Setting the Stage

A Chaos of Light

The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequentl...

Roderick Watson''s SCOTNOTE study guide will enhance any student''s enjoyment of MacCaig''s poetr...

Iain Crichton Smith''s SCOTNOTE study guide is a skilful and intelligent guide to the themes and ...

This study guide examines the roles of the individual characters in the play, and outlines the ma...

''The Cottagers of Glenburnie'' presents vivid depictions - and biting satires - of Scottish peas...

Margery Palmer McCulloch's SCOTNOTE study guide provides a background to the history and to the d...

Gillian Sargent''s SCOTNOTE unpicks the threads of Janice Galloway''s novel The Trick is to Keep ...

SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently us...

Kirsteen, from an old but impoverished family, rebels against her father and flees to London. Aga...

Beth Dickson''s SCOTNOTE study guide provides a thoughtful analysis of the novel 'Laidlaw' by Wil...

Faced with the prospect of marriage to an elderly, squinting Duke, the Lady Juliana elopes with h...

Petra Johana Poncarová's SCOTNOTE examines Derick Thomson's life and work, and his historical, po...

John Blackburn''s SCOTNOTE study guide analyses the religious, political and historical themes an...

John Hodgart''s SCOTNOTE study guide examines two of Sue Glover''s plays: Bondagers and The Straw...

Mary Paterson is a high-Victorian tale of the foul deeds of Burke and Hare, who kept Edinburgh''s...

The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequentl...

David Manderson''s SCOTNOTE study guide considers the impact of Local Hero on the Scottish film i...

Alan Riach''s SCOTNOTE study guide outlines MacDiarmid''s life and work, providing an overview of...

The People¿s Journal regularly published readers¿ letters, stories, and especially their poetry. ...

James McGonigal''s new Second Edition of this SCOTNOTE covers the entirety of Morgan''s work thro...

Along with his contemporaries Edwin Morgan and Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean is recognised as o...

New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every...

''Understanding Grammar in Scotland Today'' explains basic concepts and presents a method of anal...

The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequentl...

Beginning in the 1920s, the Scottish Renaissance saw Scottish writers increasingly engaged with s...

This new edition of Sorley MacLean's major poem 'An Cuilithionn' ('The Cuillin'), in Gaelic with ...

Edwin Morgan (1920-2010) is one of the giants of modern literature. In Touch With Language presen...

From the Line brings together the best of Scotland''s poetry from the two World Wars: 138 poems, ...

Modern Gaelic drama has the power to break down barriers and to touch people across linguistic an...

New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every...

Gillian Sargent's Scotnote Study Guide provides a comprehensive overview to the characters and th...

New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every...

Jackie Kay served as Scotland's Makar from 2016 to 2021 and is one of Scotland's foremost writers...

Bessie Dunlop, the Witch o Dalry is a three-act play for schools suitable for BGE and S3-S4 stude...

New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every...

The poetry of Helen Craik (1751-1825), Gothic novelist and friend of Robert Burns, was long thoug...

First published in 1973, Haste Ye Back is a lively and intimate portrayal of Aberlour Orphanage, ...

New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every...

This SCOTNOTE Study Guide will help students and teachers to discover Scotland's rich multilingua...

A Queer Warld

Confronting issues of class and gender, Makeshift and Hunger March are two novels which offer an ...

New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every...

Voices of Scotland is an anthology of Scottish poetry with related activities which has been desi...

Kenneth Simpson''s SCOTNOTE study guide provides students with a brief and authoritative introduc...

In 1603, James Stewart became also king of England and Ireland, and a great deal of excellent poe...

Allan Ramsay (1684-1758) is a key figure in Scottish cultural history, and his influence spans a ...