If you want compelling and raw insights into youth violence and gang culture, as well as family and care, read this new memoir essay by award-winning Scottish author and documentary-maker Graeme Armstrong. The man's brilliant and this long read is well worth your time.
CW: violence, weapons, victimisation, mental health and panic, trauma, drugs, death, suicide, murder.
#Scottishwriter #Scots #scotsscriever #TheYoungTeam #youthculture #gangs #violence #Scotland
https://granta.com/the-cloud-factory/
#scotland #violence #gangs #youthculture #theyoungteam #scotsscriever #scots #scottishwriter
Working today on a short story I got the plot of last night while listening to an audiobook. It's set in Glasgow and is a bit of an urban fantasy / magic realism sort of thing. So my soundtrack for it has to be Peter Capaldi's St Christopher. What else?
#writing #amwriting #scottishwriter #writingcommunity
Also… if anyone else has a love of doric peppered children’s fiction or favourite examples, please let me know! Sadly there’s nae an affa muckle MG selection that spans baith doric an english. Ta muckle, Tatty bye #scottishwriter #doric #Childrensliterature #scottishkidslit #kidslit
#kidslit #scottishkidslit #childrensLiterature #Doric #scottishwriter
Also… if anyone else has a love of doric peppered children’s fiction or favourite examples, please let me know! Sadly there’s nae an affa muckle MG selection that spans baith doric an english.
Ta muckle, Tatty bye
#scottishwriter #doric #Children’sliterature #scottishkidslit
#scottishkidslit #children #Doric #scottishwriter
Is this the new twitter? Is this safe social media? Will we all be tooting by next year instead of tweeting or whatever it is that happens on relentless tiktok? Tentatively hoping this will be a a gentle open forum for creativity without life sapping distractions and sniping.
Maybe I’m being naive.
There’s always the “Delete Account” button.
#creativespace #bebrave #kindness #scottishwriter #childrensliterature
#childrensLiterature #scottishwriter #kindness #bebrave #creativespace
Here's one of my poems in English inspired by your friend and mine #NigelFarage. I wrote it nearly two years ago, but it still applies to the bugger. See also #PiersMorgan, #AndrewPierce #AndrewTate #DarrenGrimes #JuliaHartleyBrewer #SophieCorcoran #IsabelOakeshott #AndrewNeil #DanWootton #NeilOliver
Cunt by Albert Kirk Jr
#poetry #ScottishWriter #WritingCommunity
#writingcommunity #scottishwriter #poetry #neiloliver #DanWootton #andrewneil #isabeloakeshott #sophiecorcoran #juliahartleybrewer #darrengrimes #andrewtate #andrewpierce #piersmorgan #nigelfarage
Here ma poyum aboot the #NewYearHonoursList
A wrut it earlier in the year whan #IanRankin tuik a knichtheid, but it hauds for ony bodie that bends thir knap.
#Scots #ScotsLeid #ScotsPoetry #ScotsScrievin #ScottishWriter #Scotland
#scotland #scottishwriter #scotsscrievin #scotspoetry #ScotsLeid #scots #ianrankin #newyearhonourslist
🌿🌙🦉📖💜Preorders are open for ASHES & STONES! (Link in bio.) (Blackwell’s offers free shipping to the US.) Preorders- especially for marginalised, disabled writers like myself—are really important. They are a vote to publish more books by writers who are underrepresented in big publishing. #ScottishHistory #witches #WitchAccused #travelwriting #memoir #naturewriting #memorials #witchy #Scottishwriter #HistoricScotland #HistoricEnvironmentScotland
#historicenvironmentscotland #historicscotland #scottishwriter #witchy #memorials #naturewriting #memoir #travelwriting #witchaccused #witches #ScottishHistory
I thought I’d try & find an outfit for my book launch this week, but I find engaging with fast fashion 100% depressing. So everyone will have to put up with a poorly altered, slightly weird, second hand outfit instead. #booklaunch #scottishwriting #scottishwriter #fastfashion #secondhand #Hindsightbook #BirlinnBooks
#birlinnbooks #hindsightbook #secondhand #fastfashion #scottishwriter #scottishwriting #booklaunch
I thought I’d try & find an outfit for the book launch this week, but I find engaging with fast fashion 100% depressing. So everyone will have to put up with my poorly altered, slightly weird, second hand outfits.
#booklaunch #scottishwriting #scottishwriter #fastfashion #secondhand #Hindsightbook #BirlinnBooks
#birlinnbooks #hindsightbook #secondhand #fastfashion #scottishwriter #scottishwriting #booklaunch
Seein as how we'r aw elephants noo 🙂
The Elephant's Poyum by Albert Kirk Jr
#ScotsLeid #ScotsPoetry #Scots #ScottishWriter #ScottishWriting #ScotsScrievin #ScotsWriter #Scotland
#scotland #scotswriter #scotsscrievin #scottishwriting #scottishwriter #scots #scotspoetry #ScotsLeid
As I’m new to Mastodon, I thought I’d start to share some of my past posts since setting up my #blog
This was my first post for #youngmungo by #douglasstuart. I’ve used a #compassionfocusedtherapy based formulation to explore the character of Mungo. The full post can be found in my blog below:
*SPOILERS*
https://thepaperbackpsychologist.wordpress.com/2022/08/08/young-mungo-a-formulation/
#book #bookreviews #Scottishwriter #psychologist #mentalhealth #trauma #formulation #booktwitter
#booktwitter #formulation #trauma #mentalhealth #psychologist #scottishwriter #bookreviews #book #compassionfocusedtherapy #douglasstuart #youngmungo #blog
A wrut this for #COP26 but A'm thinkin it'll be relevant yet for #COP27
The Wey o the Dinosaurs by Albert Kirk Jr
#scotsleid #Scotspoetry #Scots #Scottishwriter #poetry
#poetry #scottishwriter #scots #scotspoetry #ScotsLeid #cop27 #cop26
Auld Age Disnae Come Itsel by Albert Kirk Jr
#Scots #ScotsPoetry #ScotsLeid #Scottishwriting #Scottishwriter #poetry
#poetry #scottishwriter #scottishwriting #ScotsLeid #scotspoetry #scots