plans:
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/project-ferg...
Check out the blog for more info & future plans:
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/project-ferg...
October 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
October 2025 sees the end of the funded portion of #ProjectFergusson. We've had an amazing two years celebrating Edinburgh's poet! Thanks to all our friends and collaborators for your support ♥️
Check out the blog for more info & future plans:
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/project-ferg...
Check out the blog for more info & future plans:
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/project-ferg...
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Congratulations to IASSL members @rhonabrown.bsky.social and @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social on their new edited publication: '‘O’er a’ my labours sey your skill’: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson' (Taproot Press), published as part of the @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social project.
We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
September 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Congratulations to IASSL members @rhonabrown.bsky.social and @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social on their new edited publication: '‘O’er a’ my labours sey your skill’: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson' (Taproot Press), published as part of the @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social project.
Thanks to all who read at and attended yesterday's online launch - what a fantastic event!
Our final launch (for now!) is in Edinburgh on 15 October
at Golden Hare Books with Scotland's Makar Pàdraig MacAoidh | Peter Mackay
and a range of lovely poets!
Get your tickets ⤵️
shorturl.at/Xg3XC
Our final launch (for now!) is in Edinburgh on 15 October
at Golden Hare Books with Scotland's Makar Pàdraig MacAoidh | Peter Mackay
and a range of lovely poets!
Get your tickets ⤵️
shorturl.at/Xg3XC
September 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Thanks to all who read at and attended yesterday's online launch - what a fantastic event!
Our final launch (for now!) is in Edinburgh on 15 October
at Golden Hare Books with Scotland's Makar Pàdraig MacAoidh | Peter Mackay
and a range of lovely poets!
Get your tickets ⤵️
shorturl.at/Xg3XC
Our final launch (for now!) is in Edinburgh on 15 October
at Golden Hare Books with Scotland's Makar Pàdraig MacAoidh | Peter Mackay
and a range of lovely poets!
Get your tickets ⤵️
shorturl.at/Xg3XC
Free tickets are still available for our online launch, taking place this Thursday at 6pm!
www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
September 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Free tickets are still available for our online launch, taking place this Thursday at 6pm!
www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
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Just drapped! I'm in this. Cheers @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Just drapped! I'm in this. Cheers @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
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Some fun book post this afternoon! Thank you to Taproot Press for sending it over and to Rhonda and Amy @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social for including a wee poem of mine in the anthology. That’s my Saturday night reading sorted!
September 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Some fun book post this afternoon! Thank you to Taproot Press for sending it over and to Rhonda and Amy @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social for including a wee poem of mine in the anthology. That’s my Saturday night reading sorted!
🎆It's out!🎆
'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson is out NOW!
Check out our blog post for more info about the publication, about our wonderful Glasgow launch on Wednesday and for the link to buy your own copy!
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/publication-...
'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson is out NOW!
Check out our blog post for more info about the publication, about our wonderful Glasgow launch on Wednesday and for the link to buy your own copy!
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/publication-...
September 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🎆It's out!🎆
'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson is out NOW!
Check out our blog post for more info about the publication, about our wonderful Glasgow launch on Wednesday and for the link to buy your own copy!
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/publication-...
'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson is out NOW!
Check out our blog post for more info about the publication, about our wonderful Glasgow launch on Wednesday and for the link to buy your own copy!
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/publication-...
Reposted by Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
This event was such a joy. An array of brilliant poets responding to the poet’s poet, Robert Fergusson. More launches are on the way, so join us to hear some great new poetry and remember Fergusson. You can order a copy from Taproot Press by following the link 👇
#ScottishLiterature #18thC 📖
#ScottishLiterature #18thC 📖
🪶We'll be celebrating Fergusson next Wednesday in Glasgow at our SOLD OUT book launch for 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson.🪶
Free tickets are still available for the online launch on Thursday 25 September @ 6pm. ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
Free tickets are still available for the online launch on Thursday 25 September @ 6pm. ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This event was such a joy. An array of brilliant poets responding to the poet’s poet, Robert Fergusson. More launches are on the way, so join us to hear some great new poetry and remember Fergusson. You can order a copy from Taproot Press by following the link 👇
#ScottishLiterature #18thC 📖
#ScottishLiterature #18thC 📖
🪶We'll be celebrating Fergusson next Wednesday in Glasgow at our SOLD OUT book launch for 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson.🪶
Free tickets are still available for the online launch on Thursday 25 September @ 6pm. ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
Free tickets are still available for the online launch on Thursday 25 September @ 6pm. ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🪶We'll be celebrating Fergusson next Wednesday in Glasgow at our SOLD OUT book launch for 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson.🪶
Free tickets are still available for the online launch on Thursday 25 September @ 6pm. ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
Free tickets are still available for the online launch on Thursday 25 September @ 6pm. ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...
