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HASTE YE BACK
by Dorothy K. Haynes
edited by Craig Lamont

A gifted writer of #gothic & #supernatural fiction, Dorothy K. Haynes (1918–1987) grew up in Aberlour Orphanage. In this memoir, she brings to life the residents & stories of the institution that shaped her

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #memoir #orphanage

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/haste-ye-back/

Book cover: Haste Ye Back, by Dorothy K. Haynes
Edited by Craig Lamont

The cover image is "Blue Flax", an oil painting by Edward Atkinson Hornel (1927). The image shows three cheerful little girls in white smocks, lying on a grassy mound which is covered in small blue flowers. Behind them is a beach and a sunlit bay. — Book cover: Haste Ye Back, by Dorothy K. Haynes Edited by Craig Lamont The cover image is "Blue Flax", an oil painting by Edward Atkinson Hornel (1927). The image shows three cheerful little girls in white smocks, lying on a grassy mound which is covered in small blue flowers. Behind them is a beach and a sunlit bay.

Association for Scottish Literature

Annual Volume 53 (2023)

Edited by Craig Lamont Paperback, 240 pages Association for Scottish Literature, March 2024 Price £14.95 ISBN: 9781906841591 Order from our bookshop First published in 1973, Haste Ye Back is a lively…

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@scotlit@mastodon.scot · 2 days ago

Today, 2 February, is Candlemas. As well as being a Christian holy day, it is one of the four Scottish Quarter Days, when rents were due.

The Scots poem “At Candlemas” by Marion Angus (1865–1946) is a typically unsentimental look at how swiftly youth turns to old age:

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Candlemas #Scots #Scotslanguage #womenwriters #20thcentury #aging

At Candlemas
Marion Angus

Lang syne at Candlemas
At first cam o’ the mune,
I, a bit lassie,
Hame-gaun fae the toon,
Fell in wi’ a stranger
Frail as ony reed,
Wi’ a green mantle
Hapt aboot her heid.

Haste, I wad haste me,
The whinny road along,
Whinny, crookit road
Faur the grey ghaists gang.
Wi her een fu’ o’ spells,
Her broo runkled sair,
She micht weel be the witch
O’ the Braid Hill o’ Fare.

Here cams Candlemas,
A wan deein’ mune,
Eh! bit I’m weary.
Cauldrife wis the toon!

Yon’s a blythe bairnie
Soople as a reed,
Rinnin’ wi’ a hankey
Tied aboot her heid,
Hastin’, hastin’,
Limber-licht fit,
Doon the crookit road
Faur the grey moths flit.

Quo’ she, ‘Ye’r sma’-bookit,
Yer broo’s runkled sair,
Er’ ye the auld witch
O’ the Braid Hill o’ Fare?’ — At Candlemas Marion Angus Lang syne at Candlemas At first cam o’ the mune, I, a bit lassie, Hame-gaun fae the toon, Fell in wi’ a stranger Frail as ony reed, Wi’ a green mantle Hapt aboot her heid. Haste, I wad haste me, The whinny road along, Whinny, crookit road Faur the grey ghaists gang. Wi her een fu’ o’ spells, Her broo runkled sair, She micht weel be the witch O’ the Braid Hill o’ Fare. Here cams Candlemas, A wan deein’ mune, Eh! bit I’m weary. Cauldrife wis the toon! Yon’s a blythe bairnie Soople as a reed, Rinnin’ wi’ a hankey Tied aboot her heid, Hastin’, hastin’, Limber-licht fit, Doon the crookit road Faur the grey moths flit. Quo’ she, ‘Ye’r sma’-bookit, Yer broo’s runkled sair, Er’ ye the auld witch O’ the Braid Hill o’ Fare?’

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@scotlit@mastodon.scot · 2 days ago

Today, 2 February, is Candlemas. As well as being a Christian holy day, it is one of the four Scottish Quarter Days, when rents were due.

The Scots poem “At Candlemas” by Marion Angus (1865–1946) is a typically unsentimental look at how swiftly youth turns to old age:

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Candlemas #Scots #Scotslanguage #womenwriters #20thcentury #aging

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@scotlit@mastodon.scot · 3 days ago

THAT PROMETHEAN SPARK
The Bottle Imp – Muriel Spark special issue

Muriel Spark was born #OTD, 1 Feb, 1918

“With a writing career that included biography, criticism, drama and short fiction as well as novels, Muriel Spark was never one to do things by halves…”

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1/18

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/that-promethian-spark/

#Scottish #literature #MurielSpark #20thCentury #WomenWriters

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That Promethean Spark - The Bottle Imp

In some ways the most real and rooted people whom Sandy knew were Miss Gaunt and the Kerr sisters who made no evasions about their belief that God had planned for practically everybody before they were born a nasty surprise when they died. Later, when Sandy read John Calvin, she found that although popular conceptions […]

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@scotlit@mastodon.scot · 3 days ago

THAT PROMETHEAN SPARK
The Bottle Imp – Muriel Spark special issue

Muriel Spark was born #OTD, 1 Feb, 1918

“With a writing career that included biography, criticism, drama and short fiction as well as novels, Muriel Spark was never one to do things by halves…”

A 🎂 🧵

1/18

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/that-promethian-spark/

#Scottish #literature #MurielSpark #20thCentury #WomenWriters

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That Promethean Spark - The Bottle Imp

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@scotlit@mastodon.scot · 4 days ago

2026 is Agnes Owens’ centenary year, & Polygon will publish 7 new editions of her novels & short stories in collaboration with the Agnes Owens Archive – also launching this year. These new editions will be introduced by some of Scotland’s finest contemporary writers.

https://birlinn.co.uk/2026/01/08/polygon-to-publish-new-editions-of-the-works-of-agnes-owens-to-mark-centenary/

#Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #workingclass #workingclasswriters #AgnesOwens

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Polygon to Publish New Editions of the Works of Agnes Owens to Mark Centenary

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@scotlit@mastodon.scot · 4 days ago

https://birlinn.co.uk/2026/01/08/polygon-to-publish-new-editions-of-the-works-of-agnes-owens-to-mark-centenary/

#Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #workingclass #workingclasswriters #AgnesOwens

Birlinn Ltd

Polygon to Publish New Editions of the Works of Agnes Owens to Mark Centenary