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Ross Crawford
@rosscrawford.bsky.social
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Scriever/writer in Scots/English. Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2024. PhD in Scottish History from University of Glasgow. Works in heritage. He/him. Views ma ain.
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goingmedieval.bsky.social
The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.
andykhouri.bsky.social Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · Sep 17
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
josie.zone 🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman 🕎 @josie.zone · Sep 17
My rage knows no bounds
September 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Puffins galore on the Isle of May today.
July 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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A lovely, scorching hot day at RSPB Loch Lomond. 🌞
May 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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heh Casey did a tell ye a goat
a couple a poems published
widizthatmean
widayyemean
dizthatmeanyegetmoneyfurrit…

—William Letford, “It’s aboot the labour”
published in BEVEL, @carcanet.bsky.social 2012
#WorldPoetryDay
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It’s aboot the labour by William Letford hammers nails hammers nails hammers nails heh Casey did a tell ye a goat a couple a poems published widizthatmean widayyemean dizthatmeanyegetmoneyfurrit eh naw aw right hammers nails hammers nails hammers nails
March 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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I went to Orkney and visited the grave of George Mackay Brown. I hope you enjoy reading it, as I enjoyed writing it. Please consider sharing, and perhaps even subscribing so that my work will be emailed to you whenever I post. It's free. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...
Small Finds #4
At the grave of George Mackay Brown
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March 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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I had an amazing time performing at the New Writers Awards Showcase last night at @traversetheatre.bsky.social! A special experience.

Watch the recorded livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/-igZuWJ...

Muckle thanks tae @shanestrachan.bsky.social fur bein sic a generous host and heezin us aw up! 🙏
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February 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Join us on YouTube for our New Writers Awards Showcase 2025! Our show kicks off at 19.30, live from the @traversetheatre.bsky.social in Edinburgh. 🖋️🎦

www.youtube.com/live/-igZuWJ...
New Writers Awards Showcase 2025 | Scottish Book Trust
YouTube video by Scottish Book Trust
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February 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Introducing the 12 emerging writers selected for our New Writers Award 2025.

Thank you to @creativescots.bsky.social, @leughleabhar.bsky.social and the family of Callan Gordon for their invaluable support.

www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
An adult stares out the window in a black and white author portrait. They appear to be in a traditional Scottish house. An adult sits in the dunes at a beach. They are looking at camera and hold their thumb to their lower lip. An adult stares off camera. He is outdoors and wearing glasses. It is an author portrait in black and white. A group of adults smile at camera in a group photo.
February 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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I've had a fantastic year on the New Writers Award programme with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social and I can't wait for the Showcase this Thursday! 🥳

You can still buy tickets for the show or watch via a livestream on the night. 👇

Hope to see you there!
February 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The other week, my boardgame group played Reiner Knizia's latest tile-laying wonder, Rebirth, set in an optimistic post-apocalyptic Scotland.

Great gameplay and lovely pieces made from recycled wood waste instead of the typical plastic.

Recommended!
January 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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What are the sounds of the world's most famous sights? 🏛️🎧

Just three days left to join our open call for artists to join our first major project of 2025, Sonic Heritage, and reimagine the sounds one of more than 200 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Here's how to join: citiesandmemory.com/heritage/
Sonic Heritage - the sounds of the world's most famous sights
Sonic Heritage is a global tour to examine the role sound plays in the UNESCO-listed spaces deemed the world’s most culturally significant.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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ciaraioch.bsky.social
Was interviewed by Silicon Republic about the use of GenAI for image creation, and its impact on artists. You can read Rebecca Graham's article at the link in their post below 👇
“For most artists, the creative process is the ultimate drive behind the work – the love of drawing or making, the stimulation of learning from others and improving our own skills, of putting our own experience and taste into the things that we make. It’s valuable to us,” Kenny tells SiliconRepublic.com. “The process of using a model to generate AI images provides the user with none of this insight – the patterns used to generate the images are incomprehensible to the user, and there are no creative techniques to learn from. It removes from the process the very act of creation.” “Our nation’s artistic output in all forms is a massive selling point for this country, something that draws in countless visitors every year and hugely contributes to both the economy and our international reputation. “We are not a large country, and artists here often struggle to make enough money to survive on – the very least that our State and semi-State bodies can do is use and promote the work of our own artists."
January 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Thoroughly enjoyed this funny, lyrical gem of a book. All of the Darkland Tales have been great but this might be my favourite.
Photo of book Columba's Bones by David Greig featuring a Viking longship in the centre.
January 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Mysterious creature.
A silhouette of a cat against a curtain.
January 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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A magic day for climbing up snowy/icy Dumyat! ☀️ Treacherous in places but well worth the effort.
January 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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A guid new year tae ane an aw fae us three in Sruighlea. May 2025 be kind tae yeez. ✌️❤️
January 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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For me, it doesn't feel like Christmas until I've heard "Jingle Bells (Waffle Soffin Sleigh remix)" by Aylan: youtu.be/kOU6DZbvtWg?...

Instantly iconic. 🛷☃️🎅
Aylan's Christmas song at Elfingrove
YouTube video by STV News
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December 18, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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Tae celebrate the recent release ae Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 + 2 Remastered by @aspyr.com, here's a wee extract fae ma novel manuscript "The Big Hoose". A gemme thit Ah ayewis covetit fae afaur and noo Ah'm auld enough tae play it! 😉
He and Ally huv awreadie planned oot whit filums thull watch, which gemmes thull play. Ally drapped by his bit tae pick up his Playstation kiz he's wantin tae show Lewis this new gemme about vampires. Soul Reaver it's cawed. The wee blue ELSPA boax oan the back are the case showed a reid cross against ages 3-10 and 11-14, sae it's basically a 15! Looks pure scary anaw. Thair's no mony scary gemmes oan the N64 kiz it's mair fur weans wae Mario and that, even though Mario's guid but naebdy wants tae hear it, they jist want tae play scary gemmes and gory gemmes.
December 13, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Heid's still birlin (in a guid wiy) efter meetin wae ma writin mentor thenicht. Three new drafts ae the buik in as mony months, and aw gaun in the richt direction wae sum muckle needit support an guidance. It's true whit they say, the SBT New Writers Award is a gemme changer fur yer writin!
November 26, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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A couple of my poems, one in English the other in Scots, recently published in a collection from Speculative Books (ed. Laura Bissell). 🇵🇸

Buy the collection here, all proceeds go towards Medical Aid for Palestinians and Operation Olive Branch: www.speculativebooks.net/shop/things-...
November 17, 2024 at 9:17 PM