Happy Birthday to Robert Fergusson, born #OTD 275 years ago!
For more info on what we've been up to on Project Fergusson as the official end of the project approaches, see our website: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
We've got online exhibitions, other resources, project updates and much more!
For more info on what we've been up to on Project Fergusson as the official end of the project approaches, see our website: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
We've got online exhibitions, other resources, project updates and much more!
September 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Happy Birthday to Robert Fergusson, born #OTD 275 years ago!
For more info on what we've been up to on Project Fergusson as the official end of the project approaches, see our website: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
We've got online exhibitions, other resources, project updates and much more!
For more info on what we've been up to on Project Fergusson as the official end of the project approaches, see our website: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
We've got online exhibitions, other resources, project updates and much more!
Reposted by Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
We’re really pleased that our Robert Fergusson exhibition, initially held at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library last year, is now available online. If you weren’t able to visit last year, click along and remember Robert Fergusson with us 👇
We're very excited to announce that our wonderful exhibition 'Celebrating the Scottish Poet, Robert Fergusson (1750-1774)' with the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, has been turned into an online exhibition!
Check it out at the link below: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/online-exhib...
Check it out at the link below: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/online-exhib...
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We’re really pleased that our Robert Fergusson exhibition, initially held at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library last year, is now available online. If you weren’t able to visit last year, click along and remember Robert Fergusson with us 👇
We're very excited to announce that our wonderful exhibition 'Celebrating the Scottish Poet, Robert Fergusson (1750-1774)' with the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, has been turned into an online exhibition!
Check it out at the link below: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/online-exhib...
Check it out at the link below: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/online-exhib...
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We're very excited to announce that our wonderful exhibition 'Celebrating the Scottish Poet, Robert Fergusson (1750-1774)' with the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, has been turned into an online exhibition!
Check it out at the link below: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/online-exhib...
Check it out at the link below: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/online-exhib...
Reposted by Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
“O’er a’ my labours sey your skill”
10 Sep, @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Free
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social & @glasgowburns.bsky.social launch a new poetry collection where contemporary writers respond to #C18th poet Robert Fergusson’s work, in English, Gaelic, & Scots
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-bo...
10 Sep, @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Free
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social & @glasgowburns.bsky.social launch a new poetry collection where contemporary writers respond to #C18th poet Robert Fergusson’s work, in English, Gaelic, & Scots
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-bo...
Glasgow Book Launch and Celebration: 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill'
Join us in Glasgow for the launch of the new poetry collection 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“O’er a’ my labours sey your skill”
10 Sep, @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Free
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social & @glasgowburns.bsky.social launch a new poetry collection where contemporary writers respond to #C18th poet Robert Fergusson’s work, in English, Gaelic, & Scots
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-bo...
10 Sep, @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Free
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social & @glasgowburns.bsky.social launch a new poetry collection where contemporary writers respond to #C18th poet Robert Fergusson’s work, in English, Gaelic, & Scots
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-bo...
Join us for our Glasgow and online launches of 'O’er a’ my labours sey your skill’: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
More information and to book free tickets, see below:
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/events/
More information and to book free tickets, see below:
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/events/
August 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Join us for our Glasgow and online launches of 'O’er a’ my labours sey your skill’: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
More information and to book free tickets, see below:
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/events/
More information and to book free tickets, see below:
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/events/
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Looking forward to seeing this in print next month: a new collection of poems in tribute to Robert Fergusson including one of my own in Scots!
