Scottish Writers Plus +

• Explore Am Baile * The Highland Council's bilingual website, and discover the history and culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. You will find photographs, illustrations, rare books and documents as well as short films, audio clips, interactive games and comics. - 
• Rannsaich Am Baile, làrach-lìn dà-chànanach Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd, agus faigh barrachd a-mach mu eachdraidh agus cultar na Gàidhealtachd 's nan Eilean. Gheibh thu dealbhan camara, dealbhan, leabhraichean agus irisean sònraichte agus filmichean goirid, earrannan fuaim, geamaichean agus comaigean air an làraich.

• Scottish Corpus * An archive of the Scots language is now available all over the world thanks to a comprehensive new website. Researchers at GlasgowUniversityhave completed work on the online resource, which contains more than four million words in Scots and Scottish English.

• Association for Scottish Literature Studies * The Association for Scottish Literary Studies aims to promote the study, teaching and writing of Scottish literature, and to further the study of the languages of Scotland".

•  'Braken Fences' * A novel by Wulf Kurtoglu "In a near future whan the tulyie atween rationalism an releegious fundamentalism haes been focht tae a staunstill, Braken Fences explores themes o identity, allegiance an freedom. Yince again there blank areas on the map. Ayont the parteetioned Borders, genetic experiments haes altered human senses, an Neanderthals mells wi bandits an Buddhist monks in the muntains o Central Asia. The scene is set for a tale o' adventure an romance, and for the discovery, at lang last, o whit wey the Neanderthals dee’d oot. A bold uise o the Scots tongue tae express cultures an langages faur hyne frae Scotlan. 

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• The Book of Saint Fittick * SAINT FITTICK, the ruins of whose church stand by the mouth of the "Cheerful Vale of Tullos," in Aberdeen, Scotland was the Patron Saint of Torry. The "Book of St. Fittick" is a gathering together of some fragments of history relating to the Torry district and what is inseparable from it — the harbour and the river mouth." Thanks to ElectricScotland.com

• Robert Louis Stevenson  * Welcome to the RLS Website! - the most comprehensive web resource dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson, designed for all: academics, school children and everybody interested in learning about RLS. This is the place for information on Stevenson's life and works - and much more. RLS is not just the author of Treasure Island andDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Search the site, and you’ll find he’s also a poet, a playwright, a Gothicist, a historian, an anthropologist, a Victorian, and a Postmodernist. In short, an outstanding modern writer, constantly experimenting.

• Edwin Morgan * Edwin George Morgan was born 27 April 1920 in Glasgow's West End. Soon after his birth his parents decided to move to Rutherglen, where he spent his childhood and attended a local school. After completing Rutherglen school, he went to Glasgow High School, and began his studies at Glasgow University in 1937. He interrupted his studies in 1940 to join the Royal Army Medical Corps, then returned to university in 1946. Edwin Morgan graduated the following year with a First Class Honours Degree, and became lecturer at Glasgow University, turning down a scholarship to Oxford; he took an early retirement in 1980 and hence ended his career as university professor. He died on 19 August 2010 at the age of 90 in his beloved home city of Glasgow.

• Liz Lochhead * Scottish poet and playwright Liz Lochhead was born in 1947, in Motherwell, Lanarkshire. She studied at the Glasgow School of Art and taught art at schools in Glasgow and Bristol. She was Writer in Residence at Edinburgh University (1986-7) and Writer in Residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988. Her first collection of poems, Memo for Spring, was published in 1972 and won a Scottish Arts Council Book Award. Her poetry has been published in a number of collections including Penguin Modern Poets 4 (1995).

• Norman MacCaig * was born in Edinburgh in 1910. Although he spent all his childhood and his later life in Scotland's capital, his mother's Highland past was a great influence on the young poet. MacCaig's mother was from Scalpay, Harris and the Gaelic heritage inherited on visits to his mother's family on the islands was to have an enduring effect on MacCaig. MacCaig’s life and poetry was principally divided into two parts, represented by two locales. Although he takes his reader with him on visits to New York and Italy, the locality of the bulk of his poetry is divided between two Scottish locations. His home city of Edinburgh provided contrast with his holiday home of Assynt, a remote area in the North-West of Scotland where MacCaig spent much time, especially in the summer months. The landscape and people of Assynt provided inspiration for his poetry as well as bringing MacCaig close friendships and a love for the land. 

• The Official Robert Burns Site * This site is based on material by or relating to 'Scotland's Bard' which is held by the National Library of Scotland (except where otherwise stated). Special features are pages giving highlights of the Library's significant resources – whether original letters or poems (See Manuscripts Page) or important books.

• William Soutar * This website is dedicated to the life and works of Willie Soutar, the Perth poet who stands comparison with Scotland's best. The site was upgraded in December 2007 to coincide with the formal launch of the Soutar Walks around Perth, and the establishment of the Friends of William Soutar Society (FoWSS) as a registered charity, intent on promoting Soutar's work to a wider audience. This section of the site provides a summary of Soutar's brief life, ranging through his schooldays, military service, university time, and culminating in his illness and confinement.

• Elphinstone Kist * The Elphinstone Kist was born of a desire to bring new and fresh writing in North East Scots to the attention of schools ... Although the 'Kist' was to be primarily aimed at schools it soon became obvious that the breadth of material submitted should be made available to a much wider public." Read More.

• National Library of Scotland * An information treasure trove for Scotland The National Library of Scotland is an information treasure trove of Scotland’s knowledge, history and culture, with millions of books, manuscripts and maps covering every subject.

• Scottish Gaelic Download Dictionary * Install this Freelang dictionary and browse both the Scottish Gaelic-English and the English-Scottish Gaelic lists. Look up a word, add your own words, edit or delete an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. For a complete list of features click here or see the Help menu of the program.

• Scots Language Centre * Click images to Download free Ebook or free PDF Versions "At the last Scots Language Society collogue that John Law attended, he announced his intention to provide an edition of Gavin Douglas’s Eneados for the modern reader of Scots. He set to work with his usual enthusiasm and made very substantial progress. During this time, he worked very closely with Caroline Macefee and she was wholly conversant with his editorial policies. Because of this, she has been able to complete the labour of love he started with great sensitivity to do full justice to both John Law and Gavin Douglas. This is a text which has survived the test of time. For those who are familiar with Virgil or with Douglas, reading this latest version this is like meeting an old friend and this accessible version will delight a new generation of readers ." Dr Chris Robinson, President, Scots Language Society

• Scottish Storytelling Centre * Welcome to the Scottish Storytelling Centre and Network, the home of Scotland's stories. The Centre is the ideal place to discover live oral storytelling. Make it the first port of call if you want to nurture your own storytelling skills, develop a community storytelling project or find out how to work with a storyteller. The Centre also presents a seasonal public programme of storytelling, theatre and literature, supported by exciting visual arts, craft and multimedia exhibitions... Read more"

•  Tobar an Dualchais * This website contains over 30,000 oral recordings made in Scotland and further afield, from the 1930s onwards. The items you can listen to include stories, songs, music, poetry and factual information.