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Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>And up come he to her bed fit,<br>And a grumlie guest I’m sure was he,<br>Saying, “Here am I, thy bairnie’s faither<br>Although I may not comely be.”</p><p>—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)</p><p>Illustration: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird and Wonderful by Richard Pearse Chope (John Lane, 1912)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folksong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folksong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orkney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/selkie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selkie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternationalSealDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalSealDay</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>You’d know her house by the drawn blinds –<br>by the cormorants pitched on the boundary wall,<br>the black crosses of their wings hung out to dry…</p><p>—Robin Robertson, “At Roane Head” – winner of the Forward prize for best single poem, 2009<br>Published in The Wrecking Light, Picador 2010</p><p>Today, 22 March, is the International Day of the Seal <br> <br>Listen to Robin Robertson reading the poem here: </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/video/2011/dec/20/robin-robertson-at-roane-head-video?index=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/video/20</span><span class="invisible">11/dec/20/robin-robertson-at-roane-head-video?index=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Selkie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selkie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternationalSealDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalSealDay</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Call for papers<br>Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, &amp; enchanted hybrids of ocean &amp; river<br>Open Graves, Open Minds Conference 2025<br>5–6 Sep 2025, British Library, London, &amp; online</p><p>Deadline for abstracts for papers/panel proposals: 7 Feb 2025</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.opengravesopenminds.com/cfp-conferences/cfp-ogom-conference-2024-sea-changes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opengravesopenminds.com/cfp-co</span><span class="invisible">nferences/cfp-ogom-conference-2024-sea-changes/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@scottish" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scottish</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairytales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mermaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mermaid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/selkie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selkie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CallforPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallforPapers</span></a></p>
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