@lesleygraham
Senior lecturer in English at the University of Bordeaux, France. 19th C. Scottish literature, RL Stevenson, travel literature, afterlives, literary tourism. Occasional French-English conference interpreter. CV http:////cv.hal.science/lesley-graham
Image of writer Robert Louis Stevenson on cover of Critical Lives biography by Glenda Norquay
Very pleased to see this wee book on restless adventurer Robert Louis Stevenson out in the world.
Thanks to Reaktion Books for all their support along the way. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/robert-...
#RLS @asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social
Screen grab of the press release. Info at walterscottclub.com
Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott club issues international call for public readings from the Waverley Novels walterscottclub.com/submitreading
Scottish poet Kenneth White left his home in Brittany to the town of Trébeurden along with 100,000€ on condition that it become a writers’ and artists’ residence for geopoetics. The municipality proposes to remove the extensive library he assembled and sell the house. ✍️ c.org/DdF96d6CL4
Watched Sinners without knowing anything about it beforehand and was …. surprised (Good rendition of Will Ye Go Lassie Go though)
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
It’s the last day of the winter break - all good things …
Yes, this is a known photograph of Stevenson dictating to Belle Strong in the library at Vailima in 1894. Reproduced in several biographies. Whereabouts of original photo unknown, possibly The Writers Museum.
Loved the Andy Goldsworthy at 50 exhibition @nationalgalleries.bsky.social
Honoured to have received acclaimed Scottish poet and essayist and former Scottish Makar Kathleen Jamie as part of our annual conference on Scotland held in La Rochelle. Thank you @lesleygraham.bsky.social
Two really great panels this morning at the @sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social conference in La Rochelle with Daphné Cousin-Martin, Glenda Norquay, Julie Gay, Katie Garner and Gabrielle Fath.
Si jamais vous vous trouvez à Aubigny-sur-Nère le 28 novembre #soscottish
All set to celebrate Scotland's literary history and a future that includes Scots, English AND Gaelic - TONIGHT!
Join us!
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#Gaelic #Scots #ScotLit #Fergusson #ScottishLiterature
The brilliant Scottish poet and essayist @kathleenjamie.bsky.social will be in conversation at La Rochelle University on 17th October at 13H30. The session is part of the French Society for Scottish Studies conference and is open to all.
I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have
Free tickets are still available for our online launch, taking place this Thursday at 6pm!
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Slightly updated programme for the upcoming @sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social conference at @univ-larochelle.fr on "Scotland and the Coast/L'Ecosse et le Littoral" now available. And registration is still open! apps.univ-lr.fr/cgi-bin/WebO...
Screenshot of Times article, 19 July 2025 Living in Gaza, accepted to Cambridge - blocked by Home Office Young Palestinians have overcome unimaginable challenges just to apply to university, only for the British government to make unfeasible visa demands • NEW About 80 Gazans like Malak, 19, have secured places at 32 British universities, including Cambridge When Karam Elradie went up to the roof to try and get a phone signal, he knew he was risking his life. An Israeli army base was just in front and any movement could prompt them to launch a drone and fire. But he was desperate to check his application for Manchester
Second screenshot: But after overcoming so many obstacles, it now turns out the British government may be the hardest of all, making unfeasible demands for them to get out, including eight who have been awarded Chevening Scholarships, the Foreign Office's own scheme. HIGHLIGHTED PARA: While other countries such as Italy, Ireland, Germany and France have taken students to study in their universities, the Home Office is insisting students for UK universities first need to provide biometric data (fingerprints and photographs) to apply for a visa, even though the relevant Gaza office has been shut since the October 7 attacks in 2023 after which Israel launched its invasion.| END HIGHLIGHT The nearest safe places with offices are Jordan and Egypt but the students need British government intervention to enable them to leave Gaza. Italy got round this by taking the data after the students had crossed the border while Ireland waived the requirement altogether, taking out 16 students in May. This approach has left students such as Malak, 19, who has a full scholarship to study history and politics at Downing College, Cambridge, from September, in a desperate situation.
This is SICK. Students in Gaza who got places/scholarships at UK universities in unimaginable circumstances are being BLOCKED from Visas by UK Home Office refusal to recognise there is NOWHERE in Gaza for them to get biometrics done BECAUSE THE CENTRES WERE BOMBED
-The Times, today archive.is/678If
The latest issue of NORTHWORDS NOW is available free online – poems, short stories, articles & book reviews, in English, Gaelic & Scots
New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North
Sgrìobhadh ùr à Alba agus an Àird a Tuath
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/Issue46
Chuffed to have a handful of poems in the latest issue of Northwords Now www.northwordsnow.co.uk/Issue46?fbcl...
NEW WRITING SCOTLAND ASL is seeking applications to be a co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on prose; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2026, for volumes 44, 45, and 46, publishing in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (dependent on funding). Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background. Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by midnight on Monday 4 August 2025. Submission to New Writing Scotland is free and open to all. You can find our submission instructions here.
WRITERS!
New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on prose. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue.
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‘Our three quotations brought the number of women’s quotes from one to four (out of 29). The only woman previously represented was the socialist and mill-worker Mary Brooksbank.’
Kathleen Jamie on having her work added to Edinburgh’s Canongate Wall, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
My article on Stevenson and Scott, “'Scott’s Voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht' and Intertextual Transmission" has been published in Connotations www.connotations.de/article/lesl...
I don’t have it but it’s on archive.org
-This Cold Heart of Mine
- Young Turks (go home)
- The First tax Cut is for the richest
Poster showing the outline of Scotland with a photograph of the coast
We now have a poster and a provisional programme for the SFEE conference in La Rochelle in October on "Scotland and the Coast" sfee.fr/congres2025/
CFP: (Un)natural Stevenson
Wild transgressions across literature, ecology, science and gender, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Aula Baratto, 11-12 May 2026 Organizers: Lucio De Capitani & Alessandro Cabiati docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Merci à @nathalieduclos.bsky.social, @vincentlatour.bsky.social et à toute l’équipe organisatrice pour un magnifique congrès de la SAES à Toulouse !
Thank you for all the tweets and posts over the past two years.
I see that Philippe Labro has died. I once tried to sell one of his books to a second-hand book dealer. He refused it on the basis that Labro’s writing style was too “lisse” and I honestly think that’s the most cutting literary criticism I have ever witnessed.
Oops!