Available to pre order now from Taproot's website: taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
#edinburgh #literature #scotland #poet
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
Available to pre order now from Taproot's website: taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
#edinburgh #literature #scotland #poet
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson (9781739207762) - Taproot Press UK
Marking two hundred and fifty years since the death of Robert Fergusson, this collection of poems in Scottish, English and Gaelic from Scotland's most celebrated writers and emerging poets alike evoke...
taprootpressuk.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Looking forward to seeing this in print next month: a new collection of poems in tribute to Robert Fergusson including one of my own in Scots!
Available to pre order now from Taproot's website: taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
#edinburgh #literature #scotland #poet
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
Available to pre order now from Taproot's website: taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
#edinburgh #literature #scotland #poet
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
Reposted by Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
August 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Reposted by Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
Fair tricket tae hae a poyum o mines in this here buik.
It's cried Foostie Oysters, an it's a repone tae yer man's Caller Oysters.
Thare'll be a gey wheen ither braw poyums in it an aw fae a hantle braw makars.
Get the dammt thing bocht 😃
It's cried Foostie Oysters, an it's a repone tae yer man's Caller Oysters.
Thare'll be a gey wheen ither braw poyums in it an aw fae a hantle braw makars.
Get the dammt thing bocht 😃
We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
August 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Fair tricket tae hae a poyum o mines in this here buik.
It's cried Foostie Oysters, an it's a repone tae yer man's Caller Oysters.
Thare'll be a gey wheen ither braw poyums in it an aw fae a hantle braw makars.
Get the dammt thing bocht 😃
It's cried Foostie Oysters, an it's a repone tae yer man's Caller Oysters.
Thare'll be a gey wheen ither braw poyums in it an aw fae a hantle braw makars.
Get the dammt thing bocht 😃
Reposted by Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
Great news from the wonderful folks behind Project Fergusson @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social, who've worked with
Taproot Press to produce this beauty! Very honoured to have contributed 'The Last Tavern', a Dantesque encounter between Burns and Fergusson, and to be in the company of such amazing poets!
Taproot Press to produce this beauty! Very honoured to have contributed 'The Last Tavern', a Dantesque encounter between Burns and Fergusson, and to be in the company of such amazing poets!
We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
August 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Great news from the wonderful folks behind Project Fergusson @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social, who've worked with
Taproot Press to produce this beauty! Very honoured to have contributed 'The Last Tavern', a Dantesque encounter between Burns and Fergusson, and to be in the company of such amazing poets!
Taproot Press to produce this beauty! Very honoured to have contributed 'The Last Tavern', a Dantesque encounter between Burns and Fergusson, and to be in the company of such amazing poets!
Reposted by Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
Congratulations to Project @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social and Taproot Press, honoured to have a Gaelic poem responding to Fergusson's 'Canongate Playhouse in Ruins' included in the collection.
We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
August 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Congratulations to Project @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social and Taproot Press, honoured to have a Gaelic poem responding to Fergusson's 'Canongate Playhouse in Ruins' included in the collection.
Reposted by Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
🚨 New publication from Project Fergusson! In this collection, emerging and established poets respond to the life and afterlives of 18thC Edinburgh poet, Robert Fergusson (1750-74). We’re delighted with this, and hope you will be too. Details of our book launches to come, so please watch this space 🚨
We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
August 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🚨 New publication from Project Fergusson! In this collection, emerging and established poets respond to the life and afterlives of 18thC Edinburgh poet, Robert Fergusson (1750-74). We’re delighted with this, and hope you will be too. Details of our book launches to come, so please watch this space 🚨
We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
August 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...
An update on what we've been up to over the past few months!
Collation, copytexts, poetry collections, archive trips & more!
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/copytexts-an...
Collation, copytexts, poetry collections, archive trips & more!
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/copytexts-an...
June 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
An update on what we've been up to over the past few months!
Collation, copytexts, poetry collections, archive trips & more!
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/copytexts-an...
Collation, copytexts, poetry collections, archive trips & more!
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/copytexts-an...
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Robert Fergusson looking canty and braw in the Edinburgh sunshine this evening @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social @rhonabrown.bsky.social 💐
April 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Robert Fergusson looking canty and braw in the Edinburgh sunshine this evening @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social @rhonabrown.bsky.social 💐